NASA delays historic Artemis 2 moon mission to April 2026, Artemis 3 lunar landing to mid-2027

We’ll have to wait a bit longer to see the first crewed moon mission since the Apollo era lift off. NASA announced today (Dec. 5) that it’s delaying the planned…

New Appetite Regulating Neurons Discovered

Summary: Researchers have identified a previously unknown population of neurons in the hypothalamus that play a critical role in regulating appetite. These neurons express both leptin receptors and the BNC2…

Why children play the same game or watch the same show over (and over) again

Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s a familiar feeling for many parents. No matter what you suggest, your pre-schooler just wants to watch that episode of Bluey again, never mind that…

Biden uses only Africa visit to promote “game changer” railway for copper and cobalt

The US is placing its critical minerals hopes in the Lobito Corridor project, which it says will also bring growth and jobs to Africa In his first – and most…

Nvidia signs deal to establish AI center in Vietnam

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain US chip giant Nvidia signed a deal Thursday to establish an AI center in Vietnam. Jensen Huang, chairman and CEO of the Silicon Valley chip titan,…

Prehistoric bakeries uncovered in Burgbernheim

Excavations in Burgbernheim, located within the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district of Germany, have uncovered evidence of early baking practices dating back to the late Bronze Age and early…

species coexistence and niche segregation in Mediterranean green lizards. – Functional Ecologists

In our latest post, author Carolina Reyes-Puig asks us if it’s all about size (in this case, it is…kinda!). In their latest paper: “Is it all about size? Dismantling the…

Slow atomic movements shed new light on unconventional superconductivity

An SLAC research team discovered how an exceedingly slow process known as atomic relaxation changes in the presence of two of the quantum states that intertwine in cuprate superconductors. The…

In experiments, superconducting qubit baths give clean simulation of quantum transport

Meet a scientist tracking cactus poaching in the Atacama Desert

Pablo Guerrero has been visiting cacti in the Atacama Desert his whole life, first on family trips to the Chilean coast and later as a researcher studying the impacts of…