FOR AUTHORS: Doing the Research
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: If you could visit one particular place – present, past or future – to research a story, where and when would … Read more
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Scientists Make Metallic Water
In a mind-bending experiment, scientists transformed purified water into metal for a few fleeting seconds, thus allowing the liquid to conduct electricity. Unfiltered water can already conduct electricity — meaning … Read more
Science Brings Us Super Bendy Ice!
Ice is stiff and brittle — if you bend it, it will snap in two. Right? Not quite. Researchers just found that when grown in tiny strands, ice can defy … Read more
What Happens When You Shoot a Water Bear Out of a Gun?
Tardigrades, those adorable, chubby water bears, are notoriously hardy — they may even survive an apocalypse that wipes out humanity. But can these hardy water bears survive being shot from … Read more
Are We Inching Closer to Quantum Internet?
When the precursor to today’s internet carried its first message in 1969, clunky but functional classical computers had already been around for decades. Now, physicists are designing the embryonic threads … Read more
SPACE: The Moon is Rusty, And It’s Earth’s Fault
The moon is turning ever so slightly red, and it’s likely Earth’s fault. Our planet’s atmosphere may be causing the moon to rust, new research finds. Rust, also known as … Read more
STUDY: Blind People Can “See” Letters Drawn on their Brains With Electricity
Scientists sent patterns of electricity coursing across people’s brains, coaxing their brains to see letters that weren’t there. The experiment worked in both sighted people and blind participants who had … Read more
Researchers Find Traces of Martian Oceans in Antarctic Meteorite
A bit of 4-billion-year-old rock blasted off the Martian surface about 15 million years ago and eventually landed in Antarctica, where explorers found it in 1984. In the decades since, … Read more
Is There Dark Matter Inside the Earth?
Dark matter is a hypothetical component to our universe, used to explain many strange behaviors of stars and galaxies. Despite the almost overwhelming evidence that dark matter does indeed exist, … Read more
SCIENCE: There Are (At Least) Four Distinct Patterns of Aging
Some people’s hearts stay strong well into their 60s, but their kidneys begin to fail. Others may have the kidneys of a 30-year-old but fall victim to constant infection. Now, … Read more