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Why Venus is so cold?

Venus is a mere 460°C, but basic radiative physics says it should be much hotter. Suspect sent text saying he would 'take out ...
Over 200 underwater bridge tunnels exist for vehicular traffic around the world, providing connectivity between cities. Once ...
If you buy a newer car, chances are you'll discover it's been made with a plastic oil pan instead of a metal one. Here's what led to that change.
A decade ago, the first gravitational waves confirmed that black holes collide. Telescopes soon revealed shadows of giants ...
The future of the South cannot be built on borrowed blueprints. To shift from dependence to innovation, countries must invest in fundamental science today — the foundation on which tomorrow’s breakthr ...
In a new Nature study, researchers at the University of Manchester have achieved unprecedented electronic quality in graphene ...
Even though they're far from home, astronauts on the International Space Station still have normal routines, including ...
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro wants the STEM subjects to be mainstreamed in the basic education to enhance the production of ...
The next wave of Arista's growth will be fueled by AI networking, where its high-performance gear excels, combined with a ...
Workers at the factory prepare and plot the numerous wires that keep a table alive, working from wooden templates that look like the ambitious planning docs of the world’s most zap-happy kid; they ...
The reason it could be heard by teams on multiple telescopes and in all different directions was because that irritating noise was in fact the cosmic microwave background (CMB) – the leftover ...
Philanthropy backs bold science as federal funds shrink. Schmidt Polymaths support Saad Bhamla’s work on biomechanics of everyday organisms from ripple bugs to flamingos.