Science
Does String Theory Actually Describe the World? AI May Be Able to Tell
A group led by string theory veterans Burt Ovrut of the University of Pennsylvania and Andre Lukas of Oxford went ...
UBS backs $37 million round for climate fintech startup Doconomy
From left to right: Johan Pihl, Doconomy’s chief creative officer and co-founder, and Mathias Wikstrom, chief executive officer and co-founder. ...
Space debris is an ‘increasing issue’ for Earth. What Canada is doing now
The Canadian Space Agency says it takes the issue of space debris “very seriously” and is working to ensure it ...
Nightmarish ‘footballfish’ washes up dead on US beach in potential 1st-of-its-kind occurrence
An extremely rare, deep-sea “footballfish” recently washed up dead on a beach in Oregon — potentially for the first time ...
Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year globally
About a third of the food produced globally each year goes to waste, while approximately 800 million people suffer from ...
Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions
Microsoft’s producing a lot more planet-heating pollution now than it did when it made a bold climate pledge back in ...
Euclid space telescope captures tens of thousands of glittering galaxies
Stunning new images from the Euclid space telescope show a dazzling array of starry sights, released to celebrate the first ...
The Auroras Should Be Spectacular This Summer, Thanks to Solar Maximum
Auroras filled much of the world’s skies for several nights in mid-May as a historic geomagnetic storm coursed 100 kilometers ...
Oil prices bounce back from three months lows, on track for weekly loss
A Shell gas station in Austin, Texas, on May 3, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Crude oil futures bounced ...
Space junk falling on Saskatchewan farmland prompts question: who’s liable?
In the past few years, there have been a variety of cases of space debris falling to Earth, with one ...