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Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) The peoples of mainland Alaska overlapped with the first peoples of this region for at least 1,000 years. However, it is unclear…
Two weeks before the pandemic lockdown in March 2020, I flew to Tucson, Arizona, and knocked on the door of a suburban ranch-style home. I was…
Artist's impression of a pulsar orbiting a black hole – one possible interpretation of the mysterious binary star systemDaniel Hutseller (artsource.nl) Some 40,000 light-years away, a…
A batch of DJI Matrice 300 RTK drones, part of the Ukrainian “Army of Drones” project Evgen Kotenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has pledged that his…
SLIM spacecraft illustrationJAXA Japan's Smart Lander for Lunar Exploration (SLIM) has landed on the moon. Although the spacecraft is not operating perfectly, the successful landing follows…
biologist: Scientists involved in biological research.bronze: A metal alloy consisting primarily of copper and tin, but may also contain other metals. It is harder and more…
Japan claimed its stake among space powers on Friday with the successful landing of its SLIM spacecraft on the moon’s surface. The SLIM lander, launched in…
Hemophilia affects the blood's ability to clotscience photo library People with mild hemophilia (a condition that reduces blood clotting) appear to live slightly longer than people…
Gate of Hattusa, the ancient capital of the Hittite civilization Arman Gunes/Shutterstock Simulations suggest that the collapse of several Late Bronze Age Mediterranean civilizations may have…
History isn’t full of glorious Indiana Jones video games. The Fate of Atlantis, a beautiful adventure from LucasArts. A pretty good Lego game. A proper imperial…
A mother manatee (pictured above) swims up to a cave diver in a flooded cave in Quintana Roo, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Klaus ThiemannThey captured amazing photos…
Mark Zuckerberg has faced accusations of being irresponsible in his approach to artificial intelligence after working to develop AI systems as powerful as human intelligence. The…
Nighttime brain biochemical changes allow us to explore our creative selves Golodenkov/Shutterstock can not sleepannabell abbsJohn Murray Press (UK, on sale). GP Putnam's Sons (USA, February…
Japanese macaques with various physical disabilities and disabilities are kept free-range at the Awajishima Monkey Center.set This is an excerpt from Our Human Story, a newsletter…
People with Parkinson's disease often have tremors and balance problems, which can lead to falls.Roberto G. Libran/Moment RF/Getty Images Shoes that beep when someone strides can…
dinosaur Dinosaurs may have been big and scary, but they weren’t lumbering beasts of prey. The more we learn about them, the more we realize how…
A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday accused Coinbase and U.S. securities regulators of disagreements over whether digital assets are and are not securities in a…
Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, responsible for our popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (Special Award) in Earth Sciences (Space and…
According to an internal document released late Wednesday, Meta estimates that about 100,000 children on Facebook and Instagram are subjected to online sexual harassment every day,…
NASA/ESA/CSA Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a small, active galaxy within GN-z11, an extremely bright galaxy that existed just 420 million years…
A new genus and species of a large wind dragon that lived about 218 million years ago has been described from a large portion of its…
TOKYO — Japan will attempt a precision landing on Friday, aiming to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. This would be…
The trip has cost each of the three countries more than $55 million, which is the approximate cost per person for the trip. This is the…
Launch of the Peregrine Lunar Module on a Vulcan rocket on January 8thAPFootage / Alamy Stock Photo The mission of the Hayabusa lander is over. The…
After more than a week in space, the doomed lunar lander met a violent end Thursday as it burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, ending its mission.A…
Christina Koch has a job that kids dream about. Starting in 2019, on her first mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut She spent…
A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive starwww.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg3005 Some 40,000 light-years away, a strange object could be either the heaviest neutron star or…
Artist's thoughts on SLIM after landing on the moon JAXA Japan is preparing for its first moon landing. The Smart Lunar Survey Lander (SLIM) is scheduled…
Masculinity under threat Research procedures in psychology can be innovative and complex, especially in the United States. Research called “”Investigating the impact of threatened masculinity on…
Huge deposits near Mars' equator may be made of water icePaopano / Alamy Stock Photo There may be a huge sheet of ice hidden at Mars'…
It is unclear which components of multivitamins are involved in improving cognitive function.Asia Vision/Getty Images Studies have shown that taking a daily multivitamin slows the rate…
Robots that can grow around trees and rocks like vines could be used to construct buildings or measure pollution in hard-to-reach natural environments. Vine-like robots are…
MArc Zuckerberg hired Sheryl Sandberg as Facebook’s chief operating officer in 2008 as the social network grew rapidly and sought to attract investment. Zuckerberg was just…
In 2003, those of us deeply involved in cervical cancer prevention heard startling news. The results of a four-year, placebo-controlled trial of a prototype vaccine against…
The first members of our species to reach China may have entered this region from the north Esteban de Armas / Alamy Modern humans lived in…
Artist’s rendition of DARPA’s X-65 experimental vehicleDARPA The U.S. military is developing aircraft that can fly without the mechanical control surfaces such as ailerons, elevators, and…
Google’s CEO told employees to expect additional layoffs this year following recent layoffs that affected 1,000 employees. In a memo to staff on Wednesday, Sundar Pichai…
In an attempt to ignite fading consumer interest, Samsung is heavily emphasizing AI technology for its latest premium S24 Android phone. This includes instant phone translation,…
Fittingly, science has different ways of thinking about the multiverseEsch Collection/Getty Images The charm of the multiversepaul halpernBasic Books (US, on sale; UK, February 8th) In…
The image on the right is the latest and best image of a black hole. EHT collaboration Thanks to an update to the world’s first black…
