A team at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new “super steel” that can survive the harsh conditions needed to make green hydrogen from seawater. The material uses an unexpected double-protection mechanism that resists corrosion far better than conve…
Scientists can't agree on whether the Y chromosome, which has lost 97% of its genes over 300 million years, is doomed to vanish or quietly stable.
A colossal underwater volcano in the South Pacific may have revealed a surprising new weapon against climate change. After the 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai, scientists detected enormous amounts of formaldehyde in the atmosphere — a telltale sign…
New research shows ravens use memory to locate areas where wolves are likely to make kills. Instead of trailing wolf packs, the birds rely on mental maps of productive hunting grounds.
The motion of galaxy clusters in the distant Universe has just yielded the largest-scale test yet of the laws of gravity.
Paleontologists have cracked the 437-million-year-old fossil mystery of how centipedes got their many legs, revealing how their underwater ancestors helped them make the leap to land.
The upcoming new moon provides skywatchers with the ideal conditions to observe the Milky Way’s brilliant core, a rare opportunity not to be missed!
NASA's Webb telescope just released a new image of a distant galaxy 45 million light-years away. The image shows an extremely bright core at the center, and scientists want to explain what's actually behind it.
Ganymede is not only Jupiter's largest moon, but also the largest in our solar system and one of the few that hosts a massive ice ocean. Adding to this planet-like moon's uniqueness is the fact that among the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Ganymede is…