In late 2021, operators of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Swarm constellation noticed something worrying: The satellites, which measure the magnetic field around Earth, started sinking toward the … [+9275 chars]
Humans are not the only creatures that show a refined grasp of social norms. If a group of adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) find themselves sitting around a turning table set with food, the… [+17301 chars]
MeerKAT, if you’ve been paying attention, is South Africa’s newest radio telescope array. Part of the ongoing Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, this bit is up and running earlier than its counter… [+1963 chars]
Look to the eastern sky before dawn on Friday (June 24) and Saturday (June 25) and the moon will appear to have jumped over Uranus. On Friday "the old crescent will shine a generous palm's width to… [+1875 chars]
Spoiler alert: if you ever find yourself engaged in a staring contest with a snake, you'll lose. "Because snakes don't have eyelids, they cannot blink," explains Bruno Simões, a researcher at the Un… [+2807 chars]
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn have aligned and we have the perfect view from earth. It’s actually visible most mornings through June but the best viewing is this Friday morning (6/24/22).… [+791 chars]
What properties would we expect to see when solutions of nucleotide monomers are dried on a mica surface? Because the surface of the mica was rinsed with a stream of water, most of the monomers shoul… [+14442 chars]
Scientists headed by CEE Professor Oscar Lopez-Pamies have derived the governing equations that explain and describe the macroscopic mechanical behavior of elastomers packed with liquid inclusions di… [+3166 chars]
