Science

Guest contribution by Eric Worrall The Sydney Morning Herald believes Australian Scott Morrison is making a huge mistake by ignoring the imminent drop in fossil fuel prices due to inexpensive green hydrogen. A climate crisis looms…

If it weren't for a huge halo of dark matter enveloping our galaxy, the rate of rotation of our central bar would have to remain fairly constant. However, researchers recently found that it has slowed nearly 25% since it was created, a…

The Truth About Heat Waves By Jim Steele For those who truly want to be guided by science, put aside the climate crisis hysteria. We can explain the natural dynamics of all heat waves by simply knowing 1) how heat is transported…

Predicting volcanic eruptions is notoriously tricky. In large part this is because volcanos are unique, each with their own quirks and personalities: the lessons learned from studying one volcano may not apply directly to another. Luckily,…

Rainbow trout or salmon trout Oncorhynchus mykiss close-up underwater Matt Parker, University of Portsmouth and Alex Ford, University of Portsmouth Around 269 million people worldwide use drugs every year. Often forgotten in this…

Early this morning, Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic achieved a major milestone in the development of commercial space travel. Along with a team of specialists, Branson traveled to the edge of space aboard the VSS Unity and made it…

Guest contribution by Eric Worrall The Guardian believes that immigrants from poor countries will happily take care of the old people in rich countries who have chosen not to have children. Or maybe robots will fix everything. Why…

Magnetic fields are great for lots of things – directing explorers, levitating trains, and containing nuclear fusion reactions are just an example of what these invisible forces can do.  Now we can ascribe another feature to magnetic…

Gavin D. Madakumbura, University of California, Los Angeles; Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles; Chad Thackeray, University of California, Los Angeles, and Jesse Norris, University of California, Los Angeles The Research…

It’s no secret that the commercial space industry (aka. NewSpace) has become immensely lucrative in recent years, nor the fact that it has become intensely competitive as a result. To illustrate, one needs to look no further than the top…