- September 18, 2024
Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every year
Venus may have regular quakes linked to the activity of volcanoes like the giant Maat Mons, which towers nearly 5
Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration
An artist’s rendering of the spacewalk on the Polaris Dawn mission SpaceX SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is a leap forward
Polaris Dawn latest: SpaceX crew complete first ever ‘stand-up’ civilian spacewalk
Jared Isaacman looks out of the Dragon capsule’s hatch SpaceX SpaceX made history today as its private astronauts conducted the
Clown visits may shorten the amount of time children spend in hospital
Medical clowns can help children through their treatments FatCamera/Getty Images Children and teenagers with pneumonia seem to spend less time
Stunningly preserved pterosaur fossils reveal how they soared
Smaller pterosaurs may have flapped their wings while larger ones soared Terryl Whitlatch Despite living hundreds of millions of years
Huge asteroid impact may have knocked over Jupiter’s largest moon
The solar system’s largest moon, Ganymede, alongside Jupiter in a picture taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft NASA/JPL/University of Arizona A
Quantum holograms can send messages that disappear
Polarised light can make messages encoded in a quantum hologram disappear Hong Liang, Wai Chun Wong, Tailin An, Jensen Li
How a new kind of vaccine could lead to the eradication of Alzheimer’s and dementia
“I have really modest goals. I want to have the largest impact on human suffering of anyone, ever,” says Lou
Neolithic engineers used scientific knowledge to build huge megalith
The interior of the monument in Spain known as the Menga dolmen Miguel Ángel Blanco de la Rubia Neolithic people
Intestinal parasites may reduce covid-19 vaccine effectiveness
Ancylostoma duodenale, or hookworm, causes one of the most common intestinal parasite infections in people globally Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock Covid-19 vaccines