Microplastics are everywhere—in our water, food, and even the air we breathe. A new scientific review highlights a growing concern: microplastics and nanoplastics are accumulating in human brain ...

Recently we made an attempt to put incomprehensible astronomical distances into a human perspective. We started by looking at the vast distances within our solar system, moving on to distances within ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...

A team of researchers from the SETI Institute, Breakthrough Listen, and global institutions has used deep learning on a dataset of 820 nearby stars and found eight new signals of interest. Despite ...

Already recognized for their contribution to learning and development, including literacy, board games are now seen as instrumental in enhancing children's abilities in counting, addition, and number ...

Imagine peering into the night sky with a powerful telescope and seeing galaxies scattered across the cosmic landscape. Some are so distant that their light has been travelling for over 13 billion ...

Generating electricity outside cities and transporting it into the city comes with a lot of power loss. Ideally, as much of it as possible should be generated locally. Scientists have found a way to ...

How old are the stars and planets that light up our universe? Age is more than just a number in the world of astrophysics; it unravels the history, evolution, and potential for life in faraway worlds.

For most of astronomy’s history, the death of a massive star has been a loud event. A supernova flares so brightly it can briefly outshine an entire galaxy. But a new study describes something far ...

It might be possible that astronauts in the future live and work comfortably on the moon without the need for resources to be shipped from Earth. This would be made possible by a new technology that ...

Have you ever wondered how animals adapt to urban life, with its traffic jams and busy streets? A fascinating observation by researcher Dr. Vladimir Dinets sheds light on how some birds might not only ...

Rolls-Royce carried out their tests in cooperation with British airliner EasyJet using a converted conventional aero engine. The companies have set out to demonstrate that hydrogen can efficiently and ...