A team of physicists say they have found a new type of quasiparticle which appears to be found in all magnetic materials, hinting that magnetism
Scientists have suggested we could create housing on Mars for future settlers using an Ancient Roman technique of making concrete. If humans ever want to
The universe is undergoing an accelerated expansion. We call the source of this expansion dark energy – a mysterious form of energy that permeates the
Down in the depths of the ocean live all sorts of rare and unusual beasties – from squids with tentacles that stretch for days and
An Alabama woman who had been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant since 2017 just became the third-ever recipient of a gene-edited pig
The Southern Ocean is growing restless. Storms are increasing around Antarctica due to rampant sea ice loss in what researchers have described as a “shift
How do you create an army of cockroach cyborgs? Why, you enrol the robots, of course. That’s the direction a new preprint study has taken
We can hear thanks to our middle ear bones, something that began with holes in the sides of therapsid skulls. Among these ancient animals was
Hoping to keep tabs on the magnetic north’s wandering ways, the World Magnetic Model 2025 has been released this week, revealing the latest official predicted
This September, the Polaris Dawn mission became the first to have a private space walk. Run by billionaire Jared Isaacman, the mission was seen by
There are plenty of physics problems out there that are unresolved, from the Hubble tension to the black hole information. But one particularly cool and
Squirrels go nuts for nuts, right? That’s what’s with all the digging and the tree climbing and the hurling nuts from a great height –
Let’s be honest, Christmas can be a magical time of year, but it can also be an inter-relational minefield with various taboo topics that spring
We Homo sapiens possess surprisingly few functional genes that distinguish us from extinct human lineages such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, according to the authors of
Snow is beautiful, but also powerful and destructive – and, if we’re honest, a bit confusing. For something made entirely of water, it can come
An astronomer based in Japan has captured the moment when an unknown object – believed to be a meteor, and possibly one of the Geminids
An unprecedented die-off has been declared in Alaska, where as many as four million murres are estimated to be missing from colonies across the state.
