Becky Ferreira
Contributor
Scientists Unveil ‘Missing Law’ of Nature That Explains How Everything In the Universe Evolved, Including Us
The universe contains “many evolving systems, and yet we don't seem to have a law of nature that adequately describes why those systems exist."
Scientists Want to Melt the Moon to Create Roads and Tested It With Lasers
Scientists report success in melting imitation lunar soil with a laser mimicking concentrated sunlight in order to eventually build habitats in space.
NASA Is Launching a Mission to a $10 Quintillion Metal Asteroid Today
The 16 Psyche mission will provide invaluable insight into the mysterious metal world and such how objects form.
Mind-Blowing New Law of Physics Could Mean We Really Live in a Simulation, Physicist Proposes
“Being a simulation is a possible consequence (or conclusion)" of the proposed second law of infodynamics, physicist Melvin Vopson says.
Thousands of Ancient Structures Are Still Hidden Deep In the Amazon, Study Says
More than 90 percent of pre-Columbian earthworks in the Amazon remain undiscovered, researchers estimate.
Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Ancient Temple of Legend In Mexico
For generations, legends have circulated in the Mexican city of Atlixco about a long-lost temple. Now, it's been found.
A New Discovery Just Upended What We Know About Stonehenge's Mysterious Origin
A 100-year-old explanation for the origin of Stonehenge's Altar Stone was just debunked by a new study.
Scientists May Have Solved a Baffling Mystery at the Dawn of the Universe
The discovery of unexpectedly bright galaxies in the ancient universe has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a team thinks they have an answer.
The Amazon Is Getting So Hot That Dolphins Are Dying En Masse
More than 100 Amazon river dolphins have died in the sweltering waters of Brazil’s Lake Tefé, which recently hit 102 degrees.
People Experience ‘New Dimensions of Reality' When Dying, Groundbreaking Study Reports
Scientists recorded the brain waves of people in cardiac arrest to understand what happens to consciousness when we die.
Scientists Found Microplastics Deep Inside a Cave Closed to the Public for Decades
A Missouri cave that virtually nobody has visited since 1993 is contaminated by high levels of plastic pollution, scientists found.
Scientists Report Breakthrough Investigating Antimatter and Antigravity
“Everything about gravity and antimatter until now has been speculation,” said one scientist involved in the experiment.