Nine new and exotic creatures for the pulsar zoo
Researchers using MeerKAT in South Africa have discovered nine millisecond pulsars, most of them in rare and sometimes unusual binary systems, as the first result of a targeted survey. An international team with significant contributions from AEI (Ha.....»»
Prehistoric creatures, like modern animals, flocked to new latitudes to survive climate change
Life on Earth is most diverse at the equator. This pattern, where species biodiversity increases as we move through the tropics towards the equator, is seen on land and in the oceans, and has been documented across a broad range of animal and plant g.....»»
Uncovering hidden local states in a quantum material
Quantum materials display exotic behaviors due to the effects of quantum mechanics, or how matter acts on the very small scale of atoms and subatomic particles. The technologically relevant properties of quantum materials result from complex interact.....»»
Destiny 2: Beyond Light: Where to find Xur for the weekend of June 25
The weekly vendor in Destiny 2: Beyond Light offers some of the toughest loot to find, including exotic weapons and armor. Here's how to track down Xur......»»
This Robot Spies on Creatures in the Ocean"s ‘Twilight Zone’
Mesobot looks like a giant AirPods case, but it's in fact a sophisticated machine that tracks animals making the most epic migration on Earth......»»
24,000 years on ice weren’t enough to kill these gals
Ancient species may re-enter the ecosystem as the world's permafrost thaws. Enlarge / After thawing out, these tiny creatures started making clones of themselves. (credit: Michael Plewka) Rotifers are microscopic freshwater-dwelling multicellu.....»»
24,000 years on ice weren’t enough to kill these guys
Ancient species may re-enter the ecosystem as the world's permafrost thaws. Enlarge / After thawing out, these tiny creatures started making clones of themselves. (credit: Michael Plewka) Rotifers are microscopic freshwater-dwelling multicellu.....»»
24,000 years on ice weren’t enough to kill
Ancient species may re-enter the ecosystem as the world's permafrost thaws. Enlarge / After thawing out, these tiny creatures started making clones of themselves. (credit: Michael Plewka) Rotifers are microscopic freshwater-dwelling multicellu.....»»
Exotic superconductors: The secret that wasn"t there
A single measurement result is not a proof—this has been shown again and again in science. We can only really rely on a research result when it has been measured several times, preferably by different research teams, in slightly different ways. In.....»»
Kena: Bridge of Spirits hands-on: Pikmin-like creatures steal the show
We played one hour of Kena: Bridge of Spirits, which features a surprising, Pikmin-esque mechanic......»»
Destiny 2: Beyond Light: Where to find Xur for the weekend of June 11
The weekly vendor in Destiny 2: Beyond Light offers some of the toughest loot to find, including exotic weapons and armor. Here's how to track down Xur......»»
NASA launches baby squid and water bears to the International Space Station
From worms to quail, the ISS has housed all kinds of creatures great and small over the years. Animal research in space is about to welcome some new members to the club......»»
Microscopic Animal Revived After Slumbering in Arctic Permafrost for 24,000 Years
Bdelloid rotifers typically live in watery environments and have an incredible ability to survive. Russian scientists found the creatures in a core of frozen soil extracted from the Siberian permafrost using a drilling rig. CNN reports:"Our report is.....»»
Destiny 2: Beyond Light: Where to find Xur for the weekend of June 4
The weekly vendor in Destiny 2: Beyond Light offers some of the toughest loot to find, including exotic weapons and armor. Here's how to track down Xur......»»
Insect pest eats into Lebanon"s "white gold" pine nut trade
The scenic region of Mount Lebanon has long produced pine seed, a regional delicacy, but harvests have collapsed amid an exotic insect infestation experts say is accelerated by climate change......»»
SpaceX launches tiny critters, solar panels to space station
SpaceX launched thousands of tiny sea creatures to the International Space Station on Thursday, along with a plaque-fighting toothpaste experiment and powerful solar panels......»»
No Man"s Sky: "Prisms" update is a complete visual overhaul
On Wednesday, Hello Games released its seventeenth major update to No Man's Sky called "Prisms." Version 3.5 brings a few new gameplay features like ridable flying creatures, movable freighter bases, improved planetary charts, and a synthesis laborat.....»»
THOR: Driving collaboration in heavy-ion collision research
In the universe's earliest moments, particles existed in an unimaginably hot plasma, whose behavior was governed by deeply complex webs of interaction between individual particles. Today, researchers can recreate these exotic conditions through high-.....»»
Creating exotic "outer space" ice in the lab
The search for life beyond Earth typically focuses on first looking for water, the basis for life as we know it. Whether the water is a gas, liquid, or solid, its presence and composition can tell researchers a lot about the planet, moon, comet, or a.....»»
There’s a Great Whip Spider Boom. What Gives?
The discovery of exotic arachnids reveals as much about the structure of science as it does about the creatures......»»
Destiny 2: Beyond Light: Where to find Xur for the weekend of May 28
The weekly vendor in Destiny 2: Beyond Light offers some of the toughest loot to find, including exotic weapons and armor. Here's how to track down Xur......»»