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You're getting warmer! Hot dark matter could refine cosmic game of hide and seek

You’re getting warmer! Hot dark matter could refine cosmic game of hide and seek

by News Feed Editor | Jan 21, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration shows a spiral of hot dark matter spewing forward from the Big Bang . | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)New research suggests that dark matter,...
Hand stencil in Indonesian cave seen as the oldest-known rock art

Hand stencil in Indonesian cave seen as the oldest-known rock art

by News Feed Editor | Jan 21, 2026 | Science

Jan 21 (Reuters) – The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling the oldest example of rock art in the world, created at least 67,800 years ago.The reddish-colored stenciled image has...
Indonesian handprints are the oldest cave art found yet

Indonesian handprints are the oldest cave art found yet

by News Feed Editor | Jan 21, 2026 | Science

NEW YORK (AP) — Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago.The tan-colored prints analyzed by Indonesian and Australian researchers on the island of Sulawesi...
Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture, lack of sea ice for dangerous winter blast

Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture, lack of sea ice for dangerous winter blast

by News Feed Editor | Jan 21, 2026 | Science

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that will send much of the United States a devastating dose of winter weather later this week with swaths of painful subzero temperatures, heavy...
America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

by News Feed Editor | Jan 21, 2026 | Science

Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the region’s most persistent environmental problems. They disrupt aquatic...
Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet

Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet

by News Feed Editor | Jan 21, 2026 | Science

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has sharply increased electricity and water consumption, raising concerns about the technology’s environmental footprint and carbon emissions. But the story is more complicated than that.I study emerging technologies and how...
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