The Windchime experiment could use gravity to hunt for dark matter ‘wind’

Tokyo, 8 August, /AJMEDIA/ The secret to directly detecting dark matter might be blowin’ in the wind. The mysterious substance continues to elude scientists even though it outweighs visible matter… Read more

How Mars rovers have evolved in 25 years of exploring the Red Planet

Tokyo, 6 August, /AJMEDIA/ Few things are harder than hurling a robot into space — and sticking the landing. On the morning of July 4, 1997, mission controllers at the… Read more

Scientists turned dead spiders into robots

Tokyo, 5 August, /AJMEDIA/ Scientists have literally reanimated dead spiders to do their bidding. In a new field dubbed “necrobotics,” researchers converted the corpses of wolf spiders into grippers that… Read more

Webb telescope captures colorful Cartwheel Galaxy

Tokyo, 4 August, /AJMEDIA/ The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through time and huge amounts of dust to capture a new image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing the spinning… Read more

Two black holes merged despite being born far apart in space

Tokyo, 3 August, /AJMEDIA/ Signals buried deep in data from gravitational wave observatories imply a collision of two black holes that were clearly born in different places. Almost all the… Read more

Whale sharks may be the world’s largest omnivores

Tokyo, 2 August, /AJMEDIA/ As Mark Meekan bobbed among swells in the Indian Ocean, he spotted a giant shadowy figure moving through the water. The tropical fish biologist dove to… Read more

Electrical bacteria may help clean oil spills and curb methane emissions

Tokyo, 1 August, /AJMEDIA/ The small motorboat anchors in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Shrieks of wintering birds assault the vessel’s five crew members, all clad in bright orange… Read more

16th Baku Summer Energy School wraps up

Tokyo, 30 July, /AJMEDIA/ A closing ceremony of the 16th Baku Summer Energy School, organized by the Institute for Development and Diplomacy (IDD) of ADA University in partnership with the… Read more

Like bees of the sea, crustaceans ‘pollinate’ seaweed

Tokyo, 29 July, /AJMEDIA/ When it comes to reproduction, one type of red algae gets by with a little help from its friends: small sea crustaceans that transport sex cells… Read more

‘Murder hornets’ have a new common name: Northern giant hornet

Tokyo, 28 July, /AJMEDIA/ What’s been called a “murder hornet” or “Asian giant hornet” now has a somewhat official, maybe kinder, name. Meet the northern giant hornet. That’s what the… Read more