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IBM says will end research and development work in China
US computer giant IBM confirmed Monday it would close its research and development arm in China.Multiple employees told AFP they had been informed during a brief meeting with US executives on Monday...
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn launch pushed back after helium leak
SpaceX on Monday pushed back the historic launch of an all-civilian crew on an orbital expedition set to mark a new chapter in space exploration with the first spacewalk by private citizens.The...
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'Alarming' rise in deadly lightning strikes in India: scientists
Climate change is fuelling an alarming increase in deadly lightning strikes in India, killing nearly 1,900 people a year in the world's most populous country, scientists warn.Lightning caused a...
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Amid soaring temps, heat-related deaths have more than doubled since 1999
As 55 million people in the U.S. Midwest faced heat alerts on Monday, research published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association showed that heat-related deaths in the country...
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Harvard neurology expert reveals study on how religious fundamentalism...
People with brain lesions are more susceptible to religious fundamentalism, according to a study authored by a Harvard University neurology instructor.Michael Ferguson, an instructor at Harvard...
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SpaceX postpones historic mission featuring first private spacewalk
SpaceX on Tuesday postponed once more its attempt at launching a daring orbital expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens.The...
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U.S. patient dies from rare mosquito-borne disease
A person in the northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire has died after contracting the rare mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, health authorities announced Tuesday.The patient,...
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Drinking alcohol before conceiving a child could accelerate their aging
The conditions within a person’s home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to understand whether nature or...
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The new COVID vaccine is out — but you might not want to rush to get it
The FDA has approved an updated covid shot for everyone 6 months old and up, which renews a now-annual quandary for Americans: Get the shot now, with the latest covid outbreak sweeping the country, or...
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We discovered a new way mountains are formed – from ‘mantle waves’ inside the...
In 2005, I was navigating winding roads through the Drakensberg Mountains, in Lesotho, Southern Africa. Towering cliff-like features known as escarpments interrupt the landscape, rising up by a...
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Do cats grieve?
As we grieve the loss of a pet, we may not be the only ones feeling the pain. Research is showing that cats who are left behind when another animal in their home dies could be mourning along with us....
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What the unique shape of the human heart tells us about our evolution
Mammals, from the mighty blue whale to the tiny shrew, inhabit nearly every corner of our planet. Their remarkable adaptability to different environments has long fascinated scientists, with each...
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Monkey monikers: Like humans, marmosets give each other names
Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in social animals, previously observed only in humans, bottlenose dolphins and African elephants.Marmoset monkeys have now joined this...
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Australian sauna helps save frogs from flesh-eating fungus
Hundreds of endangered Australian Green and Golden Bell frogs huddle inside a sauna, shielded from Sydney's winter chill.The sauna -– a small greenhouse containing black-painted bricks warmed by the...
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A quantum neural network can see optical illusions like humans do.
Optical illusions, quantum mechanics and neural networks might seem to be quite unrelated topics at first glance. However, in new research I have used a phenomenon called “quantum tunnelling” to...
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Seismic echoes reveal a mysterious ‘donut’ inside Earth’s core
About 2,890 kilometers beneath our feet lies a gigantic ball of liquid metal: our planet’s core. Scientists like me use the seismic waves created by earthquakes as a kind of ultrasound to “see” the...
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Inside the 'golden age' of alien hunting at the Green Bank Telescope
Nestled between mountains in a secluded corner of West Virginia, a giant awakens: the Green Bank Telescope begins its nightly vigil, scanning the cosmos for secrets.If intelligent life exists beyond...
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Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiraling out of control – why that’s so...
The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular. Around a fifth of UK citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an estimated 7% believe that...
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Meet Phaethon, a weird asteroid that thinks it’s a comet
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a comet? A comet is basically a dirty iceball composed of rock and ice. The classic image is of a bright “star” in the night sky with a long curved tail...
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What is space made of? An astrophysics expert explains all the components
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What is space made of – what does gravity...
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