Scientists Rebuild the US National Climate Assessment, One Peer-Reviewed Paper at a Time
Scientists rebuild the US National Climate Assessment one peer-reviewed paper at a time after the shutdown.
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Research, space, climate and the natural world.
Metal Detectorist in Germany Finds a Massive Roman Hoard From the Time of Emperor Hadrian
Metal detectorist in Germany finds 934 Roman silver coins, spanning the Republic to Hadrian's time, now on display in Bonn.
Scientists have finally caught sound waves in the act of jumping between quantum states
Stanford scientists record sound making quantum jumps between energy states, a step toward quantum computing and ultra-sensitive protein detection.
Stem cells regenerate stroke-damaged brain tissue and restore limb movement in mice
A tale of stem cells that, transplanted into a mouse's injured brain, restore motion and mend the very vessel that shields the mind.
Freshwater cyanobacterium from clean lakes has little toxic potential, study finds
A study finds Gloeotrichia echinulata, a lake-dwelling cyanobacterium, shows little toxic potential despite its alarming mats.
Earth now gets its own patch notes, tracking how human activity changes the world
A new site treats Earth's daily headlines as a video game's patch notes, with unlocks, nerfs and bug fixes for the planet itself.
NASA Powers Up Roman’s 300-Megapixel Camera; Coronagraph Tests Go Smoothly
NASA's Roman telescope powers on its 300-megapixel camera, passing early tests during its journey to L2.
Tiny implant reads brain signals, delivers drugs, and stimulates neurons all at once
A thin needle-like brain implant can record signals, deliver drugs, and stimulate nerve cells all at once — a promising proof of concept.
Beneath Gran Sasso, a Detector Finds No Sign That Gravity Kills Quantum Superpositions
A detector buried beneath Italy's Gran Sasso mountain found no signal showing gravity destroys quantum superpositions.
When Galileo Calculated the Precise Dimensions of Hell in Dante’s Inferno
How Galileo calculated the precise dimensions of hell in Dante's Inferno, a curious prelude to his scientific revolution.
How Scribes Invented the Letter W to Spell Barbarian Names
How the letter W was born of scribes who could not spell their king's name, a tale of Rome's fall and the Germanic sound that survived.
‘Rusty treasure’ in Danube was 2,200-year-old iron from ancient shipwreck
A sunken ship's cargo of 500 ancient iron bars, each a minor miracle preserved in the Danube's depths.