Jun 13th, 2025 - A deep-sea telescope may have just caught dark matter in action for the first time. In February 2023, an underwater telescope called KM3NeT , anchored several miles beneath the Mediterranean Sea, recorded the brightest particle track ever seen in the universe. A single flash raced through the instrument's glass spheres, and computer checks showed that the parent particle must have carried about 220 peta-electronvolts of energy. That figure is so large it dwarfs the beams at the Large Hadron Collider , the world's most powerful accelerator, by almost one hundredfold. Scientists first thought ... [Read More]

Jun 13th, 2025 - By Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel President Trump's NASA budget plans look to cut its public relations funding by half, but already the agency is shuttering social media accounts that include those dedicated to popular missions including Mars Curiosity, Mars Perseverance and Voyager. Those three in particular have quite the fanbase on X with Curiosity's account touting more than 4 million followers, Perseverance and its little flying buddy Ingenuity have more than 2.9 million followers and Voyager nearly 900,000. The X handles for the robotic missions have taken whimsical approaches to ... [Read More]

Jun 12th, 2025 - Soon after Chonkosaurus, the city's beloved celebrity snapping turtle, reemerged from the depths of the Chicago River last month, the giant reptile was seen snuggling with her long-term (and similarly proportioned) mate, Stagg. But this season, another female giant snapper might be vying for Stagg's attention. The new, as-of-yet unnamed turtle has been seen frequenting Chonk's stomping grounds on the river near Goose Island. What's more, Stagg has been away from Chonk for long periods of time. Among local river watchers, the rumor mill got right to work. "When that third turtle showed up, ... [Read More]

Jun 12th, 2025 - The worm tower behaves like a superorganism. When the time is right, worms gather together to create a wriggling mass, a tower of worm-ness. No, really. They climb onto each other until their bodies behave like one single organism. They then stay like this for up to 12 hours, extending exploratory "arms" whenever there's a stimulus nearby. But why do they do it? A nematode tower is more than just a pile of worms "I was ecstatic when I saw these natural towers for the first time," says senior author Serena Ding, group leader at the MPI-AB, of the moment when co-author Ryan Greenway sent her a ... [Read More]

Jun 12th, 2025 - After outcry from civil servants and environmentalists, the Ministry of Culture has walked back a decision that might have left the famed geoglyphs more vulnerable to mining The Peruvian government has reversed a controversial decision to shrink the archaeological park that contains the country's famed Nazca lines , a group of around 700 ancient geoglyphs drawn in the soil of the Nazca Desert. The park, around the size of 1,400 football fields, was set to be reduced by 42%, or over 1,000 hectares, the Associated Press reported earlier this month. The government claimed that the rollback was ... [Read More]

Jun 12th, 2025 - Just four days after being welcomed into the world , Brookfield Zoo's new baby bottlenose dolphin died Wednesday evening. The male calf, born to 38-year-old dolphin Allie Saturday morning, was the zoo's first dolphin birth since 2014. The zoo stated it was a "sudden loss" and is now waiting for autopsy results to determine the cause of death. According to the statement, the dolphin was under continual observation when the zoo's veterinarian teams and staff members witnessed a "rapid, unexpected change in the calf's behavior." Within minutes, the calf became unresponsive and died. The male ... [Read More]

Jun 12th, 2025 - Discover the weird and wonderful side events at TNW Conference 2025 Qubits, entanglement, superposition, trapped ions, Schrödinger's cat. These terms sound strange because the world of quantum mechanics — where things can exist in multiple states at once — is strange.  Thankfully, a group of students from TU Delft are bringing these powerful sub-atomic phenomena to life at TNW Conference through an exhibition of abstract artworks. Their project, Emergence Delft, blends science and creativity into a mind-bending exploration of quantum reality. A centrepiece of the ... [Read More]

Jun 12th, 2025 - Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. . Proton VPN review 2025: A nonprofit service with premium performance Proton VPN stands out for two main reasons: it's one of the only virtual private networks (VPNs) to include a free plan with no data limits, and it's one of the few services majority-owned by a nonprofit. It's the best VPN in both of those categories, and it makes a strong case for being the best overall. Even if you don't care about the work of the ... [Read More]