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NASA Radar Detects Abandoned Site of Secret Cold War Project in Greenland—a ‘City Under the Ice’
Camp Century was built in 1959 and advertised as a U.S. research site—but it also hosted a clandestine missile facility ...
Scientists Built the First Engine Powered by Entanglement—Not Coal or Oil
Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a quantum engine powered by entanglement—the quantum property ...
A Superfast Conductor Has Opened the Door for Epically Powerful Batteries
A new ion superhighway modeled after human cells could speed our batteries way up. Digging out a nanochannel for charged ions ...
In the Race Against Time for Fusion, a New Reactor May Break the Final Barrier
A recent spate of nuclear fusion announcements have covered an emerging fusion reactor in New Zealand. The company behind ...
Scientists Believe Aliens Are Sending Interstellar Messages to Each Other—And We Can Eavesdrop on Them
Since the first modern SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) studies tried to detect alien transmissions in the ...
NASA Found a Secret Military Base Buried 100 Feet Deep in Greenland’s Ice Shelf
NASA scientists have found the remains of a U.S. military base buried 100 feet below the surface of the ice in Greenland.
The Holy Grail of Quantum Machines May Finally Be Near
A new study from the University of Sydney has announced the development of a 2D error-correction architecture that could spot ...
14 Million Americans May Sink Within 76 Years
The new data especially highlights the dangers of sinking land and rising groundwater levels. The southeast Atlantic coast is ...
A New Alloy Could Fortify Fusion Reactors—and Lead to Endless Energy
Scientists from the Institute of Science Tokyo suggest that a novel alloy with high heat tolerance could help solve a ...
A Study Says Human Hibernation Could Be Possible—If We Can Harness the Power of Bat Blood
Unlocking the mystery of hibernation could improve medicine and support our ambitions for deep-space travel. A new study ...
A Power-Dense Battery Will Charge 186 Miles in 5 Minutes—and Change How We Drive Forever
The Taiwan-based EV company ProLogium has developed the world’s first solid-state battery with a silicon composite anode, ...
An Uncovered Wreck May Be the Long-Lost Ship From Vasco da Gama’s Final Voyage
A sunken vessel off the coast of Kenya may be a long-lost ship of famed explorer Vasco da Gama. The São Jorge, a ship that ...