Delaware Researchers Build a Battery That Captures Carbon Dioxide
A battery cell turns CO2 into a flowing stream of gas, then reverses the spell, a device of strange and curious power.
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Research, space, climate and the natural world.
Redwoods Cut Back On Water And Nutrient Intake During Heat Waves, Study Finds
California's coast redwoods breathe and eat less when heat climbs past 100 degrees, storing less of the world's dread carbon.
Ancient Greek poem found in Egyptian tomb, along with spells meant to guard the dead
A 1,700-year-old tomb in Egypt bears a poem in Greek and spells to guard the dead, a son's lament for his father.
NASA Is Unable to Move the Space Station’s Large Robotic Arm
A robotic arm upon the station's exterior, long trusted, now stands still, its transporter troubled with a strange malady.
NASA’s Roman Telescope Mission Draws Outpouring From Readers Who Want to Know What Space Holds
Live Science readers share what they hope NASA's Roman telescope finds: habitable exoplanets, dark energy, or just stunning desktop wallpaper.
DarkSide Detector Seeks Composite Dark Matter — and Finds Nothing
A detector, seven years deep, sought a shadowed particle — and found none. Yet its silence guides the seekers onward.
OpenAI Keeps Bulldozing Mathematicians
OpenAI's clumsy announcement of its new math advisory group has left mathematicians questioning its independence.
US Cold War-Era Spy Satellite Explodes Above Earth — and Nobody Knows Why
A Cold War spy satellite exploded in orbit, and experts cannot say why it broke apart or how many pieces it made.
SpaceX’s Starship 14 lifts off from South Texas, then comes down hard on the ground
SpaceX's Starship launches from South Texas, enters orbit for the first time from Texas soil, and lands with a thud.
Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture
A group of young mathematicians solved a 55-year-old puzzle by treating randomness as a tool rather than a nuisance.
The Universe May Be Finite — But the Shape of That Could Be Unimaginably Strange
The universe may be flat, yet vast beyond measure. Herein we ponder whether it wraps around upon itself, or ends not at all.
SpaceX’s Starship Measuring 407 Feet Tall Aims for Orbit for First Time Ever Today
SpaceX's Starship megarocket attempts its first orbital launch Monday, carrying 26 Starlink satellites into orbit.