Climate change: Greenland ice sheet melting at an accelerated rate, says scientists
Aug 17, 2020 11:22 am UTC| Science Nature
Climate change is one of the leading problems we face in the world today, with the rising temperatures posing grave consequences in the long-term. Unfortunately, it appears that the situation will only worsen as scientists...
Major quantum computational breakthrough is shaking up physics and maths
Aug 14, 2020 15:24 pm UTC| Science
MIP* = RE is not a typo. It is a groundbreaking discovery and the catchy title of a recent paper in the field of quantum complexity theory. Complexity theory is a zoo of complexity classes collections of computational...
NASA: Agency releases photos of Mars' multicolored moon Phobos orbiting Red Planet
Aug 14, 2020 10:09 am UTC| Science
The universe never fails to amaze space enthusiasts and astronomers alike with the many stars, asteroids, planets, and moons that have strangely beautiful characteristics. NASA has recently released photos of one of those...
COVID-19: Blood test could reveal how fatal coronavirus is to a patient
Aug 14, 2020 10:06 am UTC| Science Health
Since the breakout in December 2019, the coronavirus pandemic also known as COVID-19 continues to terrorize the world to this day. Scientists are increasing efforts to study and develop a possible cure, but researchers...
NASA releases image of a pink gas giant exoplanet 57 lightyears away from Earth
Aug 13, 2020 07:40 am UTC| Science
In the universe, the planets in our Solar System are only a fraction of the number of planets that are out there orbiting their respective stars and star systems. Some of those exoplanets are strangely amazing, and NASA...
Climate change: Arctic region may be completely thawed out by 2035, researchers claim
Aug 13, 2020 07:40 am UTC| Science Nature
Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic is the fight against climate change, which is now occurring at an accelerated rate in some parts of the worlds polar regions. Unfortunately, researchers have predicted a grim outcome of the...
Asteroids: NASA reveals potentially hazardous asteroid 2011 ES4 to pass by closer than the Moon
Aug 12, 2020 09:56 am UTC| Science
Space agencies such as NASA are constantly on the lookout for asteroids that would wander into the Earths orbit. With the news of one particularly hazardous asteroid making its way Earthbound, NASA revealed when it will be...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight