Like the speed of an advancing race car driver, the winds in the outermost “lane” of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot are accelerating — a discovery only made possible by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which has monitored the planet for more than a decade. Researchers analyzing Hubble’s regular “storm reports” found that the average wind speed ...
Research that was published in the journal Science by a team led by Dr. Chris Darimont from the University of Victoria has shown just how extreme human predatory behavior is and the resultant impacts on the ecosystem. We are the cause of widespread wildlife extinctions, shrinking fish sizes, and disruptions to global food chains. “These are extreme outcomes that ...
Atmospheric aerosols scatter and absorb solar light, and influence the formation of clouds. However, these processes are not yet completely understood, which leads to significant uncertainties when estimating their role in climate change. In order to reliably estimate the effect of humans on climate change, we need to be able to separate the effects of ...
Researchers used computer modeling to study potential new phases of matter known as prethermal discrete time crystals (DTCs). It was thought that the properties of prethermal DTCs were reliant on quantum physics, the strange laws ruling particles at the subatomic scale. However, the researchers found that a simpler approach, based on classical physics, can be ...
A new study led by Arizona State University paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean and ASU doctoral graduate Emily Hallett details more than 60 bone tools and one tool made from the tooth of a cetacean, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. These finds, first unearthed from Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco, in 2011, are highly suggestive proxy evidence for the earliest clothing in ...
Researchers are finding more and more evidence that diabetes not only takes a toll on the body, it also takes a toll on your brain. A new study that was published in the journal Neurology has shown a decline in cognitive skills and ability to perform daily activities over the course of a 2-year period in people with Type 2 ...
Analysis of unique “fingerprints” in light emitted from material surrounding young stars has revealed “significant reservoirs” of large organic molecules necessary to form the basis of life. Dr. John Ilee, Research Fellow at the University of Leeds who led the study, says the findings suggest that the basic chemical conditions that resulted in life on Earth could ...
Researchers have found that watching fish at an aquarium or in a fish tank can improve your physical and mental well-being, according to research recently published in Environment & Behaviour. The study was the first of its kind, with experts from the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth University, and the University of Exeter monitoring people’s physical being and mental ...
When two substances are brought together, they will eventually settle into a steady state known as thermodynamic equilibrium; in everyday life, we see examples of this when oil floats on top of water and when milk mixes uniformly into coffee. When this thermodynamic equilibrium is disrupted scientists can create such things as square droplets and ...
Scientists have found evidence of ancient volcanic eruptions on Mars in a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra. This area experienced thousands of “super eruptions,” the biggest volcanic eruptions known, over a 500-million-year period. Some volcanic eruptions on Mars are so powerful they release oceans of dust and toxic gases into the air, blocking ...
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