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Teleportation is no longer just science fiction'at the quantum level
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (892+ words) We may never beam ourselves off the planet. But quantum teleportation is poised to bring about a new era of computing'and revolutionize our understanding of the subatomic world. Listen to this story here Sixty years ago, Star Trek introduced what…...
Everything you should know about Lassen Volcanic National Park
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (1584+ words) Explore California's most underrated national park, where steaming fumaroles, bubbling mud pots, lava fields, and an active volcano create a dramatic landscape unlike anywhere else in the Sierra or Cascades. Rather than granite canyons or giant trees like California's other…...
Terror birds survived millions of years longer than previously thought
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (749+ words) A 25, 000-year-old fossilized "drumstick" is writing a new chapter for these flightless birds that terrorized the post-dinosaur world. Terror birds that once dominated South America's savannas with giant, hooked beaks and fleet feet may have survived much longer than previously…...
NASA announces the astronauts for the next Artemis mission. Here's what they'll be doing.
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1181+ words) Commander Randy Bresnik and three others will attempt to dock with two different lunar landers in Earth orbit, paving the way for a future moon landing." Artemis III has a crew. On June 9, NASA announced the four crewmembers of the…...
What extreme athletes learn when they push to the limits
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (812+ words) At the edge of human endurance, the marathon monks say, the boundary between life and death becomes paper-thin. In September of 2019, Sarah Thomas'a then-37-year-old marathon swimmer from Colorado who was still recovering from breast cancer'pulled off one of the…...
This creature was dubbed the Sasquatch of the sea. Scientists just found it.
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (1167+ words) Jon Krakauer on his Everest climb: 'I wish I'd never gone' 7 lesser-known European national parks to explore this summer This science-backed diet could save the planet'and you 9 night sky events to see in June See our Earth Month collection on…...
The biggest scientific breakthroughs of the last 25 years'and a few to watch
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1730+ words) From decoding the human genome to exploring the universe, science has made huge strides in the 21st century. "I think there's been a terrific amount of momentum in science in the last quarter century," says France C'rdova, an astrophysicist who currently…...
How a telescope on the far side of the moon could help us see the cosmic dark ages
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1066+ words) Later this year, a prototype telescope is slated to land on the moon. It could usher in a new era of lunar radio astronomy. Millions of years ago, an asteroid crashed into the far side of the moon, the hemisphere…...
Can lowly blowflies stop the next wildlife pandemic?
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (293+ words) The lowly blowfly is known for feasting on feces and corpses. One intrepid researcher hopes to use them as a biological warning system for disease. "Who taught you to do that?" Owings quips. Blowflies carry in their stomach clues about…...
Scientists just discovered the Snuffleupagus of the sea
3+ week, 4+ day ago (475+ words) The size of a golf tee, Solenostomus snuffleupagus is covered in hair-like filaments that resemble algae. Over the past century, scientists have discovered all manner of weird and charismatic creatures on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. They've found'shrimp'that can see colors…...