China’s fastest quantum computer is set for launch but the machine won’t be anywhere near the world’s fastest, underscoring China’s quantum laggardness vis-a-vis the US. Known as …

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, …

Relativity tells us that looking at more distant objects makes us go further back in time. But there is a limit to how far back we can go.

What is a species? – Finlay, age four, London, UK

Here, Khan et al. identify a pan-genome-end sarbecoviral RNA element in SARS-CoV-2 that recruits an unconventional host multiprotein-complex to enhance viral translation and assigns a new function to ORF10. Antisense targeting of the element points to a poten…

The new hypothesis challenges conventional notions on how romantic relationships emerged in humans.

In a paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry, trans-difluoroethylene carbonate (DFEC) is introduced into ether electrolyte as an additive to construct LiF-rich SEI, which can improve the interface of Li metal anode, achieve high efficiency and long cycling…

The NASA Artemis 3 uncrewed flight and landing to the Moon is leaning heavily on SpaceX.

After 5 sections, 3 months, many pack shakedowns, gear switches, and resupply runs, we finally hit the trail full-time.

Researchers led by CHEN Yuhang and ZHOU Jianmin from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have shown how plants resist clubroot, a major root disease that threatens the productivity of Brassica crops such as r…

Octopuses have found an incredible way to protect the more delicate features of their nervous system against radically changing temperatures.

Researchers at USC apply strategies to control the buildup of errors, showcasing the promise of quantum computing in the error-prone NISQ era. Daniel Lidar, the Viterbi Professor of Engineering at USC and Director of the USC Center for Quantum Information Sci…

The ocean has undergone a lot of change, just as it continues to evolve today. Here are some facts you may not have known about this vast, shimmering source of life.

Paleontologists have made a significant discovery in Utah, as a new dinosaur fossil named Iani smithi has been found in rocks dating back 99 million years.The

A study led by Dr. Wei Chen, Prof. Yuqin Zou, and Prof. Shuangyin Wang (State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hun…

Burmese pythons are feasting on foxes and bobcats in Florida, leaving few predators left to contain its rat population, which is now exploding.

A researcher has found a "cryptic" COVID lineage (a version of the virus never seen before) in Ohio. One person is shedding the virus into wastewater.

Understanding how and where the solar wind originates will help predict solar storms.

93% of the newfound galaxies that Webb spotted had never been seen before.

Zoom Workshop Recorded on May 31, 2023Signs in SpaceHost: Daniela de Paulis Join “A Sign in Space” Artistic Director in a lively and thought provoking brains...

The movement of cosmic ray particles across space, such as electrons and protons, is influenced by the sun's magnetic field, causing fluctuations in the intensity of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) reaching Earth in response to the solar cycle. During periods of …

Exclusive: rapid analysis of extreme event by Stanford University shows worst day of exposure to such pollution since 2006