Month: July 2024
picture Electric cars scares some people of the dark: their batteries produce much less carbon dioxide but require more power to run, prompting ominous warnings that…
Toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ used in lithium-ion batteries that are essential to the clean energy transition New research findings As the emerging industry expands, it will…
Located on a traffic island on the outskirts of Coventry, a small yet dynamic organizing team from the GMB union is challenging Amazon with homemade signs…
Have you ever considered what your doomsday plan would entail? If not, you’re not alone. While most people are more concerned with what’s for dinner tomorrow…
IBlocky World Chipotle Burrito BuilderIn Chipotle, players don the uniforms of the Tex-Mex restaurant chain and make burritos for virtual customers. Available toppings are taken from…
a Weather apps were a staple of the first iPhone in 2007, and their popularity hasn’t waned since. Forecast accuracy and options may have improved dramatically,…
vinegarFrancesca Simon, author of the children’s book “Horrid Henry,” pulls out her phone and checks the weather multiple times a day — not just where she…
Meta has lifted previous restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts as the 2024 presidential election approaches, the company announced on Friday. After being banned…
One of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the past decade is the abundance of black holes in the universe. These black holes come in a…
Pakistani paleontologists have uncovered a new genus and species of a prehistoric relative of the giraffe from the Miocene period. Reconstruction of an ancient giraffe. Image…
With the approach of a special day, we often find ourselves balancing the celebration of a new year’s wisdom and the apprehension of time passing by.…
Astronomy Photographer of the Year An annual photo contest showcasing all things space-relatedis back for the first time in 16 yearsNumber Run. More than 3,500 photos…
Illustration showing LUCA possibly being attacked by a virusScientific Graphic Design The organisms that gave rise to all life on Earth evolved much earlier than previously…
The Last of Us is a story of tension: between love and loss, violence and intimacy, protection and destruction, life and death. It’s also a study…
The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) is a hypothetical common ancestor of all modern cellular life, from single-celled organisms such as bacteria to giant sequoia trees…
Part of the urine collection systemLuka Bielski Astronauts on spacewalks may soon be able to drink their own urine, thanks to a water filtration and recycling…
Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have announced the discovery of ancient chromosome subfossils in a female mammoth fossil.Mammutus primigeniusThe mammoth, a species…
Tachyon They are hypothetical particles that always travel faster than light. Until recently, they were commonly thought to be entities that did not fit into the…
MaPregnant women have become familiar with their first look at the baby through a blurry, black-and-white ultrasound scan that they share with loved ones. However, in…
A recent study indicates that multiple instances of gene flow occurring between 250,000 and 200,000 years ago impacted the genomes and biology of both modern humans…
In a new study, planetary scientists have found strong similarities between the soil of Gale Crater on Mars and that of the cold, sub-Arctic climate of…
“Demographic composition has changed significantly in recent years,” Li Junhua, the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said in a news release. The report predicts…
Nut deficiency What happens when you remove most of the nuts from the bolts on three of the four sides of a tall electricity pylon? New…
39,000-year-old mammoth leg Love Darren/Stockholm University The woolly mammoth, which died 52,000 years ago, has been so well preserved that it’s now possible to sequence its…
Broken sea ice in Lancaster Sound, part of the Northwest PassageAllison Cook Shipping companies had hoped that melting sea ice would open up shorter shipping routes…
A special laser (red) can bend electrons (blue) into a spiral shapeDr. Yiqi Fan (University of Konstanz) With the help of a laser, the electrons were…
Current sanitary napkins can cause leaksVittoria/Alamy Sanitary products that turn blood into a gel-like solid substance rather than absorbing it appear to reduce the risk of…
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental illness characterized by an excessively high sense of personal importance, and it is relatively common. Up to 5% of the…
This week’s picks Peppa Pig Play-Along PodcastAll episodes available now on AudibleThe Pig Queen has been an icon to toddlers around the world for 20 years,…
MaAsteroids hurtling at planet-destroying speeds, glowing spheres of hot gas, black holes from which even light cannot escape: outer space can be the stuff of nightmares,…
Since November, I have been using my boss’s car for work and after crossing the Dartford junction of the M25 for the first time, I attempted…
Imagine swimming at night in a river filled with crocodiles and hippos. Sounds terrifying, right? Well, two lions in Uganda did just that earlier this year,…
New genus and species of iguanodont dinosaur named Comptonatus chasei It was explained by PhD student Jeremy Lockwood and colleagues at the University of Portsmouth. Reconstructing…
Using more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found evidence of a 20,000-solar-mass black hole at the center of Earth. Omega…
The recently discovered structure predates the famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu by approximately 3,500 years and was constructed long before the Inca Empire and its…
Tampons are one of the most popular period products in a growing market that also includes period underwear and menstrual cups. They’ve been around since the…
Brothers Jacob and Tiv in Queen Elizabeth National Park, UgandaAlex Blaczkowski A pair of lion brothers have completed the longest recorded swim of their kind, crossing…
The culture that built Stonehenge suffered a mysterious population decline Wirestock/Alamy The European Neolithic culture that produced megaliths like Stonehenge experienced a major decline about 5,400…
This may solve one of the mysteries of breastfeeding. Svetlana Lepnitskaya/Getty Images A newly discovered hormone discovered in mice may solve a long-standing mystery about how…
We don’t tend to dwell on the fact that we exist in three dimensions. Front to back, left to right, up to down – these are…