Last week, an article in News.com.au (republished by theNew York Post) that made the rounds on social media stated that NASA had warned astronauts against masturbating in space. From the News.com.au … [+1184 chars]
It wasn't that long ago that humans had no idea what it was like on the surface of Mars. Skywatchers have known for millennia — at least — that the tiny orange dot moves across the night sky in huge … [+2813 chars]
Under global warming, the rising temperature will exert profound impacts on forest ecosystems. How forest ecosystems respond to climate warming will determine forest trajectories over the next 100 ye… [+2343 chars]
The boiling of water or other fluids is an energy-intensive step at the heart of a wide range of industrial processes, including most electricity generating plants, many chemical production systems, … [+6606 chars]
Trap-jaw ants can slam their jaws together with extraordinary speed, with the tips of their mandibles racing at up to roughly 120 miles per hour. How they could perform such attacks, repeatedly, wi… [+5126 chars]
Taken from the July 2022 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Helen Edwards was a formidable force in the field of accelera… [+17823 chars]
The Egyptian Space Agency CEO, Dr Mohamed Al-Qousi, and other agency executives received a diplomatic delegation of ambassadors of Mexico, Mr Jose Octavio; Panama, Mr Alejandro Ivan; and Guatemala, M… [+2448 chars]
Nature produces layered materials, such as bone and mother-of-pearl, that become less sensitive to flaws as they age. Scientists have created composite layered 2D materials that are resistant to crac… [+2850 chars]
Summary: Using ultrasound technology for brain imaging may be less harmful and more cost-effective than other current neuroimaging methods. Source: ETH Zurich Both ultrasound for medical imaging an… [+7599 chars]
Bright turquoise plumes ripple through the Milky Way's companion galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, like waves in the ocean in a spellbinding new view shared by NASA. The venerable Hubble Space Tel… [+2129 chars]
A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per secondmaking it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxyhas shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar compani… [+8772 chars]
A team of researchers affiliated with several universities in the U.S., working with the Goddard Space Flight Center, has used a deep-learning algorithm to create maps of ship tracks across the plane… [+2721 chars]
