Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent volcanic activity Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent volcanic activity Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent volcanic activity
The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago filled the sky with fine silicate dust, which blocked out sunlight and lingered for 15 years The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago filled the sky with fine silicate dust, which blocked out sunlight and lingered for 15 years The Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago filled the sky …
Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction Read More »
A flywheel helps smooth the output of mechanical energy from an engine, and now there is a blueprint for making a quantum version A flywheel helps smooth the output of mechanical energy from an engine, and now there is a blueprint for making a quantum version A flywheel helps smooth the output of mechanical energy from …
Quantum flywheel could be fashioned from super-sized charged atoms Read More »
Months of high temperatures and low rainfall are taking their toll on wildlife and people living along the Amazon river, and climate change could bring more extreme conditions Months of high temperatures and low rainfall are taking their toll on wildlife and people living along the Amazon river, and climate change could bring more extreme …
Pink river dolphins are dying from extreme heat in the Amazon Read More »
The amount of carbon dioxide we can still emit to have just a 50 per cent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C is even smaller than previously thought The amount of carbon dioxide we can still emit to have just a 50 per cent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C is even smaller than previously …
We can now only stay under 1.5°C target if we achieve net zero by 2034 Read More »
Palestinian telecommunications companies say that Israeli military bombardment of Gaza has cut off nearly all mobile phone and internet communications services Palestinian telecommunications companies say that Israeli military bombardment of Gaza has cut off nearly all mobile phone and internet communications services Palestinian telecommunications companies say that Israeli military bombardment of Gaza has cut off nearly …
Gaza’s phone and internet services have completely collapsed Read More »
Electrolysers that split water to produce hydrogen have trouble working with seawater, but overcoming this would offer new ways to produce the clean-burning fuel using offshore renewable energy Electrolysers that split water to produce hydrogen have trouble working with seawater, but overcoming this would offer new ways to produce the clean-burning fuel using offshore renewable …
Can we get limitless green hydrogen by splitting seawater? Read More »
On 28 October, the full moon had a red tinge for viewers in the UK, the rest of Europe and those in Asia and Africa, created by Earth’s shadow On 28 October, the full moon had a red tinge for viewers in the UK, the rest of Europe and those in Asia and Africa, created …
Partial lunar eclipse captured in stunning images around the world Read More »
Flatworms are slow-moving predators with poor vision, but one of them managed to attack a spider as it guarded its egg sac Flatworms are slow-moving predators with poor vision, but one of them managed to attack a spider as it guarded its egg sac Flatworms are slow-moving predators with poor vision, but one of them managed …
Flatworm caught hunting and killing spider on its own web Read More »
Researchers have identified neurons in mice that influence whether the animals experience motion sickness, which could lead to new ways of preventing the condition in humans Researchers have identified neurons in mice that influence whether the animals experience motion sickness, which could lead to new ways of preventing the condition in humans Researchers have identified neurons …
We may finally know which brain cells cause motion sickness Read More »