MmeEmil/Getty Images) Waking up from a nightmare can leave your heart pounding, but the effects may reach far beyond a restless night. Adults who suffer bad dreams every week were almost three times more likely to die before age 75 than people who rarely have them. This alarming conclusion – which is yet to be… Continue reading
An image of a “This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in physics.” An image of a black hole surrounded by matter. Does the secret of quantum gravity lie around these cosmic titans too? (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)) The first step… Continue reading
The first publicly-released image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, revealed on 11 July 2022. (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI) Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began science operations, astronomers have observed galaxies that existed more than 13 billion years ago. It was during this period, known as the “Cosmic Dark Ages,” that the first stars and galaxies… Continue reading
Rawalpindi and Islamabad experienced an intense hailstorm today, with unusually large hailstones falling across various areas of the twin cities. The sudden weather event surprised residents as large chunks of ice, some the size of golf balls, rained down, covering roads, rooftops, and green spaces. The hailstorm caused significant concern among the locals due to… Continue reading
An illustration of the star and the crumbs of its exoplanet meal. (NASA, ESA, CSA, R. Crawford/STScI) A surprise twist has emerged in the tale of an exoplanet that was devoured by its star. Rather than the star expanding to engulf the poor defenseless world, the world itself was complicit in its demise, falling in… Continue reading
Quantum physics already feels like a puzzle, but now scientists have made it more literal. A team of mathematicians from the University of Colorado Boulder has designed a quantum Rubik’s cube, with infinite possible states and some weird new moves available to solve it. The classic (and classical) Rubik’s cube is what’s known as a… Continue reading
An artist’s impression of an extremely magnetic massive star on the cusp of forming a magnetar. (ESO/L. Calçada) The mystery of fast radio bursts (FRBs) just got a little bit weirder. A team of astronomers has just traced a burst called FRB 20190208A back to the distant galaxy that spat it out – and they… Continue reading
John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty Images) When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents all the places around you. This is likely why some people… Continue reading
(YsaL/Getty Images) Doctors in the US have treated a fetus with a rapidly progressive congenital disease from inside the womb for the very first time. Instead of giving medicine to a child with severe neuromuscular complications after they are born, a new case study details how a prospective mother agreed to take the medicine… Continue reading
(Nazarii Neshcherenskyi/Getty Images) The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth – 3.1 percent according to… Continue reading