David Nield
David Nield has written about science and technology for more than 20 years. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Wired, Popular Science, The Guardian, and Gizmodo.
The Crescent Nebula: A Gas Bubble Surrounding a Violently Dying Star
A light show that will get even more dramatic in time
A Process Made for Mars is Now Uncovering Ancient Art on Earth
And you can even run it on your own phone
Here’s How Fast An Adult Tyrannosaurus Rex Walked
The first fossilized adult T. rex trackway tells us a lot about how these predators got around
Why the Discovery of the First Short-Tailed Tsushima Leopard Cat Worried Researchers
They were concerned its existence could actually threaten its survival
The Moon May Have Been Created in Just Five Hours
Researchers played out the impact between Earth and the hypothetical ancient planet Theia
Inside IBM’s New Quantum Computing Fridges, 180 Times Colder Than Deep Space
These bulky units can link qubits together like never before
“Twin Spirit” Galaxies Are on a Collision Course
NGC 7253A and NGC 7253B are joining forces
Why Snake Embryos Form in Spirals
The most carefully packed embryo of all the vertebrates
This New “Devil Flower” Species Doesn’t Photosynthesize
It’s a rare plant with an “enigmatic and devil-like essence”
After an 8-Year Journey, Orbiters Are About to Give Us a Fresh Look at Mercury
But the BepiColombo twin orbiters aren’t the first spacecraft to visit our system’s smallest planet. Here’s what we’ve seen already
Astronomers Spot a Strange Atmospheric Wave Above Saturn’s South Pole
And it could stick around for decades
40 Years Ago, Oceanographers Found the Wreckage of the RMS Titanic
The maritime disaster of 1912 wasn’t fully understood until the shipwreck was rediscovered











