Hurricane Beryl Is a Grim Warning of What's to Come: An Intense Hurricane Season
Nature and EnvironmentHurricane Beryl is a thing of the past, but we're not done with storms yet.
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The James Webb Space Telescope Discovers a Blue Planet With Various Problems. The Weirdest One: It Smells Like Rotten Eggs
SpaceHigh temperatures of 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit and speeds of 5,000 mph make this the “hot Jupiter” nearest to Earth.
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NASA Has Discovered X-Shaped Structures in the Ionosphere That Scientists Are Struggling to Explain
SpaceUntil now, scientists thought they were the effect of solar storms or violent volcanic eruptions.
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There’s Only One Vertebrate Capable of Living 500 Years. Scientists Have Just Discovered the Secret of Its Eternal Youth
Nature and EnvironmentThe Greenland shark is a unique animal on our planet, and studying it can provide important answers for humans.
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This Phone Scanner Can Detect Strokes Quickly. A Look at the Great Invention That Could Revolutionize Early Detection
AppsBiomedical engineers claim to have an early stroke detector.
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The Color Blue Is Surprisingly Rare in Animals and Plants. There’s a Good Reason for It
Nature and EnvironmentBlue is considered a primary color, a rarer one than we might think.
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As It Turns Out, There’s Another Terrestrial Species That Can Heal Wounds and Perform Surgical Amputations: Ants
ResearchNot only do they practice precise amputation, but they also know about antibiotics.
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The Webb Telescope Has Observed a Planet With Weather So Extreme That Clouds Are Made of Rock and Nights Reach 1112 Degrees Fahrenheit
SpaceIts 5,000 mile-per-hour winds cause molten-rock showers.
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Greece Began Excavations for a Major Airport. Then, It Discovered a Vast 4,000-Year-Old Structure
ResearchConstructing something new in Greece is like that. Sometimes, you finds monuments of Minoan culture.
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‘We Create Electricity From Nothing’: Scientists Discovered a New Renewable Energy Source Based on Humidity by Accident
EnergyWhat if the key to the energy revolution was in the air?
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This 3D Printer Can Print in Plastic and Metal and Use Lasers. Its Goal: To Make Things Without the Need to Assemble Them
MaterialsAn interesting process with enormous potential.
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In Their Quest for New Metamaterials, Scientists Have Reached the Point of Delirium: A Material Capable of Counting to Ten
Materials"I like finding complexity in simple things," its creator says.
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The Largest Nuclear Fusion Project Failed Before It Was Ever Turned On. ITER Will Need a Decade to Implement Changes
EnergyThe international project had aimed to produce the first plasma in 2025, but it’s now scheduled for 2033.
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Space Pioneer Was Once Called 'China's SpaceX.' It Just Mistakenly Launched a Rocket Near a Big City
SpaceAn accidental launch moved up the debut flight of China’s Tianlong 3 rocket.
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The Launch of the Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor on the Planet Is Being Delayed by a Decade. This Is Why
EnergyInitially, the ITER project was scheduled to start plasma experiments in 2025.
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Scientists Had Theories About the Origin of the Moon. Now, Samples Taken by a Chinese Satellite Have Cast Doubt on Them
SpaceThe samples brought back to Earth by the Chinese Chang’e-5 probe confirm the presence of pure carbon on the Moon.
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The ‘4 Ms’: Google’s Plan for AI Companies to Consume 1,000 Times Less Power
EnergyAI is consuming a monstrous amount energy of during its training and when providing users with responses to their questions.
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Something Unusual Is Happening in the Mesosphere With Night-Shining Clouds. SpaceX Is the Main Suspect
SpaceDuring solar maximum years, polar mesospheric clouds shouldn’t be visible, but we can't stop seeing them.
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NASA Detected an Asteroid the Size of One of the Giza Pyramids Just Two Weeks Before It Passed 'Close to' Earth
SpaceIf it had collided with Earth, the resulting explosion would’ve been 10 to 20 times more powerful than the majority of hydrogen bombs.
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