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The credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones is usually given to an English gentleman who discovered them in England between the 17th and 19th centuries.…
The odd radio sphere (ORC), a type of extragalactic astronomical source discovered in 2019, is actually a shell formed by galactic winds spilling from massive supernovae,…
Using NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers detected a brown dwarf with infrared emissions from methane, likely due to energy in the upper atmosphere. The heating…
Testing self-eating rocket engine prototype Buzdyk et al. A rocket that eats itself may be on the way. To reach orbit, a rocket must lift its…
NASA’s efforts to return astronauts to the moon have been delayed once again.The agency announced Tuesday that the next Artemis mission, which will fly four astronauts…
Fire ants work together to form floating rafts when their nests are floodedJennifer White Maxwell/Shutterstock Fire ants can intertwine their bodies to form raft-like structures. And…
Artist's impression of the path of a fast radio burst (not to scale) FRB 20220610AM. Kohnmesser/European Southern Observatory The unexplained flash of radio waves that reached…
NASA's Space Launch System and Artemis I Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center, Florida NASA It looks like it will take a little longer than expected…
The lander’s failure prevented it from properly pointing its solar panels toward the sun to charge its onboard batteries. Despite eventually repositioning the craft to face…
When it comes to eating healthier, there has always been a sense of having your cake and eating it too. For decades, we've been told that…
Researchers test batteries using new materials designed by AI Microsoft's Dan DeLong Artificial intelligence can accelerate the process of discovering and testing new materials, and researchers…
young moray eelFu Liang/cupoty.com In the deep waters surrounding Romblon Island in the Philippines, a small translucent moray eel larva spins its body into the shape…
Last year was the hottest on record on Earth, the European Union’s climate change agency announced Tuesday, confirming what scientists had predicted and feared. The EU’s…
The average bottle of water contains nearly 250,000 tiny, invisible particles of nanoplastic that were detected and classified for the first time using a dual-laser microscope.…
In August 2023, a wildfire broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui after a period of dry weather. Maui News via Matthew Thayer/AP/Alamy It's official:…
Nothing can escape a black hole's massive gravity, but it may still be possible to detect what's happening inside itScience Lab/Alamy We may be able to…
Diamond rain could fall on many exoplanets shutter stock The sky of an icy planet in space may be full of diamonds. Compacted carbon compounds may…
Aggressive: (n. Aggression) Being quick to fight or argue, or striving forcefully to succeed or win.action: the way something, often a person or other living thing,…
This is a feeling most of us have experienced at least once. When you arrive at work in the morning and open your client’s email, you…
For many people, caffeine is a necessary part of their morning routine, helping them to wake up and feel more alert. But is this reliance on…
It is now possible to measure a person’s biological age, which refers to the wear and tear of the body’s cells, as opposed to the chronological…
New research suggests that the Green Monster, a strange structure first discovered in Web Data in April 2023, resulted from a blast wave that hit the…
Paleontologists in Argentina have discovered fossil fragments of a new genus and species of Lebatisaurus, a sauropod dinosaur that walked the earth more than 90 million…
Peregrine photo showing disturbance of insulation in the foreground astrobotic Things look grim for Astrobotic's Peregrine spacecraft. The Vulcan rocket launched toward the moon on January…
Satoshi's Skull, a sculpture by Benjamin von Wong that highlights Bitcoin's environmental impact Vonwong/Satoshi's Skull/Greenpeace blog.vonwong.com/skull/ The amount of electricity used for Bitcoin mining and trading…
Diamond rain could fall on many exoplanetsshutter stock The sky of an icy planet in space may be full of diamonds. Compacted carbon compounds may turn…
Scientists used lasers to identify plastic particles in water bottles Naixin Qian, Columbia University One liter water bottle can contain 240,000 microscopic plastic particles. The health…
One of the shelters used to simulate extreme drought. It is located at the Central Plains Experiment Station in Colorado.melinda smith An experiment conducted at 100…
Venus’ clouds are thought to be composed of trace elements such as sulfuric acid and iron-containing compounds. The concentration of each of these compounds varies with…
This cosmic encounter is known as Arp 122, and here: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Two spiral galaxies, NGC 6040 and NGC 6039, have merged on the…
Astrobotic said the cause of the failure was likely a propulsion failure, adding that a further update would be issued once more data is acquired and…
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…
Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Endometriosis, menopause, menstrual pain, weak pelvic floor muscles, premature egg failure, miscarriages…the list of understudied “women's issues” goes on. Now let's add one more thing:…
I'm taking notes on the stargazing I want to see this year. It's often about being in the right place at the right time, but there…
On January 8th, a Vulcan rocket carrying a lander bound for the moon will be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Greg Newton/AFP via Getty Images NASA's first…
The cloud has transformed the way the world operates, yet it doesn’t always receive the recognition it deserves for enabling valuable digital experiences. Businesses of all…
air pressure: Force exerted by the weight of air molecules.blue whale: A type of baleen whale (glans muscle) It is the largest animal known to have…
There is an interesting and appropriate “spot the difference” Microsoft Visual Studio An advertisement that used to be published in a computing magazine. On the left…
Stonehenge holds many secrets, including the mystery of the “altar stone” near its center. This stone, part of a group of bluestones, has puzzled researchers for…
As organizations move their computing infrastructure to the cloud, they are harnessing the power of data like never before. Cloud-based services use artificial intelligence (AI) to…
