Dark Matter Detector May Have Caught a Hint of the Elusive Stuff
A detector deep in a gold mine may have caught a hint of dark matter, though physicists warn it could merely be a statistical fluke.
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Declassified CIA Report Reveals Psychic ‘Visited’ Ancient Mars, Saw Civilization Destroyed By Blue Wave
A CIA declassified report tells of a psychic spy who 'went' to ancient Mars and saw a city destroyed a million years ago, matching visions from another viewer.
‘A Kind of Rosetta Stone’: AI Decodes 217-Year-Old Secret Letter Ordered by Napoleon
An AI hath solved a secret letter of 217 years, a Rosetta Stone for the dead tongue of ciphers.
AI Model Discovers Previously Unnoticed 1615 Ship’s Log Detailing Dodo Hunting
A dodo's memory lives in a forgotten ship's log, discovered by a model's strange epistemological search.
SpaceX and NASA send astronauts to the space station on a new Dragon capsule
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 launches four astronauts to the ISS; here's how to watch the historic lift-off live.
Venus’ Mysterious Haze Is Actually Cosmic Dust From Shooting Stars
Venus' yellowish lower haze is cosmic dust from shooting stars burning up in its atmosphere, per a new study.
AI model now better predicts how long small molecules will stick around in tests
A German team's machine-learning model predicts retention times of small molecules, easing the old trial-and-error of chromatographic tests.
New Atomic Clock Sets Record for Precision, Putting the Second Itself Up for Rethinking
A clock of lutetium, so precise as to redefine the second itself, is unveiled by physicists, beating the old standard by 41%.
SpaceX sends fresh crew to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rises from Florida bearing four souls toward the station, its name recalling a perilous past yet bearing none of its dread.
Researchers claim a new qubit design could cut errors by 99% in a superfluid quantum computer
A qubit built upon superfluid helium may hold the secret to far fewer errors in the realm of quantum computation.
Two New Giant Stick Insect Species Discovered in Australia
A giant stick insect fooled scientists for decades before its true identity emerged, revealing hidden biodiversity.
Bacteria Swap DNA Like Animals Mate Under Starvation Stress
Starving E. coli swap DNA via phages and CRISPR, over 100x more than spontaneous mutations — a primitive form of bacterial sex.