Science
Weird particle physics stories that blew our minds...
11 of the biggest stories about the smallest particles from 2023.
Springs made from rusty metallic glass could power...
Most metals oxidise, or rust, when exposed to air, which normally weakens them, but a kind of metall...
Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercom...
Europe will get its first exascale supercomputer next year, called JUPITER, and it should allow simu...
Japan is sending a rover to Mars's moon Phobos in ...
The Martian Moons eXploration mission is slated to launch for Phobos in September 2024 – once it get...
Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s j...
Like a tuning fork, living human cells have frequencies at which they naturally vibrate – and now we...
Japan's SLIM lander beams moon images home before ...
Arriving in orbit on Christmas Day, Japan's lunar lander SLIM has beamed images of the lunar surface...
Private Peregrine moon lander is stacked on ULA Vu...
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander was stacked on the rocket that will launch it to space, with fin...
After 2 years in space, the James Webb Space Teles...
For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity, which threatens to...
History-making SpaceX Falcon 9 booster mostly dest...
The first commercial rocket to launch astronauts has met its end after being destroyed during its la...
See December's Full Cold Moon shine in the sky lik...
The final full moon of 2023, the Cold Moon, rose on Dec. 26. Skywatchers around the globe were prime...
Slower arm speed may be why older people fall more...
Younger people move their arms more quickly than their older counterparts when they slip, helping th...
Iron oxide baked into Mesopotamian bricks confirms...
About 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted the names of their kings into cl...
Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to ...
There are untold legions of viruses, fungi and bacteria living in your mouth. It now seems we can st...
The mathematically perfect table size for solving ...
When choosing the perfectly sized table to do your jigsaw puzzle on, work out the area of the comple...
NASA outlines plan to deploy burrowing 'cryobots' ...
The subsurface oceans of the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter remain our best bet for finding life el...
Will 2024 see the world finally turning away from ...
A global agreement at the COP28 climate summit promised to begin "transitioning away" from fossil fu...
12 space medicine findings from 2023 that could he...
Space medicine is a continuously growing field — and for good reason, if humans want to settle Mars ...
Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed d...
Puzzling ancient galaxies and oddly shaped clusters suggest we have glimpsed cosmic strings travelli...
Hurricane damage to forests could release huge amo...
A study modelling the impact of a major hurricane in New England suggests carbon-offsetting schemes ...
2023: The year UFOs descended on Washington, DC (b...
For those who follow news related to UFOs, 2023 will be remembered as the year that UFOs came to Was...
Artificial pain sensors could help robots avoid da...
A system that detects forces and interprets which stimuli have the potential to cause harm could imb...
Dream Chaser enters final testing ahead of 2024 de...
If all goes to plan, the spacecraft dubbed 'Tenacity' will launch on a Vulcan Centaur rocket in 2024...
2024 will see a new weight-loss drug that trumps W...
Recently approved in the US, the weight-loss drug Zepbound will reach more people in 2024, with rese...
Gold mine of kilonova explosions forged by neutron...
The gold that forms the ring on your finger was formed in the collision between two neutron stars. N...
Mold-A-Rama and the space shuttle over Earth: A sp...
The space shuttle reentered orbit this fall after a 15-month retirement, and this time it was bright...
International Space Station astronauts hang stocki...
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station celebrated Christmas and Hannukah this festive sea...
Hubble Space Telescope spots a festive gathering o...
The Hubble Space Telescope spotted a gathering of spiral galaxies for a stunning image released Mond...
We might officially enter the Anthropocene epoch i...
Scientific bodies are due to make an official decision in the coming year about whether to declare a...
Discovery of 'calendar' rock carvings from Ancestr...
Spiral petroglyphs carved into a canyon wall on the Colorado-Utah border may have been used as a cal...
Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starli...
Amazon's Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more t...
Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not tha...
Climate change and biodiversity loss may seem like insurmountable problems, but data scientist Hanna...
How NASA's VIPER rover could revolutionize moon ex...
NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover is set to revolutionize lunar exploration whe...
NASA hails historic space milestones of 2023 in in...
The space agency shared a new video showcasing its 2023 achievements, ranging from its first asteroi...
The Full Cold Moon of December comes late for Chri...
The last full moon of 2023, December's Cold Full Moon, will miss Christmas by just a day this year, ...
Probiotics helped reduce fatigue and memory loss f...
A study involving more than 450 people found that a mixture of prebiotics and probiotics alleviated ...
Will Artemis 2 launch to the moon in 2024? NASA ha...
NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission took some important strides toward launch this year, but it's unclear ...
Mathematicians found a guaranteed way to win the l...
A pair of mathematicians studied the UK National Lottery and figured out a combination of 27 tickets...
Monkeys in Thailand took up stone tools when covid...
Long-tailed macaques on the island of Koh Ped appear to have learned a new way to forage when the pa...
An ancient whale claimed the title of heaviest ani...
Perucetus colossus lived 39 million years ago and weighed in at between 85 and 340 tonnes, meaning i...
Japan's SLIM 'moon sniper' lander arrives in lunar...
Japan's robotic SLIM spacecraft arrived in lunar orbit today (Dec. 24) ahead of a historic moon touc...
How to watch 'Doctor Who' Christmas special: Strea...
How to watch the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special 'The Church on Ruby Road' online on Disney Plus and ...
Astronauts in space beam holiday wishes to Earth f...
Astronauts on the International Space Station are sending holiday cheer to Earth with a festive vide...
