Category: 7. Science

Researchers developed 3D temperature models to map deep heat beneath Greenland and northeastern Canada, uncovering strong east-west differences that influence ice behavior.

The study shows that the upper mantle – the hot rock beneath Earth’s…

Elemental antimony holds considerable promise for next-generation phase-change memory and nanophotonic devices, owing to its simple composition and potential for high performance. Hanyi Zhang, Xueqi Xing, and Jiang-Jing Wang, alongside their…

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On Episode 189 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with their favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber.

When so many people were touting…

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical…

Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that got hosed with star spray, mounted a failed invasion, declined to comment, and achieved previously unknown levels of adorability.  

First, a study about how the…

Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe has captured an extraordinary phenomenon, a ‘U-turn’ of the solar wind, in the Sun’s atmosphere, providing a new perspective on magnetic field behaviour.

During its record-breaking close approach to the Sun in December…

A small patch in the human auditory cortex responds more to chimpanzee calls than to other primate sounds. In 23 adults scanned in Geneva, that pattern stood out clearly.

The result points to shared vocal processing with great apes and hints at…