Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station have produced rocket fuel and oxygen from water and carbon dioxide, mimicking the photosynthesis process common in plants. (Image courtesy of China Manned Space Agency) Chinese astronauts have just synthesized rocket fuel and oxygen…
Exposure to microbes in the natural environment, including soil, can boost children's immunity. (Image credit: Cavan Images via Getty Images) As a child, you may have been told that playing outside in the dirt is good for your immune system.…
Japanese engineers have launched the world's first hybrid quantum supercomputer, called Reimei, which uses trapped ion qubits, as opposed to superconducting qubits that require charged atoms or ions to be isolated in an electromagnetic field. (Image credit: Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)…
The 'Gates of Hell' have been burning in the desert of Turkmenistan since 1971. (Image credit: Getty images) According to recent television appearances, the head of Turkmenistan is aiming to close the “Gates of Hell” that have been burning endlessly…
Temperatures at the North Pole were 36 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) above normal over the weekend. (Photo credit: Chris Wood/Alamy Stock Photo) Temperatures at the North Pole rose above freezing over the weekend, with the high Arctic reaching 36…
A wandering albatross on South Georgia, Antarctica (not the island where mice eat albatrosses alive). (Photo credit: Paul Souders via Getty Images) Invasive mice are eating albatrosses alive on a remote Indian Ocean island, prompting conservationists to propose an explosive…