What's the best way to sail from world to world? Electric sails or solar sails?

In the past decade, thousands of planets have been discovered beyond our solar system. This has…

How do you make the world's most powerful neutrino beam?

What do you need to make the most intense beam of neutrinos in the world? Just…

Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to '17 Hiroshimas'

North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003. It subsequently…

Still Time to Work TX7T in the Marquesas Islands

Click here for original story, Still Time to Work TX7T in the Marquesas Islands …

Making planets in a rocket

How are celestial bodies created? Aside from philosophical questions, researchers are taking practical steps to investigate…

Faroe Islands to 'close' for a weekend to protect environment

Authorities in the Faroe Islands have announced the archipelago in the North Atlantic will be “closed…

Old dogs, new tricks: 10,000 pets needed for science

Can old dogs teach us new tricks? Scientists are looking for 10,000 pets for the largest-ever…

Rampant misclassifications make bond mutual funds appear far less risky, significantly impacting investors, study shows

Some mutual fund managers appear to be overestimating the safety of their holdings, resulting in misclassifications…

Image: Sentinel-3 captures bushfires raging in Australia

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured the multiple bushfires burning across Australia’s east coast. Around 150 fires…

How to make better biofuels? Convince yeast it's not starving

Yeast already helps make bread and beer and cranks out the biofuel ethanol, but scientists believe…