SCIENCE
What is a heat pump and what grants are available?
The government wants more homes to have heat pumps and is making grants available....
Strange white rocks on Mars hint at millions of years of rain
Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These ...
Scientists finally explain Earth’s strangest fossils
The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft—bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail whe...
A century-old Stonehenge mystery may finally be solved
Scientists have found compelling new evidence that humans, not glaciers, brought Stonehenge’s bluestones to the site. Us...
A hidden magnetic order could unlock superconductivity
Physicists have discovered that hidden magnetic order plays a key role in the pseudogap, a puzzling state of matter that...
Obesity and high blood pressure may directly cause dementia
A new genetic study suggests that obesity and high blood pressure may play a direct role in causing dementia, not just i...
The magnetic secret inside steel finally explained
For years, scientists noticed that magnetic fields could improve steel, but no one knew exactly why. New simulations rev...
A hidden genetic war is unfolding inside your DNA
Our genome isn’t as peaceful as it looks—some DNA elements are constantly trying to disrupt it. Scientists studying frui...
A strange in-between state of matter is finally observed
When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight fro...
The early universe supercharged black hole growth
Astronomers may have finally cracked one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how black holes grew so enormous so fast a...
A dying star’s final breath glows in a new Webb image of the Helix Nebula
Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detai...
Distant entangled atoms acting as one sensor deliver stunning precision
Researchers have demonstrated that quantum entanglement can link atoms across space to improve measurement accuracy. By ...