New discoveries on the wreck of Antikythera
The wreck of Antikythera was recently brought into the spotlight by the film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." Far from the cinematic imagination, an international team of archaeologists, divers, engineers and physical and natural scientists i.....»»
AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries and learn about the universe faster than ever before
The famous first image of a black hole just got two times sharper. A research team used artificial intelligence to dramatically improve upon its first image from 2019, which now shows the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy as darker and bigge.....»»
Take a ride on the Space Elevator
Space Elevator is an intriguing website that lets you make a myriad of discoveries as you travel up from Earth’s surface......»»
Key mechanism that controls human heart development discovered
Writing in Science Advances researchers of the University of Cologne describe a key mechanism that controls the decision-making process that allows human embryonic stem cells to make the heart. These discoveries enable better insights into how the hu.....»»
Ghost rodents: Get ready to fall in love with Australia"s albino rats and mice
Discoveries of albino animals have a unique ability to capture the public imagination, often leading to flurries of social media and news coverage. (Think Migaloo, the famous white humpback whale.).....»»
Insight-HXMT and GECAM-C observations of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A
The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with some 40 research institutions worldwide, has released their latest discoveries on the brightest gamma-ray burst (dubbed as GRB 221009A) ever detected.....»»
Climate science pioneer Claude Lorius, dies at 91
Leading glaciologist Claude Lorius, whose Antarctica discoveries in the 1980s helped prove humanity's role in global warming, has died at 91......»»
How a local community helped researchers make incredible prehistoric discoveries
The knowledge and control of bronze gave some people who lived between 2200 BC and 700 BC enormous wealth and power. Their lives and deeds were immortalized by their burial mounds, known as barrows and cairns, which still litter our landscape today......»»
Africa"s aquifers aren"t the answer to water scarcity, says researcher
Discoveries of aquifers—underground earth formations that hold water—often create excitement around their ability to ease water scarcity in a region......»»
Long-term study of SS Thistlegorm wreck suggests artificial reefs are as full of life as natural reefs
A team of oceanographers at the University of Bologna and The Inter-Institute Center for Research on Marine Biodiversity has found, via a seven-year study, that artificial reefs may provide a unique opportunity to study new ways to protect natural co.....»»
Laser shots could spark additional discoveries in astrophysics
In December, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made headlines worldwide. Scientists at the NIF performed the first nuclear fusion experiment in which the energy produc.....»»
Scientists have found Lake Huron wreck of 19th-century ship that sank in 1894
The Ironton schooner collided with the freighter Ohio, which was found in 2017. Ironton, a late 19th-century shipwreck, has been located in NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. In 1894, a schooner barge called Ironton colli.....»»
Scientists have found Lake Huron wreck of 19th century ship that sank in 1894
The Ironton schooner collided with the freighter Ohio, which was found in 2017. Ironton, a late 19th century shipwreck, has been located in NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. In 1894, a schooner barge called Ironton colli.....»»
An innovative twist: Tubular nanomaterial of carbon makes ideal home for spinning quantum bits
Scientists are vigorously competing to transform the counterintuitive discoveries about the quantum realm from a century past into technologies of the future. The building block in these technologies is the quantum bit, or qubit. Several different ki.....»»
Apple Watch Ultra can get its waterproofing checked - with a catch
If a user suspects their Apple Watch Ultra has been damaged, they can now ask Apple to check it out — but with the caveat that the test could wreck the Watch.Diving with Apple Watch UltraApple has launched a new Depth and Water Seal Test for the Ap.....»»
Wreck’s creator on making a campy horror series with a killer duck (yes, really)
Digital Trends talks with creator Ryan J. Brown about his new Hulu series Wreck, which involves a cruise ship, some horny teens, and a killer duck (yes, really)......»»
Everything coming to Hulu in March 2023
Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part II, true-crime drama Boston Strangler, and season 1 of Wreck highlight Hulu's new arrivals in March 2023......»»
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Why it is so difficult to get rescue and relief to where it is most needed
The death toll from the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 has climbed above 21,000 in four days, exceeding the World Health Organization's estimate of 20,000. But it continues to rise by the hour as more grim discoveries are made.....»»
Cruise life takes a dark turn with a killer duck on the loose in first trailer for Wreck
A killer duck is on the loose aboard The MS Sacramentum in the first trailer for Freemantle's new series Wreck......»»
NASA"s Curiosity rover finds surprise clues to Mars"s watery past
Among other discoveries made by the Curiosity rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier......»»
Fossils in a northern Alberta riverbed may reveal new facts about dinosaur evolution
Alberta has been ground zero for dinosaur discoveries in Canada since the 1880s, when several Geological Survey of Canada expeditions collected dinosaur bones from the southern part of the province......»»