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Seismic Activity Detected on Mars
We've been studying Mars for decades, first through telescopes from Earth and then through data sent back by a series of rovers. As our closest galactic neighbor, the red planet could hold secrets to the formation of our little blue dot. Until the InSight lander...
How Your Cad Drawings Can Be Viewed with Altium Software
Getting an idea out of mind, into the real world is the biggest challenge an engineer faces. How ideal will the situation be if one software can take all your woes concerning viewing, printing and probing your big idea? Altium software is a broad software which...
What Will It Take to Make the Shipping Industry Sustainable?
Our nation relies on freight today more than ever before. With a growing amount of materials being sourced from overseas and countless numbers of outbound shipments headed across the globe, consumers have come to depend on every one of the primary forms of...
Jack the Ripper’s Identity Believed to Be Revealed Thanks to DNA Testing
Jack the Ripper’s killing spree in the autumn of 1888 remains as one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. However, the mystery can finally be put to rest, or at least that’s the case according to a self-proclaimed “armchair detective” and molecular biologist by...
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Watch NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts launch to the International Space Station on Thanksgiving morning
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls[embedded content]There's some spaceflight action on tap on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), but you'll have to get up pretty early to catch it.A...
Easter Island quarry reveals how Polynesians made enigmatic stone statues
Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought them into being.Also known as Rapa Nui, the remote island is famed...
Telescope in Chile captures stunning new picture of a cosmic butterfly
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly.The National Science Foundation’s NoirLab released the picture Wednesday.Snapped last month by the Gemini South telescope, the aptly named...
SpaceX scrubs launch of 140 satellites atop used Falcon 9 rocket from California coast
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 140 satellites for the company's Transporter-15 mission stands on its launch pad at California's Vandenberg Space Force Base...
Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues – the moai. The magnitude and number of these monuments defy easy...
Your big brain makes you human – count your neurons when you count your blessings
Here’s something new to consider being thankful for at Thanksgiving: the long evolutionary journey that gave you your big brain and your long life.Courtesy of our primate ancestors that invented cooking over a million years ago, you are a member of the one species...
Ethiopian earthquakes and volcanic eruptions: earth scientist explains the link
Ethiopia’s Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The strongest, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck on 4 January. The US Geological Survey and the German Research Centre for Geosciences reported that its...
Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a microphone on the rover, a French-led...
NASA rover detects electrical discharges – ‘mini-lightning’ – on Mars
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA's Perseverance rover has obtained evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is electrically active, detecting electrical discharges - what one scientist called "mini-lightning" - often associated with whirlwinds called dust devils...
New finds in Turkey’s southeast add to picture of Neolithic age
By Ceyda CaglayanSANLIURFA, Turkey (Reuters) -Turkey unveiled dozens of new finds at a major archaeological site in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, giving fresh insight into an area seen as showing humanity's transition from hunter-gatherers to settled societies more...
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish
Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public’s trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion.As a statistician involved in research for many years, I know the care that goes into designing a...
Kilauea displays lava fountains for the 37th time since its eruption began last year
HONOLULU (AP) — The on-and-off eruption that's been dazzling residents and visitors on Hawaii's Big Island for nearly a year resumed Tuesday as Kilauea volcano sent fountains of lava soaring 400 feet (122 meters) into the air.The molten rock was confined within...