This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Thursday morning by subscribing here. A… [+7250 chars]
When Juno reached that point just 2,050 miles above the surface of Jupiter's atmosphere, it was traveling at 131,000 miles per hour. In a post, NASA provided comparisons to contextualize what an incr… [+758 chars]
Researchers have developed an advanced version of optical coherence tomography (OCT) capable of scanning biomedical samples with higher brightness and correction in a wider 3D viewing environment tha… [+1392 chars]
With common sense, producing a curved area requires a twist, such as bending or stretching a flat surface. A team of researchers at the University of Purdue has found a new way to build curved spaces… [+2025 chars]
When peering into space through a telescope, everything seems to look the same no matter what direction we point that telescope (via Forbes). According to the American Astronomical Society, galaxies … [+1471 chars]
In recent decades, giant kelp forests have struggled to stay healthy, while some have vanished altogether. This however is not the case in Patagonia, where giant kelp are thriving along the southwest… [+2787 chars]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. Have a question youd like an expert to answer? Send it to CuriousKidsCanada@theconversation.com. Why does it matter if Pluto is a planet or a dwarf… [+4658 chars]
A study on the potential origin of life titled "Catalytic Synthesis of Polyribonucleic Acid on Prebiotic Rock Glasses" has been published in the journal PLOS Genetics. Researchers from the Foundatio… [+1610 chars]
During observations of a spiral galaxy known as NGC 2082, astronomers have discovered a mysterious, bright and compact radio source. Its origin remains, to this day, unknown. From the center of the … [+2121 chars]
Dandelions flower in the early spring and provide a welcome source of nectar and pollen to bees, butterflies, birds and other pollinators. As the season progresses, they develop a “fluffy” head of se… [+5594 chars]
Scientists say convergent evolution is much more common than previously thought.An evolutionary tree, or phylogenetic tree, is a branching diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among various… [+4678 chars]
Way back in the late 1980s, the Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Uranus and Neptune. During the flybys, we got to see the first close-up views of those ice giants. Even then, planetary scientists notic… [+5795 chars]
