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14-year-old Aaryan Shukla recently broke six world records for mental math. Shulka’s feats include setting the fastest known time to mentally add 100 four-digit numbers (30.9 seconds), 200 four-digit numbers (1 minute, 9.68 seconds), and 50 five-digit numbers (18.71 seconds) and so on… Image credit: Prostock-Studio via Getty Images)
The skin of dwarf crocodiles found living in a cave in Gabon is turning orange from swimming in guano. It’s unclear how long they’ve been down there, but genetic research indicates they may be morphing into a new species.
A quantum state of light has been successfully teleported through more than 30 kilometers (around 18 miles) of fiber optic cable amid a torrent of internet traffic – a feat of engineering once considered impossible. (agsandrew/Getty Images)
In 2015, David Hole was prospecting in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock resting in some yellow clay. The Maryborough meteorite. (Museums Victoria)
“Our research findings are the first clear proof that cognitive abilities have a significant, independent and wide-ranging effect on people’s ability to use a computer. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain
Well, the verdict is in. The Moon is not made of green cheese after all. Earth’s Moon. (Thomas Campbell/NASA)
SINGAPORE, June 13 (Reuters) – NASA accidentally broadcast a simulation of astronauts being treated for decompression sickness on the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, prompting speculation of an emergency in posts on social media.
Research shows your mind at rest is actually working a lot harder than you think. When you’re REST-ing, you won’t have to come up with ideas. Ideas will come to you because that’s how our brains are wired. Photo: Getty Images
The inner core began to decrease its speed around 2010, moving slower than the Earth’s surface University of Southern California scientists have proven that the Earth’s inner core is backtracking—slowing down—in relation to the planet’s surface, as shown in new research published in Nature.
Credit: University of Southern California
A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Smart SkyNet-1 01 satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
