Jordan Collver
Recent articles by Jordan Collver
The dark side of solar power in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The act of transforming the surface of a planet to become more habitable is one thing. Terraforming an entire planet to become the deadliest weapon in the Universe is quite another...
Milky Way could be filled with ‘stealth’ black holes
The identity of a mysterious celestial object has finally been revealed as a black hole – and our galaxy may be teeming with others just like it.
Cloud rats of sky island: the Philippine island with the highest number of unique mammals
On the ever-branching Tree of Life, the tropical island of Luzon has two branches all to itself – 93 per cent of its mammal species live nowhere else on Earth.
Invisibility is possible but probably not for people
Scientists have determined the physical limits of invisibility and it’s not looking very good for Bilbo Baggins.
Stunning new image of deep space offers glimpse into the Universe’s past
An infrared image showing over 25,000 galaxies helps us piece together how our Universe was formed.
Learn languages quickly? Your brain might work differently than the rest of us
For some people, learning a new language is notoriously difficult. For others, it comes naturally. Why is that?
New mass extinction event rewriting our Triassic past
A previously-unknown extinction event fundamentally altered prehistoric plant life 500,000 years later than we thought.
The sky is falling: should you be worried about asteroids and comets?
If you heard the news that an asteroid were to hit Earth, how prepared do you think we'd be as a planet? Maybe not as much as you'd hope, but perhaps it's not asteroids you should be worried about.