Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab
As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his…
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Project Hail Mary is packed with hard science. An astrophysicist breaks it down
As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the…
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Higgs boson breakthrough was UK triumph, but British physics faces ‘catastrophic’ cuts
Those experiments seek to answer some of the biggest questions in science. These include learning how…
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Reentry of NASA satellite will exceed the agency’s own risk guidelines
No one on the ground has ever been injured by falling space junk, but there are…
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Puzzling slow radio pulses are coming from space. A new study could finally explain them
Inspired by a previous study on a white dwarf pulsar, we modelled GPM J1839-10 as a…
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AI is failing ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’. So what does that mean for machine intelligence?
How do you translate ancient Palmyrene script from a Roman tombstone? How many paired tendons are…
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Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?
Graphene is the thinnest material yet known, composed of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged…
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How do I make clear ice at home? A food scientist shares easy tips
When you splurge on a cocktail in a bar, the drink often comes with a slab…
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Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his…
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Physicists 3D-printed a Christmas tree of ice
[embedded content] Physicists at the University of Amsterdam came up with a really cool bit of…
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Next-generation black hole imaging may help us understand gravity better
Right now, we probably don’t have the ability to detect these small changes in phenomena. However,…
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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific…
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Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus
At this stage, they conclude with a simple statement: there is no consistent model that explains…
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New entanglement breakthrough links cores of atoms, brings quantum computers closer
Quantum entanglement — once dismissed by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance” — has…
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New entanglement breakthrough links cores of atoms, brings quantum computers closer
Quantum entanglement — once dismissed by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance” — has…
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Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained
You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich,…
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10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come
Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of…
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Earth models can predict the planet’s future but not their own
Meanwhile, experts say that funding cuts could mean modeling abilities migrate overseas, some science may never…
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From ‘Stone Age’ treasury boss to National Party Senator: John Stone 1929-2025
He argued the timing was wrong and that the dollar would appreciate, weakening the economy. After…
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First view of the Sun’s south pole filmed by spacecraft
5 hours ago Pallab Ghosh Gwndaf Hughes Science videographer The first ever video and images of…
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The nine-armed octopus and the oddities of the cephalopod nervous system
Nine arms, no problem In 2021, researchers from the Institute of Marine Research in Spain used…
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‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in
This week the US Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed two men suspected of bombing a fertility…
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How physicists used antimatter, supercomputers and giant magnets to solve a 20-year-old mystery
Physicists are always searching for new theories to improve our understanding of the universe and resolve…
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What it feels like to die | The Gray Area
Sean Illing talks with Sebastian Junger, author of In My Time of Dying: How I Came…
