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Two Russian cosmonauts are back inside the International Space Station after conducting a spacewalk to install a semiconductor materials experiment, as well as retrieve and jettison a no-longer-needed camera from the exterior of the…

In 2000, the famous 1997 Levitating Frog experiment hopped its way to an Ig Nobel Prize, thanks to Dr. Andre Geim and his team, who figured out how to make a frog, a cricket, and a few plants float using magnetism. Geim would later win a…

Fortunately, there are many ways you can prove to yourself that the Earth is indeed an oblate spheroid (or a sphere that bulges slightly at the equator). These range from the simple – looking at photos of the Earth from space, or simply…

States in quantum superposition are notoriously fragile but researchers in China have reported creating such a state that lasted for a whopping 23 minutes and 20 seconds. This record-breaking result is exciting in itself but the team…

Two ecotypes of Littorina saxatilis marine snails, adapted to different environments. The Crab ecotype (left) is larger and wary of predators. The Wave ecotype (right) is smaller and has bold behavior. © David Carmelet KLOSTERNEUBURG,…

A new experiment will make parents think twice before using a public baby changing station.TikToker 'howdirtyis' conducted a swab test on a plastic table in a public restroom, finding the wall installation was riddled with…