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Schmidt Ocean Institute Thanks to some underground underwater researchers, I am now firmly convinced that the seabed contains portals for a Stranger Things -que Upside Down. A team of scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute have spent their days exploring the depth of California Golf as part of the "Microbial Mysteries" expedition. During the last month, the team has tried …

SpaceX's massive new spacecraft successfully tested its rocket engine for the first time Wednesday. The "jumper" version of the Starship rocket – called Starhopper – did not leave the ground, but the powerful Raptor engine was fired shortly attached to the ground at the SpaceX plant in southern Texas. "Starhopper finished tethered hop. All systems green," SpaceX Chief Executive Elon …

Scientists have created transparent wood that can absorb and release heat. This tree could one day be used in the construction industry to make environmentally friendly buildings where researchers presented their findings at the American Chemical Society (ACS) in the spring of 2019 National Meeting & Exposition. In 2016, a team led by Lars Berglund from KTH Royal Institute of …

To some extent, fossils are photographic images of the past. One still from millions or even billions of years ago is preserved within the Earth's bedrock, under layers accumulated over time. If you're lucky, use these copies as a snapshot of the past. With that logic, a new set of fossils found in North Dakota could possibly give us our …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the RIKEN cluster for pioneering research and business partners have used simulations to show that photons emitted by long gamma ray bursts, among the most energetic events taking place in the universe, originate from the photo sphere – the visible part of it "relativistic jet" emitted by exploding stars. Gamma-ray bursts are the most …

Arctic sea ice continues to suffer long-term declines — and many scientists are concerned with the future that will see no ice cover during the warmest months. Ice-free summers could help accelerate climate change in the rapidly warming Arctic, scientists say, and have profound consequences on the region's delicate ecosystem, from algae to polar bears. sea ​​ice to keep tabs …

Enlarge / Technicians at the Boeing Space Environment Test Facility in El Segundo, California, After several weeks of rumors NASA has officially announced that the first test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will slip from April to August. However, it is worth noting that NASA still characterizes it as a "work date" rather than a confirmed start date. As part …

Two neutron stars collide, sending out gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation detected on Earth in 2017. Credit: FERMILAB              The history of science is filled with stories of enthusiastic researchers slowly winning over skeptical colleagues to their point of view. Astrophysicist Scott Hughes can relate to these.                                                 "For the first 15 or 16 years of my career I was …

It's a beautiful bat flip. GIF: NBCS Philadelphia If there were questions about how citizens fans would greet Bryce Harper in his return to Washington, they were answered well before the first pitch. A tribute video – the thing that usually inspires hot fuzzies before the rancor begins – was played on the scoreboard and booed vociferously. Then Harper himself …

Photo: NASA Every single airplane has ever flown in used mechanical bits of metal and composites on hinges to turn this way and that, hither and yon. The real dream is to fly through the skies like a goddamn bird, bending and twisting your wings instead, as God intended. Except for very few planes – the original Wright Flyer included …