Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) rapidly brightening, now visible to naked eye

Approaching Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) has become bright enough that it is already visible to the…

Ending the daily work commute may not cut energy usage as much as one might hope

A mass move to working-from-home accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic might not be as beneficial to…

Research helps police understand child to parent abuse more than ever before

Researchers have provided detailed insights and recommendations to help one of the UK’s largest police forces…

Naked mole-rats need carbon dioxide to avoid seizures and here's why

African naked mole-rats are sometimes referred to as animal superheroes. They resist cancer, tolerate pain, and…

African skeletons from early colonial Mexico tell the story of first-generation slaves

Five centuries after Charles I of Spain authorized the transport of the first African slaves to…

Some of the latest climate models provide unrealistically high projections of future warming

A new study from University of Michigan climate researchers concludes that some of the latest-generation climate…

Gravitational waves could prove the existence of the quark-gluon plasma

Neutron stars are among the densest objects in the Uiverse. If our Sun, with its radius…

NASA Is Seeking subject-matter experts for Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge

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Double bubbles pierce with less trouble

Two microscopic bubbles are better than one at penetrating soft materials, concludes a new study by…

Creating buzz with potential end-users helps entrepreneurs with crowdfunding campaigns

Entrepreneurs launching a crowdfunding campaign to fund new product development benefit by reaching out early to…