Microplastics in the Body: How to Reduce Them
Microplastics, particles smaller than a grain of rice, have been found in human urine and tissue, with levels rising by…
Harvard Tokyo 3D Lattice Design Algorithm
A Harvard and Tokyo team has designed a 3D lattice that mimics the collapsible nature of Hoberman spheres, offering new…
China's Zhao Yuan Plant: Hualong-1 Reactor Construction
**China's ambitious nuclear energy plans have reached a new milestone: The start of construction on its first Hualong-1…
US Military Deploys Weapons in Orbit
The U.S. military has placed weapons in orbit for the first time, marking a shift in how it views space as a domain for…
Tokyo's Autonomous Ambulance for Humanoid Robots
Tokyo's first ambulance service designed for robots. It's not just a human world anymore – now even robots need emergen…
High-Performance AI Server: China's 100,000-Chip Cluster
A single hour. That's all it takes for China's 100,000-chip cluster to predict the world's weather for a decade ahead.
Mosquito Toilet Device: Rutgers University Virus Discovery
Rutgers University researchers have designed a "mosquito toilet" to trap and study the viruses that mosquitoes carry, a…
Mercator vs.
Greenland appears fourteen times bigger than Africa, on Mercator maps. This traditional projection, despite its usefuln…
Forest Waterfall Lighting: Magical Cave Illumination
A waterfall in a mossy forest is stunning, but catch it behind the veil of an illuminated cave, and the scene transform…
East African Rift: Africa Splitting into Two
Africa is literally tearing apart, with a valley splitting the continent at a rate of millimeters a year. This geologic…
Ocean Water Mixing: Why It Looks Uneven
The ocean surface, as seen from space, can look like an artist's canvas, with distinct colored patches and swirling pat…
Animal Olfactory Abilities: Humans, Dogs, and Elephants Compared
Elephants can distinguish human genders alone by scent, outpacing our paltry human abilities. This is why they rely on…