Year: 2025
saber-toothed tiger skull (Smilodon)steve morton Predators have evolved saber teeth many times throughout the history of life. And now we have a better understanding of why…
The bright and dark part of Mercury's north pole seen from the BepiColombo spacecraftESA/BepiColombo/MTM These images illustrate the pockmarked surface of Mercury and are a preview…
IIn the West Bank city of Nablus, Rashid Abueide operates a nut roaster to support his family. Additionally, he is an award-winning game developer. A decade…
Quantum computers could use heat to eliminate errorsChalmers University of Technology, Lovisa Håkansson A small cooling device can automatically reset malfunctioning components in a quantum computer.…
Experts and politicians are warning that significant changes to Meta’s social media platform are setting it on a collision course with lawmakers in the UK and…
HWhat do you think, humans? My name is Arwa and I am a genuine member of this species homo sapiens. We are talking about 100% real…
Are you familiar with uterine fibroids? It’s not surprising if you’re not, as they are not widely discussed. However, they can affect 70-80% of women by…
American paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new species of sauropod dinosaur that lived in the northern hemisphere (Laurasian supercontinent) during the Carnian period…
High-resolution UAV-based aerial survey of the massive Bronze Age fortress Domanissis Gora in Georgia, South Caucasus, reveals the extent of a large external fortification system and…
Scientists of University of Bergen: The surprising diversity of behavior within the rosette-shaped colony has been revealed. Salpingoeca Rosetta is a rare species of choanoflagellates -…
Paleontologists have discovered two new three-dimensionally preserved aculiferous mollusks from the Silurian period, showing that the earliest molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously known.…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the return of offshore wind power is expected to keep fire danger high across the region through Friday morning.…
Eric Porth, director of the California Water Resources Institute, mentioned that having more water tanks in the Palisades area could have been beneficial. However, he noted…
The breeding season for emperor penguins is fraught with danger.Stefan Christmann/naturepl.com A rover silently explores a forbidding icy landscape. Suddenly it buzzed to life and spotted…
Physicians as a whole are a very smart group, but they can be resistant to change. The most famous example is probably the 19th century surgeon…
December 2024 Starship rocket preparing for seventh flightspace x SpaceX's next Starship test flight will be its most ambitious yet, and for the first time will…
MIta’s Rewritten policy on ‘hateful acts’ That means users will be able to say different kinds of things on that platform, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. After…
Palisades fire spreads through Los Angeles homes Ethan Swope/Associated Press/Alamy Fast-moving wildfires in the Los Angeles area are getting out of control long after California’s normal…
During sleep, your brain eliminates toxins that have accumulated throughout the day. Robert Reeder/Getty Images Sleeping pills may help you doze off, but the sleep you…
Digital model of an ancient mollusk punk ferox and emo swirl, Created from X-ray scans of fossilsSutton et al. Nature (2025) Two prehistoric marine mollusk fossils…
Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg His company Meta announced on Tuesday that it would scrap the facts. He accused the US checkers of making biased decisions…
With music sales and streaming revenue reaching a record high of £2.4 billion, the UK video games market has experienced consistent growth over the years, despite…
Drinking coffee in the morning may be more strongly associated with a lower risk of death than drinking coffee later in the day, according to a…
TThe weather was distinctly Scottish during the holidays, so instead of attending the planned party, my family and I stayed home to celebrate Hogmanay. Our youngest…
Analysis shows that since 2016, Elon Musk’s electric car company has received approximately £200m in subsidies from the UK government. Tesla, led by a tech billionaire…
It’s relatively easy to contaminate the output of an AI chatbotNicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images Artificial intelligence chatbots already have a problem with misinformation, and…
The sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has filed a lawsuit alleging that he sexually abused her on a regular basis over several years as a…
New Glenn on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida blue origin Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is scheduled to…
The co-chairs of Meta’s oversight committee stated that the company’s systems had become “too complex” after deciding to eliminate fact-checkers, with Elon Musk’s X CEO welcoming…
SSocial media has always served as an entertainment mirror for society as a whole. The algorithms and amplification of our always-on online presence have highlighted the…
Meteorologists typically only name weather systems that are likely to have widespread and significant impacts. Think hurricanes and the massive winter “nor’easters” that hit the Atlantic…
Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found that at a time when the Universe was half its current age, a single galaxy behind…
Archaeologists say they have extracted various starch granules from stone tools found at an early Middle Pleistocene site in Israel. These include acorns, grass grains, water…
A self-collapsing, self-interacting dark matter subhalo is a unique spur observed in GD-1, a stellar stream within the Milky Way’s galactic halo, according to a new…
Researchers examined records from three ice cores to determine levels of lead pollution in the Arctic from 500 BC to 600 AD. The presence of lead…
Misena Crocata is a long-known bacterial species that has been frequently reported from Europe and Japan, but until now it was thought that it did not…
Are you procrastinating now? Don’t worry, we’re not judging. But we’re here to tell you you’re not alone. An estimated 20 percent of adults (and More…
A redox flow battery at a power plant in Japan. New process could replace rare metals in these batteries with industrial byproductsPhoto by Alessandro Gandolfi/Panos Industrial…
Neuroscientist David Levitin explores how music can help us heal in new book Natalie Foss Most of us already know that music can have a profound…
Radiologists can benefit from AI assistanceAmelie Benoist/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Artificial intelligence models can actually help detect cancer and reduce the burden on doctors, according…