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You’ll never know who spoke the first sentence or what they said, but you can have fun guessing. Perhaps they came from the mouths of Stone…
This year saw major elections in both the UK and the US, with the ruling parties losing big. In moments like this, we usually focus on…
Climate change protester holding a placard referencing the movie “Don't Look Up”Vuk Valcic/ZUMA press wire/Alamy Writing about the environment can be depressing and repetitive, but I'm…
Across the Northern Hemisphere, millions of animals are locked away in safe places, hibernating in the cold and preparing to emerge smiling in the spring. Bats,…
early christmas Today is my vacation. Actually, it's not a vacation. Because of printing schedules, Feedback is writing this festive edition in the first week of…
Saharan sandstorms like this one in Athens, Greece (above) are becoming more commonReuters/Luisa Gouriamaki Although it won't be confirmed until January, it is almost certain that…
Questions that many people are still trying to answerCristian Bosi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Will artificial intelligence start to plateau in 2024 after a boom in 2023?…
US Navy Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS HamptonMC2 Chase Stevens/US Navy/Alamy The U.S. Navy has a long wish list for applications for quantum computers, from…
Unidentified drone flies over US military facilityUS Navy/Ensign Drew Barbis A mysterious drone has been flying over New Jersey and neighboring states for a month. they…
Psilocybe ochraceocentrata mushroom, new species discovered in Zimbabwe and South Africa Kathy Sharp A new psychedelic mushroom that grows in southern Africa has been identified as…
Illustration of modern humans who lived in Europe about 45,000 years ago Tom Bjorklund Modern humans and Neanderthals interbred over a sustained period of about 7,000…
This relatively small solar flare that occurred in October (a bright flash at the center discovered by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory) would be dwarfed by a…
The newly discovered galaxy, called the Firefly Radiance, existed about 600 million years after the Big Bang and consisted of at least 10 star clusters. The…
CChinese hackers have breached dozens of telecommunications companies around the world. The breach, dubbed “Salt Typhoon” by Microsoft cybersecurity researchers, allows cybercriminals to access information about…
The familiar V-shaped flight formation of geese and other birds helps them conserve energy by taking advantage of the updrafts created by the birds in front.…
Proboscis monkeys are renowned for their loud, bulbous calls and are among the most famous primates in the world. Contrary to popular belief, their noses are…
The hot, dry winds that carry dust from the Sahara Desert are known as Kalima. The winds lift millions of tons of dust and fine sand…
analog: Something that resembles, takes the place of, or is similar to another. array: A broadly organized group of objects. In some cases, it may be…
Nuclear reactions can be categorized as either fission (when an atomic nucleus splits into two lighter nuclei) or fusion (when two atomic nuclei combine to form…
This week’s picksLegacy: Charles DickensWondery, weekly episodesThis week, we recommend listening to the fascinating stories of Charles Dickens, the Godfather of Christmas. Afua Hirsch’s latest podcast…
Is artificial gravity ever going to be achievable? Currently, the best we can do is simulate gravity’s effects on a spacecraft by rotating or accelerating it.…
The Australian Federal Police stated that due to the large amount of data being analyzed in their investigation, they have no choice but to rely on…
Messier 77 is a relatively nearby and well-known bright spiral galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center. Messier 77 concept by artist. It is…
The attention economy can be likened to a phenomenon involving a social media-created celebrity named “hawk tua girl” Hayley Welch. She played a pivotal role in…
Palaeospondylus ganniwas a small, eel-like creature that lived during the mid-Devonian period, about 390 million years ago, and is among thousands of similarly preserved fossils from…
New observations by NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope confirm previous measurements by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the distances between nearby stars and galaxies, and…
It’s not entirely clear why colorectal cancer is increasing among adults under 50 Steve Gschmeisner/Science Photo Library The incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults is…
Severe storms caused by La Niña in Queensland, AustraliaGenevieve Vallee/Alamy Stock Photo The UK's national weather and climate agency, the Met Office, predicts that the Earth's…
In new research Published in a magazine PLoS ONEArchaeologists have investigated exceptional human remains unearthed from the Middle Trypilian site (c. 3700-3600 BC) of Kosenivka in…
High blood pressure is a common symptom of preeclampsia Nataliya Piatrovich/Alamy Currently, the only way to deal with preeclampsia, a common pregnancy complication, is to deliver…
Quantinuum’s quantum computer thus uses ions confined in a vacuum chamber Quantinum The race to build useful quantum computers is heating up. In September, Microsoft and…
The sun may have heated asteroids to produce a huge amount of water gas. ESA/Hubble Copyright: NASA, ESA, MA GARLICK (Space-Art.co.uk), Warlic University, Cambridge University. According…
There’s a lot more going on with pigeons than you might imagine. I have always had ambivalent feelings towards pigeons. Pigeons are everywhere in London, where I live, so for me they had faded into the background. I didn’t hate them, but I wasn’t particularly interested in them either. Then a chance encounter made me
This year, from the first civilian moon landing (see “Elon Musk-led private missions boom, space is on sale in 2024”) to the first pig kidney transplant…
New research led by scientists at the University of Bristol shows how lepidosaurs, the most diverse clade of quadrupeds that includes lizards and snakes, evolved an…
Whales’ Romantic AdventuresHumpback whales have left scientists astonished with their epic journey spanning three oceans and over 8,000 miles, establishing a new record for the longest…
This year, herds across the U.S. were infected with avian influenza. Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe via Getty Images A highly contagious type of avian influenza began circulating…
Jared Isaacman partially exited SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft in September space x This year, private companies have achieved several milestones in space, including the first private lunar lander touchdown and the first private spacewalk, with Elon Musk’s SpaceX playing a key role in many of these missions, fulfilling its role. The first major event of
A dog wearing a harness may pull with a force that exceeds its body weight.CBCK-Christine/Alamy Even if the device is marketed as “anti-pull,” a dog wearing…
“Hello again!” Pigeons remember individual human faces Martin Parr/Magnum Photo Recently, when I was walking in the park with some friends, they pointed out the pigeons…