Weirdly-shaped wormholes might work better than spherical ones Otherwise, they’d be ferociously unstable. Wormholes, or tunnels in the fabric of space-time, are ferociously unstable. As soon as even a single photon slips down the tunnel, the […]
Life might survive, and thrive, in a hydrogen world: study As new and more powerful telescopes blink on in the next few years, astronomers will be able to aim the megascopes at nearby exoplanets, peering […]
1,200-year-old ‘gumdrop’ might have belonged to elite gamer at UK monastery This ornate, gumdrop-shaped glass piece was part of a board game with Roman roots. What looks like a tasty, blue gumdrop decorated with white […]
AI Might Make Us Mistakenly Think We’ve Found Aliens, Says Study We’ll need to be careful using AI in the search for ET. While some researchers search for biological signs of life beyond Earth, others are scouring […]
Black holes shouldn’t echo, but this one might. Score 1 for Stephen Hawking? This isn’t how black holes are supposed to behave. When two neutron stars slammed together far off in space, they created a powerful shaking […]
Forgetfulness might depend on time of day Can’t remember something? Try waiting until later in the day. Researchers identified a gene in mice that seems to influence memory recall at different times of day and […]