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A Scientific Achievement That’s Totally Random
Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can.
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Astronaut spots Mount Vesuvius from space | Space photo of the day for June 8, 2026
"From orbit, volcanoes are some of the most beautiful natural sights."
Einstein and the Eagle: How Relativity Is Saving Earth’s Rarest Raptor
At the hazy dawn of the twentieth century, through the byways of mental meandering and mathematical play, Albert Einstein arrived at a revelation...
Here’s Why Everyone You Know Is Suddenly Into Bird-Watching (and Why You Should Be Too)
A new generation of bird-watchers is discovering the joy of the hobby and the science-backed benefits that come with it. The post Here’s Why...
Letting a River Act Like a River
This story was originally published by New Mexico Rivers Rising, an independent project dedicated to covering New Mexico’s waterways and wetlands...
Want a deal on a heat pump? Team up with your neighbors.
Last year, Marie Tai needed a better way to keep her condo cool. Her window air-conditioning units were borderline ineffective, even running at...
Words matter: 'Cultivated' outperforms 'lab-grown' for consumer acceptance, study finds
A new study from the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA), recently published in Food Quality & Preference, explores how...
8 Best Storage Beds of 2026, Tested by AD Editors
These frames offer space-saving solutions in spades
How Nature Imagined the Figment of You
It is there like a constant whisper, like a ceaseless gust of thought rustling through the canopy of the collective mind: the haunting sense that...
New E-Library Expands Access to Global Coffee Agroforestry Research
A new global database aims to make coffee agroforestry research more accessible, supporting climate resilience, farmer livelihoods, and...
Next El Niño could be strongest in decades
A new phase of the natural El Niño weather pattern could begin in a matter of weeks, the UN has warned, boosting temperatures on a planet already...
PMOS shows us why many scientific terms need to be renamed
Like covid-19 and mpox before it, the decision to relabel PCOS as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome is a welcome one – and reveals why a...
How to Remove Apps You Never Use (or at Least Hide Them)
If you need space back on your phone or tablet, removing built-in and unused apps can help free up storage and reduce screen clutter.
An invisible forever chemical rain is falling across the planet
A surprising study suggests that chemicals introduced to protect the ozone layer may have unintentionally created a growing global pollution...
Planet nine mystery deepens as new discovery challenges hidden planet theory
Astronomers have spent years searching for a possible hidden giant planet far beyond Neptune. Unusual orbits among distant Kuiper Belt objects...
Mars astronauts may do laundry by blasting clothes with a plasma beam
There is currently no good way for astronauts in space to do laundry, but researchers may have finally come up with one: a bright purple jet of...
90 Percent of Job Platforms Sell User Data, Study Finds. Here Are the Biggest Offenders
You trust these job platforms with your resume. A new study says they may be selling your data—here’s who tops the list.
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El Niño is stirring in the Pacific Ocean and may well be one of the strongest yet.
Typhoon Jangmi’s giant eye lights up the night as it approaches Japan
Typhoon Jangmi powered toward southern Japan with heavy rain, strong winds, and a striking appearance from space. Nighttime satellite images...
Fossil discovery shows the interaction between giant marine reptiles
Approximately 160 million years ago, during the Age of Dinosaurs, giant marine reptiles ruled the seas. One such creature, an ichthyosaur, swam in...
The World Cup’s Trionda Ball Challenges Traditional Aerodynamics
According to new research, Trionda would show less unpredictable movements in actions such as corner kicks or free kicks. However, in powerful and...
Esrawe + Cadena creates fragrance "temple" for Xinú Oaxaca showroom
Basalt rock formations informed the display inside this atmospheric retail showroom in Oaxaca, which Mexico City-based design team Esrawe + Cadena...
Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings with — wait for it — sewage
This story was originally published by Colorado Public Radio . Sign up for CPR’s weekly climate newsletter. DENVER — Like in many American cities,...
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