It’s not that time of year yet, but this new children’s book about a little dinosaur’s first Christmas will have you thinking of candy canes and bells. Christmas may be two long…
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The new 3D quantum accelerometer is 50 times more accurate than conventional sensors
At the smallest scales, our universe becomes bizarre. The particles act like billiard balls or waves on the water, depending on how you probe them. Properties cannot be measured simultaneously or tend…
Vegetation regulates energy exchanges in the Arctic
Newswise — The heat waves that swept across Europe this summer made many people realize the importance of plants when it comes to cooling the environment. But how do the different types…
Daily Crunch: SpaceX set to launch two spacecraft tomorrow aboard Falcon Heavy rocket
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“Invaders From Mars” is coming! Celebrate the 70th anniversary with restored Blu-Ray and 4K releases
Ever since those menacing Martian tripods streaked across London in HG Wells’ iconic 1898 sci-fi novel ‘War of the Worlds’, the Red Planet has always held an air of mystery to Earthlings….
New map of octopus visual system gives clues to brain evolution – Neuroscience News
Summary: A new map of the octopus’ visual system classifies different types of neurons in a part of the brain dedicated to vision, shedding new light on the evolution of the brain…
Scientists bring Earth’s ‘memory’ back with ice on top of a mountain
Guliya Ice Cap. Credit: TPE Humans are fascinated by the distant past of our planet. Since recorded human history dates back only a few thousand years, we probe Earth’s “memory” in various…
Mathematicians explain how some fireflies flash in sync
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 public domain Settle into Pennsylvania’s Cook State Forest at the right time of year and you can see one of nature’s great light shows: swarms of fireflies that synchronize their…
Climate change will produce more rainbows, study finds
42°, the refraction of light is below the horizon, so rainbows are not visible from ground level. For example, a rainbow can be seen when the sun is behind the viewer with…
NASA resuscitates asteroid Psyche mission after missing launch
An illustration of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft.Drawing: Nasa A NASA mission to explore one of the most intriguing objects in the asteroid belt is getting a second chance. The Psyche mission is now…