Akhenaten—The Pharaoh who challenged the Gods

Akhenaten was the most controversial Pharao ever to rule the Ancient Egyptian Empire and is considered as one of the potential founders of monotheistic religion on Earth. He worshiped the Aten—the Sun Disk and said he was directly related to God. “There is only ONE God, my father, and I can approach him be […]

‘Just jump!’: Watch N.J. cops catch kid leaping from 2nd floor of burning house

The child was caught by Asbury Park Police Officers Dewitt Bacon and John Walsh and local resident Joseph Dunbar after leaping from the window of the burning home

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Ky. officer saves cardiac arrest victim just 48 hours after AED cruiser deployment

Alexandria Police Officer Whitney Buerger, once saved by an AED herself, delivered a shock that revived a man in cardiac arrest

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Mich. police arrest accused arsonist with help from drone camera

Clinton Township Officers released video footage shot from above the suspect’s car, which showed he was in the vehicle before police swooped in to arrest the surprised defendant

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Mystery etched in stone: What do the petroglyphs of the American Southwest represent?

What do the petroglyphs of the American Southwest represent? There are more than 10,000 ancient petroglyphs scattered across the region which have baffled experts since their discovery. Some of these petroglyphs depict strange faces with almond-shaped eyes, abstract symbols, spiral’s, zig-zag’s, beings with antennas, horns and feathers, birds, and beings with massive round eyes, […]

Astronomers discover one of the most massive binary stars in the galaxy

A research team has used both archival Hubble Space Telescope data and new observations to precisely measure the binary star system NGC3603-A1. One star weighs about 93 times the mass of our sun, while its companion tips the scales at roughly 70 solar masses. Together, they represent one of the most massive binary systems ever […]

Webb captures dusty wisps round a planet-forming disk

For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided a fantastic new view of IRAS 04302+2247, a planet-forming disk located about 525 light-years away in a dark cloud within the Taurus star-forming region. With Webb, researchers can study the properties and growth of dust grains within protoplanetary disks […]

Interface-controlled antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions offer new path for next-gen spintronics

A research team led by Prof. Shao Dingfu at the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled a new mechanism for achieving strong spin polarization using antiferromagnetic metal interfaces.

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Optoelectronics research could bring holograms to your smartphone and closer to everyday use

New research from the University of St Andrews paves the way for holographic technology, with the potential to transform smart devices, communication, gaming and entertainment.

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Toward new physics: First-ever double crystal channeling observed

Might two bent crystals pave the way to finding new physics? The Standard Model of particle physics describes our world at its smallest scales exceptionally well. However, it leaves some important questions unanswered, such as the imbalance between matter and antimatter, the existence of dark matter and other mysteries.

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Bon voyage: General Atomics set to ship final piece of giant battery to nuclear fusion project in France

The final section of what scientists and engineers say will be the largest and most powerful pulsed, superconducting magnet in the world has been completed at the Poway campus of San Diego-based General Atomics.

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Video: Theft suspect tells Colo. officers he’ll surrender after finishing cigarette

Following a chaotic pursuit, the Aurora officers deployed pepper balls into the suspect vehicle to coax the man out

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‘Human life was paramount’: New Orleans officers recall Katrina response 20 years later

Twenty years after the devestating storm, law enforcement leaders recall the chaos, compassion and courage that defined their response

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Is there life on Saturn’s moon? Where there’s water, there’s a chance

At first glance, Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems rather unremarkable: it is much smaller than the Earth’s moon and is far away and completely covered in ice.

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International collaboration doubles detection of cosmic collisions

An international team of researchers has announced a significant advancement in gravitational-wave astronomy, with the detection of 128 new cosmic collisions involving black holes and neutron stars.

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