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Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...
Recent Deadly Crash Halts Uber’s Progress with Autonomous Vehicles
Following several car crashes and one recent fatality in its testing of autonomous vehicles, Uber has temporarily stopped testing of these self-driving cars. In the most recent incident involving a self-driving vehicle driving in Tempe, Arizona, a Volvo SUV hit and...
Scientists in Sweden has made a material that challenges spider silk as the strongest bio-based material
The challenge of producing a bio-based material that can compete with the strength spider dragline silk has since long been pursued, primarily by trying to make fibers synthetically from silk. Now, by using nanocellulose, the component that makes trees and plants...
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If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year later?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year later? – Essie, age 11, MichiganHave you ever...
The ‘Oscars of Science’: Breakthrough Prize 2026 awards over $18 million for discoveries across space, physics and more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Sergey Brin and Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto speak onstage during the 12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 18, 2026 in Santa Monica, California. |...
The moon as you rarely see it: How a photographer captured night and day on the first quarter moon
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The first quarter moon shines over the city of Yorba Linda, California in March 2026. | Credit: Zachary CooperAstrophotographer Zachary Cooper created this...
The threat of light pollution puts the world’s darkest skies in the Atacama Desert at risk
THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile (AP) — It takes a moment for the eyes to adjust. A faint spark appears in the darkness; then another, brighter one. Soon, stars, planets and entire constellations emerge. Before long, a whole galaxy stretches across the sky, visible to the...
Russia launches 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Roscosmos/NASARussia launched its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station today (April 25).A Soyuz rocket topped with the robotic...
DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means
In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with that of the 14th-century German Jews, finding many “matches.” These...
From Apollo to alien worlds: 4 ‘firsts’ you can spot in the night sky tonight
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Here's how to find four incredible firsts after sunset. | Credit: Left: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of...
Why do some starburst galaxies mysteriously shut down? New study provides clues
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The starburst galaxy NGC 4536, seen here in a photo by the Hubble Space Telescope, has bright blue clusters of baby stars and pink clumps of ionized hydrogen gas...
Watch Russia launch 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/Roscosmos[embedded content]Russia will launch its latest Progress cargo ship toward the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch...
A bright star will disappear for up to an hour tonight — here’s what’s happening
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Regulus, in the constellation Leo. | Credit: Franco Tognarini via Getty ImagesIf you live in the middle Atlantic or southeast part of the United States, you'll have...
This X-ray image shows our solar system ‘breathing’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Illustration of the separation of the SWCX foreground emission from the cosmic X-ray sky, for the Western Galactic hemisphere. The stripe patterns visible in the SWCX...
How did the USSR win the space race to beat the US to the moon in Apple TV’s new ‘Star City’?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Apple TV[embedded content]The world just witnessed Artemis 2's inspiring loop around the moon and back and we’re all still enraptured by NASA’s triumphant...