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Think back to the last time you put together a puzzle. How long did it take you to connect the first piece? Did you aim for…
Arctic: The area within the Arctic Circle. The edge of the Arctic Circle is defined as the northernmost point where the sun is visible during the…
Agriculture: The cultivation of plants, animals, and fungi to meet human needs, such as food, fuel, chemicals, and medicines.Atmosphere: The outer layer of gas that surrounds…
Wondering how to best pet a cat? The answer might surprise you. Although petting is often considered a bonding activity, not all cats enjoy it. As…
IIn late May, at a $58 million mansion in the hills above Bel Air, influencers, reality TV stars, and other Los Angeles residents gathered around a…
TTen years ago, Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom Super IntelligenceThe book explores how superintelligent machines might be built and the implications of such technology, one of which…
Our perception of reality is quite limited because we evolved on the African plains 3 million years ago. Our senses were shaped to help us survive…
In the depths beneath an old Queenslander house on the south side of the Brisbane River, adjacent to a garage bearing a handwritten “Recording” sign, and…
Research indicates that a lack of dietary fiber may result in accelerated brain aging, potentially contributing to the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Expert nutritionists,…
G7 leaders have raised concerns about China’s support for Russia in the Ukraine war and the production of cheap goods causing “harmful overcapacity,” despite German apprehensions.During…
Ren Shelburne was tired of listening to episodes of popular podcasts that friends had recommended to her. The photographer, who has partial hearing loss and an…
The movement of Earth’s inner core has been a topic of debate in the scientific community for the past 20 years, with some studies suggesting that…
Light cannot be condensed enough to form a black holeVadim Sadovsky/Shutterstock It seems impossible for light alone to form a black hole: if energy and mass…
Military pilots must remain vigilant when flying fighter jets such as the F-15E Strike Eagle. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hiram Martinez The US…
Voyager 1 Due to technical issues, scientific observations are being carried out for the first time. Happened November 2023. Voyager 1 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space…
Physicists at the University of Vienna have used a maximally entangled quantum state of light paths in a large interferometer to experimentally measure the speed of…
Climate activists protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London in March.Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy This week, more than 400 climate scientists from UK research institutes published an…
Ancient humans lived in Saudi Arabia's Umm Jirsan lava cavesGreen Arabia Project This is an excerpt from Our Human Story, our newsletter on Revolution in Archaeology.…
2024 Milky Way Photographer of the Year/Tom Ray If you’re in the right place at the right time and look up at the sky, you might see something awe-inspiring. This is a sentiment evoked by some of this year’s winning works. Milky Way Photographer of the Year Contest: Each year, the top 25 most captivating
The G7 leaders in Puglia discussed financing a long fight against an authoritarian regime on their first day. The discussion then shifted to a man who…
Eske Willerslev during fieldwork in the Ilulissat glacial fjord in Greenland. Hanful of Films Searching for the oldest DNANiobe ThompsonPBS Embracing failure leads to experience and…
Legal experts suggest that Tesla’s Elon Musk is still facing a battle to reinstate his $45bn (£35bn) pay package despite shareholders supporting the CEO’s deal.After a…
Many of the circled objects represent previously unknown supernovae.Collaboration between NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI and JADES Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered…
When Christy Angell initially interacted with the chatbot posing as her deceased partner, Cameroon, she described the experience as surreal and “very strange.” “Yes, I was…
Climate activists protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London in March. Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy This week, more than 400 climate scientists from UK research institutes published…
You’ve probably experienced this scenario before: after a long day, feeling mentally and physically drained, all you want to do is crawl into bed and sleep.…
Tesla shareholders have given their approval to a contentious referendum regarding CEO Elon Musk’s leadership, resulting in an agreement to pay him $45bn (£35.3bn). The results,…
aAnnounced in a Nintendo Direct livestream three years ago, Star Wars: Hunters is a game that went through a surprisingly smooth pitching process. Described as the…
Astronomers Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) Mid-infrared measuring instrument (mm) NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope A twin disk and parallel jets were discovered in the young…
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended that pharmaceutical companies develop coronavirus vaccines targeting the KP.2 strain, a descendant of the highly contagious JN.1 variant…
As summer approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, Florida is already facing extreme weather conditions. Storms have hit South Florida, bringing heavy rain and causing severe flooding…
Varying your stride length may have positive health effectsAddictive Stock Creatives/Alamy Varying your stride length uses more energy than walking at a steady pace, which may…
Coloured black holes may have formed in the early universe betibup33/Shutterstock The universe may have once been dotted with tiny black holes that possessed strange properties…
Cystic fibrosis affects the lungs, but delivering gene therapy to the defective cells is difficult. Science Photo Library/Getty Images CRISPR gene editing therapy has the potential…
A scorching hot day in Bucharest, Romania, June 2019 lcv / Alamy In the future, city dwellers could beat the heat with clothes made from new…
The malaria drug artemisinin is extracted from the plant wormwood.Frederick J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images A drug already used to treat malaria may also be effective…
Australian paleontologists have discovered the fossilized skeleton of a previously unknown Anhangeria pterosaur, dating back 100 million years. Reconstructing your life Haliskia petersenii Image courtesy of…
Favoritism is a result of our individual preferences for certain colors, tastes, faces, and places, which are influenced by our evolutionary past. Studies show that we…
Nearly a decade has passed since hackers leaked a ton of personal information from Ashley Madison, the notorious dating site that primarily targeted men looking to…
Mid-air collision To find out whether air taxi passengers need to worry about collisions with birds, a number of tests were carried out by a German…