Science
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401Brief history of the electronic cigarette
Today, the “vape” represents a habit that has become part of the daily life of many people. Do you know the history...
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110These ancient giant worms stalked fish from their burrows
About twenty million years ago, the shores of northern Taiwan were riddled with burrows from which worms nearly two meters long sprang...
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266Five exocomets discovered around another star
A team of Ukrainian astronomers announces the discovery of five new exocomets around a nearby star. Their study could shed light on...
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388Atlantic: researchers bring up the deepest sedimentary core ever drilled
Eleven and a half meters. This is the length of the sedimentary core recently taken from the oceanic trench of Puerto Rico,...
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129Humpback whales from the Southwest Atlantic are back
One study suggests that humpback whale populations in the southwestern Atlantic have almost recovered, and the species almost disappeared due to intensive...
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89China wants to completely ban single-use plastics in 2025
While China has never been really popular for its ecological decisions, this country is now clearly tackling single-use plastics. So China is...
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122NASA prepares mission V-R3x, for next generation of communication
Learning to communicate with and navigate multiple spacecraft autonomously in space is a technological challenge that will be even more important to...
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95Scientists search for extinct island in the West Indies
A recent study looked at the possibility that a land bridge existed between South America and the Greater Antilles more than 30...
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108Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for developed lithium-ion batteries
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has just been awarded to Stanley Whittingham, Akira Yoshino and John Goodenough for their work on lithium-ion...
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143Is the supergiant Betelgeuse covered with gigantic spots
Betelgeuse’s brightness gradations recorded a few months ago are clearly not a sign of an impending explosion. According to a recent study,...
