Science Magazine

02/07/2020

Before the jawbone from the Carmel was found, modern humans were thought to have left Africa around 100,000 years ago.

01/07/2020

Space junk in orbit continues to multiply and a Russian startup has a solution.

A Russian firm claims to have a solution to space junk. It suggests a foam-spewing spacecraft that catches pieces like a spider web and sends them into Earth's atmosphere to burn.

29/06/2020

Laser frequency comb, with its hundreds of evenly spaced, sharply defined frequencies, can be used to measure the colors of light waves with great precision.

Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its hundreds of evenly spaced, sharply defined frequencies, can be used to measure the colors of light waves with great precision.

27/06/2020

Lonar Lake in India has changed color from a deep bluish-green to bright pink.

Lonar Lake in India has changed color from a deep bluish-green to bright pink. The change happened rapidly, and scientists haven’t nailed down the cause. It’s possibly related to an alg…

26/06/2020

A team at the University of Glasgow set out to validate British physicist Roger Penrose’s 1969 work.

24/06/2020

Replacing the expensive metals that break down exhaust gases in catalytic converters with cheaper, more effective materials is a top priority for scientists, for both economic and environmental reasons.

Replacing the expensive metals that break down exhaust gases in catalytic converters with cheaper, more effective materials is a top priority for scientists, for both economic and environmental reasons. Catalysts are required to perform chemical reactions that would otherwise not happen, such as con...

24/06/2020

Quantum teleportation is an important step in improving quantum computing.

Quantum teleportation is an important step in improving quantum computing. “Beam me up” is one of the most famous catchphrases from the Star Trek series. It is the command issued when a character wishes to teleport from a remote location back to the Starship Enterprise. While human teleportati

24/06/2020

A newly published study from NASA researchers suggests that there may be planets in the Milky Way galaxy other than Earth that have an ocean.

A newly published study from NASA researchers suggests that there may be planets in the Milky Way galaxy other than Earth that have an ocean. The research, published in Publications of the Astronom…

24/06/2020

A new study might have finally unravelled one of the mysteries of Earth’s moon – why the ‘dark side’ we never see is such a strange shape.

Our moon is ‘tidally locked’ to Earth, which means that it rotates at the same rate it orbits our planet – so one side is never visible.

24/06/2020

The AI4Mars project involves volunteers looking through pictures of the planet.

The project, known as AI4Mars, is designed to improve an artificial intelligence algorithm that will help future Martian rovers move across the planet's surface.

24/06/2020

If you've ever wondered how many people it will take to start a new civilization on Mars, you've got your answer.