Stunningly Ethereal Glass Octopus Is a Ghostly Vision in The Deep Pacific
This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently – even a view of its innards – when an underwater robot filmed it gracefully soaring through the deep waters of the…
Record-Breaking Chinese Supercomputer Marks New Quantum Supremacy Milestone
We’ve got another quantum computing milestone to report, with researchers in China unveiling a super-advanced 66-qubit quantum supercomputer called Zuchongzhi, which by one important metric is the most powerful machine…
Shark Teeth From Millions of Years Ago Solve Mystery of Earth’s Ancient Climate
Tens of million years ago, sand tiger sharks hunted in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, gliding over a thriving marine ecosystem on the seafloor below. All that remains of…
Scientists Discover The First Known Algae Species With Three Distinct Sexes
Although we might think of ourselves as far removed from blobby green algae, we’re not really that different. An algae explosion a few hundred million years ago is thought to…
New ‘Metafabric’ Passively Cools The Human Body by Almost 5 Degrees Celsius
As the world gets hotter with climate change, one of the ongoing challenges humans will face is simply surviving worsening heat, with projected temperature increases expected to bring increasingly deadly…
The Genome of a Human From an Unknown Population Has Been Recovered From Cave Dirt
A cup of mud that has been buried beneath the floor of a cave for millennia has just yielded up the genome of an ancient human. Analysis reveals traces of…
NASA Projects Surge in Coastal Flooding in 2030s Due to Moon ‘Wobble’ Effect
Climate change has already increased the frequency and severity of hurricanes and other extreme weather events around the world. But there’s a smaller, less splashy threat on the horizon that…
Abnormal Temperatures Account For 5 Million Deaths a Year, Scientists Say
Abnormal hot and cold temperatures account for more than 5 million excess deaths a year across the world, according to a new study – the largest of its kind to…
NASA Mission Uncovers Hidden Meltwater Lakes Under Antarctica’s Ice
Antarctica may seem like a static environment: a still, white landscape frozen motionlessly into place. But much more is going on under the ice than we realize – even if…
Earth’s Atmosphere Is Retaining Heat Twice as Fast as It Did Just 15 Years Ago
These days it seems you can’t walk through a bookstore without bumping into a book or magazine pointing out the negative consequences of climate change. Everything from the hottest years…
Belief in Conspiracies Tied to Lower Critical Thinking Skills, But Don’t Get Smug
In a time rife with disasters, when more people than ever can find an audience online, conspiracy theories seem to be growing more outrageous by the day. We’re also more…
Dirt at Crime Scenes Can Give You Away With Surprising Accuracy
Scientists have figured out the best forensic technique to get the dirt on criminals. Knowing which technique to use means that a remnant of soil or dust from a suspect…
Handwriting Is Better Than Typing When Learning a New Language, Study Finds
In our daily lives, we spend a lot more time tapping at a screen and typing on a keyboard than writing with pencil and pen, so does handwriting tuition still…
Is 100% Renewable Energy Feasible For Entire Countries? Why, Yes Actually
In order to mitigate the global impacts of climate change, we need to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions, or even better – stop emitting completely. Many countries have recognized the…
‘Superager’ Brains Resist The March of Time to Have Memories Like 25-Year-Olds
A rare group of humans known as “superagers” can grow up without their minds growing old. Even in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, a lucky few maintain incredibly youthful memories,…
Scientists Have Created a New Bendy And Flexible Form of Ice
Water ice isn’t exactly known for its flexibility. In fact, it’s quite the opposite: rigid and brittle, easily fracturing and snapping. It’s why avalanches and sea ice fragmentation occur. It’s…