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Laser-heated electrons can reshape metals in a billionth of a second
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (971+ words) Graphical representation of “hot electrons”. Electronic entropy phase transitions could rapidly change metal crystal structures before laser-heated atoms become hot. (CREDIT: Dr Sam Azadi) A metal struck by a powerful laser can enter a strange split state. Its electrons become…...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is about to slam into the Moon on August 5
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (1115+ words) The Falcon 9 moon impact may create a visible flash, towering dust plume and new crater near Einstein Crater on Aug. 5. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / AI-Generated / CC BY-SA 4.0) A discarded Falcon 9 rocket stage is expected to strike the moon, creating a brief flash,…...
Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light
9+ hour, 54+ min ago (1529+ words) Einstein’s relativity explains why fast travelers age more slowly and why time never passes at one universal rate. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / AI-Generated / CC BY-SA 4.0) A clock aboard a fast-moving spacecraft does not break, lag or malfunction. It ticks normally for everyone…...
2,700 year-old Italian cemetery reveals how status, gender, and diet impacted people's lives
22+ hour, 38+ min ago (756+ words) Zita Laffranchi, researcher of the Universyity of Cordoba. The Novilara necropolis isotope study reveals gendered diets, limited seafood consumption, mobility, and complex burial status. (CREDIT: Zita Laffranchi, University of Cordoba) Bones and teeth slowly build themselves out of whatever a…...
Dust from the Chicxulub asteroid baked dinosaurs alive within hours of impact
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1095+ words) A Chicxulub asteroid dust cloud may have trapped lethal heat, ignited wildfires and killed exposed dinosaurs within hours. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0) Sixty-six million years ago, the sky above Earth may have turned into a furnace. Dust from the Chicxulub…...
Astronomers find four Barnard's Star planets to be small, uninhabitable, with years lasting only days
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1213+ words) Barnard’s Star sits less than six light-years away, yet its four known planets look nothing like familiar neighbors. Each is smaller than Earth, larger than Mars, and packed so tightly around the star that a year lasts only days. The…...
Wandering black hole found 30,000 light-years from its galaxy’s center
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (678+ words) Galaxy WISEA J014656.04-152214.7, located about 750 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, before and after a tidal disruption event was spotted on its outer edge in November 2025. (CREDIT: DESI/Lowell Discovery Telescope/Legacy Survey/Robert Stein) A flash of light near…...
University of Melbourne start-up has developed a new, cutting-edge bionic prosthetic
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (800+ words) The Meablex adjustable bionic arm uses soft robotics and magnetic sensors to improve comfort, safety, and control. (CREDIT: Alireza Mohammadi et al., University of Melbourne) A prosthetic arm that fits perfectly in the morning can turn uncomfortably tight by afternoon....
Hormone balance study reveals best time for learning and memory
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1076+ words) A new study finds that the balance of two hormones can predict how well people learn and overcome fear. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) New research suggests that the body’s internal chemistry may quietly shape how well people learn, remember, and even unlearn…...
AI tool builds entirely new languages, then checks its own grammar
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (971+ words) An artificial language with no consonants sounds like a puzzle. A language spoken through colors and tentacle gestures sounds stranger still. ConlangCrafter can build both, while trying to keep every rule, word, and translation consistent. The system uses large language…...