


Did Volcanoes Kickstart the Oxygen Boom That Made Life Possible?
Take a deep breath. That sweet, life-sustaining oxygen you just inhaled? You might owe it to a few billion years of volcanic chaos. Before Earth became the breathable paradise (relatively speaking) it is today, our atmosphere was a suffocating wasteland of carbon...
Robo-Fingers Can Feel? Welcome to the Future of Touch
A robotic hand that can tell the difference between silk and sandpaper? Yes, that’s happening. Scientists have built a prosthetic appendage that doesn’t just grab objects—it actually *feels* them. Three layers of touch sensors let it distinguish textures with eerie...
A Mysterious Radio Signal Hits Earth Every Two Hours—And It’s Coming from a Dead Star
For the last decade, Earth has been on the receiving end of a bizarre cosmic ping—like a telegram from the abyss—every 125 minutes. Scientists finally tracked down the source, and while it’s not little green men (yet), it’s something they’ve never seen before. Meet...