A mass extinction event about 202 million years ago that wiped out big reptiles of the time, coinciding with a series of sudden global chills, paved the way for dinosaurs to take over the planet, a n… [+5089 chars]
High altitude clouds have been forming in recent days at the highest rates seen since 2007. Rocket exhaust may be the cause, but climate change is also known to make the clouds more visible. Noct… [+3548 chars]
A lot of heat gets lost during the conversion of energy. Estimates even put it at more than 70%. However, in thermoelectric materials, such as those being studied at the Institute of Solid State Phys… [+4272 chars]
NASA has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans be… [+4958 chars]
Nicholas Cowan. Credit: McGill University. Nicolas Cowan, Professor at McGill University and a member of both iREx and the McGill Space Institute, is one of the finalists for the Relève Scientifique… [+2041 chars]
It was on Independence Day 25 years ago that a little rover named after a Civil War abolitionist parachuted and tumbled to the Red Planet's surface on airbags. NASA's first-ever Mars rover, dubbed S… [+4225 chars]
Carbon dioxide pollution continues to change the global climate. Researchers know how to pinpoint such pollution, even on a regional and near-real-time basis. As part of a solution to carbon dioxide … [+3272 chars]
Astronauts on space missions lasting longer than six months suffer decades' worth of bone loss, much of which could be irreversible, a new study has found. The finding may present a serious challenge… [+6362 chars]
Scientists from the Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives at Osaka University discovered a new feature of solar cells made from antimony sulfiodide:sulfide composite, which th… [+3678 chars]
How many people have ever lived? And how many will ever live? Those are questions the latest video from Kurzgesagt, which is German for in a nutshell or in summary, tackles. It’s easy to feel pessimi… [+1826 chars]
Ice is disappearing more quickly on Antarcticas Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers than at any time in the last few thousand years. Scientists came to this conclusion after reviewing ancient penguin b… [+6215 chars]
According to co-authors Robert Hazen and Shaunna Morrison, once mineral genesis is factored in, the number of mineral kinds — a newly-coined term — totals more than 10,500, a number about 75% greater… [+3760 chars]
