PhysicsTest Flights of a Balloon Designed to Fly Through Venus’ Corrosive Clouds Venus’s surface is hostile, and that is an understatement. The temperature is high enough to melt lead, the pressure is twice what it would be…
ChemistryHypobromous Acid Hypobromous acid is a weak, unstable acid with the chemical formula HOBr. It is a weak and unstable acid with similar chemical and physical properties…
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Plants and AnimalsHoly Mola: The World’s Heaviest Bony Fish Weighs 2,744kg The adage “great oaks from little acorns grow” is particularly applicable to the life cycle of enormous molas. These magnificent fish develop to enormous sizes…
TechnologyCreate Your Own Virtual Pet With This $110 Tamagotchi Alternative by Coding and Assembling It If you grew up with a Tamagotchi, you’ve definitely had some experience with the rewards and challenges of pet ownership without having to provide any…
TechnologyThis 1937 painting is seen as “proof” of time travel People are speculating about the possibility of time travel after spotting what appears to be a Native American man peering at a smartphone while making…
PhysicsAstronaut Reveals That Even Getting A Coffee In Space Requires Cool Tech Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut currently commanding the International Space Station (ISS), disclosed how astronauts take their coffee while in space as one of her…
Plants and AnimalsHow to Train Your Cat and Why You Should The epidemic contributed to an increase in people adopting puppies and kittens and first-time pet owners. Even inexperienced owners anticipate that a new puppy will…
AstronomyColliding Neutron Stars’ Jet Appear to Travel at Speeds Greater Than Light While moving at 99.97% the speed of light, a jet of material launched by the neutron star collision GW170817 appears to be moving seven times…
AstronomyFlowing, Slushy Ice “lava” Could Erupt From Lakes Within Europa’s Icy Crust The frozen crust of Jupiter’s ice moon Europa hides a deep ocean that may be inhabited. However, researchers now believe that lakes within the moon’s…