deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Solar eruption larger than Earth
[caption id="attachment_9508" align="alignnone" width="700"] Source: SOHO (ESA & NASA)[/caption] A gigantic ribbon of hot gas bursts upwards from the Sun, guided by a giant loop of invisible magnetism. This remarkable image was captured on 27…
New ant species Paratopula bauhinia (Golden Tree Ant)…
A research group in Hong Kong has described and named a new species of ant from Hong Kong, Paratopula bauhinia, or the rare "Golden Tree Ant". [caption id="attachment_9504" align="alignnone" width="663"] Golden Tree Ant Paratopula bauhinia.Copyright…
First major database of non-native English
[caption id="attachment_9501" align="alignnone" width="607"] English is the most used language on the Internet, and globally most of the people who speak or write in English are non-native speakers. A new database of annotated English sentences…
Speaking the language of microstructures
Researchers are developing a common language that can be used by computer software tools to describe materials at their smallest scale, with the ultimate aim of designing faster and better materials for our everyday lives.…