Baseball’s legendary ‘magic mud’ finally analyzed by scientists
While it can’t be credited with winning the Los Angeles Dodgers their eighth World Series championship, baseball’s “magic mud” is...
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Why aren’t we driving hydrogen powered cars yet? There’s a reason EVs won.
Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles aren’t just fodder for science fiction or far-out R&D experiments. Cars fueled by hydrogen, like the Toyota...
Grab a Jackery solar generator for the lowest price this year during Amazon Prime Day
Jackery regularly takes the top spot in our solar generator and portable power station product tests. Right now, many of...
NASA shut off a Voyager 2 tool to save power
NASA has decided to turn off one of Voyager 2’s five remaining instruments—yet another sign that the space probes may...
NASA’s U-2 spy plane found gamma rays in 90% of lightning storms
Thunderstorms create a lot of wind, rain, and lightning, but many people aren’t necessarily aware of another common byproduct: gamma...
Astronomers discover a new exoplanet orbiting the closest single star to the sun
Astronomers have discovered a small exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our sun. This newly discovered exoplanet...
CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small...
Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Most of the passengers emerging from the station...
Could nukes deflect an asteroid? ‘X-ray scissors’ offer scientists clues.
There are many theories on how to best handle a rare (but possible) cataclysmic asteroid collision with Earth. Effectively testing...
7 cool macOS 15 Sequoia tricks that you couldn’t do before
If you’ve got a compatible Mac—which is any Mac that runs macOS 14 Sonoma, with the exception of the 2018...
How Big Oil’s big money influences climate research
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. For more than a decade, students have been...
Why astronomers keep staring at the same spot in the sky
The universe is huge, yet astronomers have looked at a few parts of the night sky over and over again....
