Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Diamonds may be the strongest known natural material, but researchers have just created some stiff competition.By firing a dime-sized graphite disk at a wall at 15,000 mph (24,100 km/h), scientists momentarily created a hexagonal diamond that is both stiffer and stronger than the natural, cubic kind. Hexagonal diamonds, also known as Lonsdaleite diamonds, are a special type of diamond with arranged in a hexagonal pattern. Formed when graphite is exposed to...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Diamonds may be the strongest known natural material, but researchers have just created some stiff competition.By firing a dime-sized graphite disk at a wall at 15,000 mph (24,100 km/h), scientists momentarily created a hexagonal diamond that is both stiffer and stronger than the natural, cubic kind. Hexagonal diamonds, also known as Lonsdaleite diamonds, are a special type of diamond with arranged in a hexagonal pattern. Formed when graphite is exposed to...WW…

Skip to ContentShare on FacebookAt the tender age of 24, Chantelle, a young Australian professional, found herself standing on the precipice of financial ruin. She had just returned from an international vacation filled with dreams and aspirations, only to be confronted by a staggering $75,000 debt. But what sets Chantelle apart is her unwavering resolve to face adversity head-on and come out stronger on the other side.Chantelle, a hardworking Gen Zer, was earning a respectable $60,000 annually at an energy company. Her story began like a modern-day adventure, with aspirations fueled by...…Skip to ContentShare on FacebookAt the tender age of 24, Chantelle, a young Australian professional, found herself standing on the precipice of financial ruin. She had just returned from an international vacation filled with dreams and aspirations, only to be confronted by a staggering $75,000 debt. But what sets Chantelle apart is her unwavering resolve to face adversity head-on and come out stronger on the other side.Chantelle, a hardworking Gen Zer, was earning a respectable $60,000 annually at an energy company. Her story began like a modern-day adventure, with aspirations fueled by...WW…

