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Scientists studied active matter systems by racing worms through tubes to unexpected results.
In a display case on the lower level of the Faraday Museum at the Royal Institution in London, there's an unassuming stack of gray metal discs and blotting paper. It's not at all obvious that this humble object is the starting point of today's multibillion-dollar global battery industry. The object's invention in 1799 grew out of a disagreement that Alessandro Volta the Italian physicist for whom the unit of measurement for electrical potential is named had with his friend Luigi...
While Trump administration cuts have contributed to the epidemic of foodborne illnesses this summer, there are also deeper issues that make the American food supply chain susceptible to parasites and bacteria outbreaks.
Australian Geographic - 23 hours 10 min agoAn expert explains why monitoring matters. The post What happens next with bird flu? appeared first on Australian Geographic .
Last Word On Nothing - 23 hours 36 min agoAnd here we are enduring another wet blast of late summer’s hot breath, a last gasp before fall blows in. This imminent transition of seasons is always a thoughtful time for me, for many of us. Here’s how I was thinking about it a few years ago. Squirrels are comforted by birds' easy chit-chat, new […] The post Songs of Home appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Metal fans may have just gained scientific backing for the claim that their music tastes make them tougher. Neuroscientists from Germany's Max Planck Institute say attendees at the Wacken Open Air festival were able to withstand cold-induced pain for longer after several days of live metal. The study, conducted on-site...
Nature - 1 day 8 hours agoOptimism about the future can seem in short supply nowadays, but people's age, where they live and their expectations have a lot to do with it.
Nature - 1 day 8 hours agoUsing available data and modelling to assess the incidence of snakebites and associated deaths provides information needed for efforts to tackle this public-health concern.
Nature - 1 day 8 hours agoFear of a possible negative' leap second is accelerating plans to abolish the practice.
Expect weather that feels "more like California than Miami," the National Weather Service says...
The US space agency's telescope is starting a multi-year mission to create a new map of the universe and learn more about dark energy and dark matter.
The $4.3-billion observatory will aid the search for "Earth twins" and explore the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
Inspecting the surface of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's primary mirror. It will join the Hubble, James Webb and other space observatories when it launches from Cape Canaveral on Sunday.
Mother Jones - 1 day 20 hours agoThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a recent August day in the subterranean furnace of New York City’s subway, one bearded, curly haired man was studying his phone for different reasons than the other wilting passengers to track the soaring temperatures and ponder how underground train stations can cool […]...
NASA's newest eye on the cosmos is en route to a quiet corner of space, NPR reports. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched at 7:26am ET Sunday atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Florida, beginning a roughly three-month, million-mile trip to the same gravitational sweet spot used by...
Die-offs and floods have started already, a prelude to supercharged storms and droughts.
Encapsulating the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this month.
The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe.
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