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The Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico detected a radio signal similar to the Wow! signal. NAIC/Arecibo Observatory/NSF An unexplained radio signal detected in 1977 and known…
The oldest known fragment on Earth? A 4.4 billion year old zircon John Valley, University of Wisconsin-Madison Until recently, many people discounted the idea of life…
circleWhen Atomfall was first revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase in June, many people asked, “Is this the British Fallout?” “In some ways it is, and…
debtOr when he advertised a free online tech-skills class, it got hundreds of likes on Facebook and eventually 1,500 people signed up. But on the first…
During the Cretaceous period on Earth, both large dinosaurs and smaller creatures coexisted, shaping the landscape. The battles between these creatures can still be seen in…
Three authors have filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic in California federal court. They claim that the company illegally utilized data from their…
Condé Nast and OpenAI have announced a long-term partnership to feature content from Condé Nast’s brands such as Vogue, Wired, and The New Yorker in OpenAI’s…
Red meat is best enjoyed in moderationAnton Vielitin/Getty Images In the ever-evolving and confusing world of nutrition science, new research has linked eating meat to an…
Using the large number of human fossils found in Ice Age Europe, paleoanthropologists have identified a population turnover in Western Europe 28,000 years ago, isolation between…
Researchers from James Madison University conducted a comprehensive study of thunderstorm environments in two distinct geographic regions: Washington, DC, and the Kansas City metropolitan area. Air…
Astronomers Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array observed Polaris, the nearest and brightest classical Cepheid star, which is part of a triple star system.…
Multiple studies have demonstrated that European colonization of the Americas caused the extinction of most mitochondrial lineages of North American dogs between 1492 and present, and…
Quantum effects cause particles to behave like waves that interfere with each other.Shutterstock/sakkmesterk The quantum world’s ambiguities have been demonstrated on the largest scale yet, exploring…
IIt’s been eight years since Civilization 6 launched, the latest in the long-running strategy game series in which you lead a nation from the first town…
A new species of three-bearded rockfish has been described from a specimen taken from a depth of 595 metres in the Tanoudre Valley, off the coast…
There's a saying: “I only drink coffee on days that end in Y.” If this mantra applies to you, welcome to the club. Caffeine, coffee's best-known…
When cancer goes into remission, it means there are no longer any signs of the disease in the body, typically after undergoing some form of treatment.…
Computer programs from the 1960s are still used by many organizations to process large amounts of data. H. Armstrong Roberts/Classic Stock/Getty Images Mainframe computers that run…
Coca leaves have psychoactive and therapeutic propertiesFabiano Sodi/Alamy Mummified brain tissue from two individuals found in body of 17-year-old girlNumberTraces of cocaine found in a 19th-century…
Rising temperatures lead to increased use of air conditionersMegapress Images/Alamy When temperatures get too extreme, we rush to adjust our heating and cooling systems to stay…
Chemical found in Amazon air that permanently destroys hormones Sebastian Brill/MPI-C Some of the cleanest places on Earth have been contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…
aThe best place to start with Tactical Breach Wizards, a game that relies heavily on glimpses into the future, is a little further down the line.…
Holly Spanner Staff writer, BBC Science Focus Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, responsible for the popular Q&A section. She has an MSc…
The European Commission has updated its extensive investigation into Chinese government subsidies for electric cars. They have announced that Tesla will be subjected to a 9%…
Do you ever find yourself struggling to complete a task with just two arms? If so, there is a new device that could assist you. This…
“I Last week, I sent out TechScape to our readers, hoping to take a break from writing about Elon Musk. However, my news editor had other…
The astronauts launched aboard the Starliner on June 5. The following day, they faced difficulties. As Starliner neared the International Space Station, five of its 28…
Dark Empath A surprising study finds that people with dark personality traits can also be highly empathetic – but does this make them more dangerous? that's…
The asteroid, called the Chicxulub impactor, was a carbonaceous asteroid that formed outside the orbit of Jupiter. New Paper Published in the journal Science. Ankylosaurus magniventrisA…
“Fortnite” is making a comeback on mobile phones after four years of being absent from Apple and Google app stores. Android users worldwide can now download…
Astronomers have created a beautiful image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 11861 using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubble Space Telescope image shows UGC…
ohOn a sweltering summer day in London, I found myself working in the middle of snow-covered Yosemite National Park, surrounded by floating apps and browser windows.…
A recent study indicates that individuals in the UK Biobank who utilized solariums and resided in regions with high annual average residential shortwave radiation were at…
Despite recent progress, the question of what controls the star formation efficiency in galaxies remains one of the most debated in astrophysics. According to the dominant…
Researchers from the University of Konstanz and other institutions Africa(Protopterus annectens) and South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa)The genome of the South American lungfish (approximately 91 gigabases,…
Many of the deficiencies identified in the report were not addressed. Boeing’s response processes for past defects have been ineffective, and the company has not been…
Research has shown that the asteroid responsible for the mass extinction that annihilated the dinosaurs 66 million years ago originated from a distant region in the…
Over the weekend, a storm hit the Northeast, causing an extraordinary amount of rainfall in two locations on the same night, a rare occurrence that is…
Rapid cooling of the Atlantic Ocean could reduce the threat of hurricanes from the Pacific Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press / Alamy Over the past three…
Skywatchers on a budget will be excited for a night of celestial luck on Monday, as they have the chance to witness a supermoon and a…