Skip to ContentShare on FacebookIn an eyebrow-raising story that’s left property owners and conservative voices across the nation fuming, Elizabeth Hirschhorn, better known as “the tenant from hell,” has been occupying a lavish guest house with a stunning view of the Los Angeles hills for more than 500 days. What’s even more astonishing is her audacious demand for a whopping $100,000 as a relocation fee to vacate the premises.This astounding saga began back in September 2021 when Ms. Hirschhorn initially rented Sascha Jovanovic’s Brentwood guest home for what was supposed to be a mere...…Skip to ContentShare on FacebookIn an eyebrow-raising story that’s left property owners and conservative voices across the nation fuming, Elizabeth Hirschhorn, better known as “the tenant from hell,” has been occupying a lavish guest house with a stunning view of the Los Angeles hills for more than 500 days. What’s even more astonishing is her audacious demand for a whopping $100,000 as a relocation fee to vacate the premises.This astounding saga began back in September 2021 when Ms. Hirschhorn initially rented Sascha Jovanovic’s Brentwood guest home for what was supposed to be a mere...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .An enormous crocodile-faced, spiny-backed dinosaur that prowled what is now England roughly 125 million years ago was one of the largest predatory animals to ever stalk across Europe. Paleontologists unearthed the remains of this behemoth on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England. The researchers nicknamed the newfound species the "White Rock spinosaurid," after the chalky geological layer found on the island where it was discovered. As the...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .An enormous crocodile-faced, spiny-backed dinosaur that prowled what is now England roughly 125 million years ago was one of the largest predatory animals to ever stalk across Europe. Paleontologists unearthed the remains of this behemoth on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England. The researchers nicknamed the newfound species the "White Rock spinosaurid," after the chalky geological layer found on the island where it was discovered. As the...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .A robotic submarine has returned from the dark underbelly of one of largest glaciers with chilling news — it could be melting faster than we previously thought.Thwaites Glacier, a gigantic ice shelf in West Antarctica, has been on climate scientists' radars for two decades now. But they didn't know just how fast the glacier was melting, and how close it was to complete collapse, until researchers sent an unmanned submarine below the ice shelf. The first...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .A robotic submarine has returned from the dark underbelly of one of largest glaciers with chilling news — it could be melting faster than we previously thought.Thwaites Glacier, a gigantic ice shelf in West Antarctica, has been on climate scientists' radars for two decades now. But they didn't know just how fast the glacier was melting, and how close it was to complete collapse, until researchers sent an unmanned submarine below the ice shelf. The first...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Astrophysicists have found a new region of the Milky Way, and it's filled with searingly hot, bright-blue stars that are about to explode.The researchers were creating the most detailed map yet of the star-flecked spiral arms of our galactic neighborhood with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope when they discovered the region, which they have named the Cepheus spur, they reported in a new study.Nestled between the Orion Arm — where our is— and the...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Astrophysicists have found a new region of the Milky Way, and it's filled with searingly hot, bright-blue stars that are about to explode.The researchers were creating the most detailed map yet of the star-flecked spiral arms of our galactic neighborhood with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope when they discovered the region, which they have named the Cepheus spur, they reported in a new study.Nestled between the Orion Arm — where our is— and the...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Researchers have cooled antimatter to near absolute zero for the first time — by capturing it in a magnetic trap and blasting it with concentrated laser light.The method enabled scientists in Canada working at CERN's Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) experiment to cool antimatter to temperatures just one-twentieth of a degree above absolute zero, making it over 3,000 times colder than the coldest recorded temperature in the Antarctic.In theory, this...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Researchers have cooled antimatter to near absolute zero for the first time — by capturing it in a magnetic trap and blasting it with concentrated laser light.The method enabled scientists in Canada working at CERN's Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) experiment to cool antimatter to temperatures just one-twentieth of a degree above absolute zero, making it over 3,000 times colder than the coldest recorded temperature in the Antarctic.In theory, this...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Catching a during the 19th century was much harder than even Moby Dick showed it to be. That's because sperm whales weren't just capable of learning the best ways to evade the whalers' ships, they could quickly share this information with other whales, too, according to a study of whale-hunting records. By analyzing newly-digitized logbooks kept by whalers during their hunting voyages in the North Pacific, the researchers found that the strike rates of the...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Catching a during the 19th century was much harder than even Moby Dick showed it to be. That's because sperm whales weren't just capable of learning the best ways to evade the whalers' ships, they could quickly share this information with other whales, too, according to a study of whale-hunting records. By analyzing newly-digitized logbooks kept by whalers during their hunting voyages in the North Pacific, the researchers found that the strike rates of the...WW…

Skip to ContentShare on FacebookIn a recent decision that has sparked intense debate about free speech and political correctness, a Swiss writer and commentator, Alain Soral, has been sentenced to 60 days in prison for his controversial remarks about journalist Catherine Macherel. The case has not only ignited a fiery discussion on the limits of freedom of expression but has also raised questions about the influence of LGBTQ+ advocacy groups on legal proceedings.Soral, known for his provocative statements, found himself in hot water after criticizing Macherel in a Facebook video two years...…Skip to ContentShare on FacebookIn a recent decision that has sparked intense debate about free speech and political correctness, a Swiss writer and commentator, Alain Soral, has been sentenced to 60 days in prison for his controversial remarks about journalist Catherine Macherel. The case has not only ignited a fiery discussion on the limits of freedom of expression but has also raised questions about the influence of LGBTQ+ advocacy groups on legal proceedings.Soral, known for his provocative statements, found himself in hot water after criticizing Macherel in a Facebook video two years...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Physicists have measured the smallest gravitational field ever recorded, in an experiment that could help in the search for a unified theory of physics.Of the known to physics — the weak and strong interactions, the electromagnetic force and the gravitational force — only gravity remains unintegrated into the playbook of physics called the Standard Model, which describes how the zoo of subatomic particles behaves. Gravity is instead described by , but as this breaks...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Physicists have measured the smallest gravitational field ever recorded, in an experiment that could help in the search for a unified theory of physics.Of the known to physics — the weak and strong interactions, the electromagnetic force and the gravitational force — only gravity remains unintegrated into the playbook of physics called the Standard Model, which describes how the zoo of subatomic particles behaves. Gravity is instead described by , but as this breaks...WW…