Apr 17th, 2026 - Welcome! Log into your account Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. Hedgehog Care Guide: Complete Setup, Feeding, and Health Reference for New Owners Hedgehog Care Guide: Complete Setup, Feeding, and Health Reference for New Owners An African pygmy hedgehog needs a warm enclosure, single-animal housing, a solid-surface wheel, an insectivore-friendly diet, and an exotic-vet plan before problems start. When those basics are steady, pet hedgehogs usually live several years and settle into a predictable nighttime routine. This hub pulls the whole care system together and ... [Read More]

Apr 17th, 2026 - Quantum computers are supposed to be the most powerful machines ever built. Getting them to run has been the hard part. Before one can run a useful calculation, a team of specialists has to spend days manually tuning the system. Even after that, the machine keeps making mistakes faster than existing software can catch them. Banks running complex risk models and drug companies testing new molecules have been waiting on the same problem for years. Nvidia thinks it has a fix. In a Tuesday (April 14) news release , the artificial intelligence company announced its launch of Ising, the world's ... [Read More]

Apr 17th, 2026 - Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, April 17 New Moon occurs at 7:52 A.M. EDT. Spring is often called galaxy season and with no Moon in tonight's sky, it's a perfect time to view some distant neighbors. Tonight, we're targeting M104, the famous Sombrero Galaxy, which lies near the border of Virgo and Corvus. It's readily visible in any small scope.  Wait until a few hours after sunset, as the region rises higher in the east. Around 11 P.M. local daylight time, M104 is more than 10° high in the south. You can find it by sliding 11° due west (to the ... [Read More]

Apr 17th, 2026 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance gave high marks Thursday to their moonship, especially the heat shield, for its performance during reentry. In their first news conference since returning to Earth , the three Americans and one Canadian said their lunar flyby puts NASA in a much better position for a moon landing by a crew in two years and an eventual moon base. They spoke from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, their home base. Commander Reid Wiseman later told The Associated Press that he's been so busy since getting back that he ... [Read More]

Apr 16th, 2026 - Add this to the list of jobs I never want to have. I am not a big fan of spiders in general, so the thought of being anywhere near a massive spider like a tarantula has my skin crawling. However, there are people out there who are braver than I and make a living out of studying these creatures. Recently, scientists were observing tarantula hunting behaviors, and they discovered something interesting in the process. Scientists Learn Something Interesting About Tarantula Hunting Behaviors As if these giant spiders were not creepy enough because of their size, it now appears they are relatively ... [Read More]

Apr 16th, 2026 - It's quick and easy to access Live Science Plus, simply enter your email below. We'll send you a confirmation and sign you up for our daily newsletter, keeping you up to date with the latest science news. Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Join the conversation Add us as a preferred source on Google Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now Get the world's most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter ... [Read More]

Apr 16th, 2026 - A model of the cyclic universe suggests that dark matter could be a population of black holes predating the Big Bang. A recent cosmological model combines two of the most eccentric ideas in contemporary physics to explain the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe. To understand it, it's necessary to look beyond the Big Bang we all know and consider two concepts that rarely intersect: cyclic universes and primordial black holes. A Different Kind of Multiverse There are different versions of the "multiverse." The most ... [Read More]

Apr 16th, 2026 - Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole . The jet power from this relatively close black hole-star system is equivalent to 10,000 suns, an international research team reported Thursday. They also tracked the jet speed: roughly 355 million mph — half the speed of light . Located 7,200 light-years away, Cygnus X-1 features not only a black hole — the first one ever identified more than a ... [Read More]