One of the most cherished science fiction scenarios is using a black hole as a portal to another dimension or time or universe. That fantasy may be closer to reality than previously imagined.
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2019
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Good fast bowlers add plenty of spice to the game of cricket but they're also prone to bowling no-balls. If they just started their run ups from a little further back most could probably eliminate no-balls altogether, so ...
Mathematics
Jan 7, 2015
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Dune, the epic series of sci-fi books by Frank Herbert, now turned into a movie of the same name, is set in the far future on the desert planet of Arrakis. Herbert outlined a richly-detailed world that, at first glance, seems ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 2, 2021
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This is a story that goes back thousands of years.
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2024
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Materials shape human progress – think stone age or bronze age. The 21st century has been referred to as the molecular age, a time when scientists are beginning to manipulate materials at the atomic level to create new ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 3, 2014
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It's been a half-century since the magnificent Apollo 11 moon landing, yet many people still don't believe it actually happened. Conspiracy theories about the event dating back to the 1970s are in fact more popular than ever. ...
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2019
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Despite huge advances in science over the past century, our understanding of nature is still far from complete. Not only have scientists failed to find the Holy Grail of physics—unifying the very large (general relativity) ...
Other
Oct 11, 2019
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Most discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) are characterised by hyperbole and hysteria. Though some of the world's most prominent and successful thinkers regularly forecast that AI will either solve all our problems ...
Machine learning & AI
Jul 24, 2019
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Hidden in even the clearest waters of the ocean are clues to what's happening to the seas and the climate on a global scale. Trace amounts of various chemical elements are found throughout the seas and can reveal what's going ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2019
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On Feb. 21, 2019, we shot an asteroid.
Space Exploration
May 8, 2020
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