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Martin Rees at the 2017 Hay Literary Festival (Hay-on-Wye, UK) Alamy Stock Photo The Oscars. The Booker Prize. The Nobel Prize. All of the year’s landmark…
Kamran Dibba, an anesthesiologist at the University of Michigan, and his colleagues have found that during sleep, some neurons not only replay the recent past but…
About 2.5 billion years ago, free oxygen first began to accumulate in meaningful levels in Earth's atmosphere, setting the stage for the emergence of complex life.…
Elon Musk has submitted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against ChatGPT developer OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, claiming that the startup has deviated from…
When the Australian soap opera Neighbours was canceled in 2022, it signified the end of a cultural institution that had been on air for 37 years.…
Apple shares surged over 7% to reach a record high at the close of trading on Tuesday following the announcement of new artificial intelligence features known…
It has been recognized for many years that smoking is extremely detrimental to health, and stopping smoking or avoiding it altogether is one of the most…
Voters in Northern California will have the opportunity to voice their opinion on a controversial proposal supported by Silicon Valley billionaires to construct a new city…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope discovered a giant asteroid impact around Beta Gactris, the second brightest star in the constellation Scorpio. Chen othersBeta…
ohThe rational view on the Elon Musk compensation issue is that Tesla shareholders should stick to their guns and re-approve his astronomical $56 billion compensation, sending…
Illustration of the newly identified species, Haliskia petersenii Gabriel Ugueto A 100-million-year-old pterosaur fossil discovered in Australia may have had the largest, most muscular tongue of…
Warp drive malfunction could emit gravitational wavesEverett Collection / Alamy There's no evidence that aliens are zipping around the galaxy in faster-than-light warp drive spacecraft, but…
Child safety experts have issued a warning about criminals on the dark web increasingly using artificial intelligence for creating sexually explicit images of children, focusing on…
Bee found herself in a moment of realization when she caught herself mindlessly scrolling through the news on her phone while sitting on the toilet. This…
Acidic: An adjective that describes a substance containing an acid. Acidic substances are known to dissolve minerals like carbonates or prevent their formation.average: A scientific term…
Activation: (in biology) to turn on something like a gene or a chemical reaction.Annual: adjective describing something that occurs annually. (botany) A plant that only lives…
During the experiment, electrodes were placed on their scalps to record their brain activity, and a computer screen showed them when to move. Robin Ritter/Leibniz Institute…
In February, I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Book 360 convertible laptop from Currys for £1,279. Several months later, I noticed two hairline cracks on the screen…
A recent study suggests that women may have improved cognitive performance during their menstrual cycle. The research conducted by University College London (UCL) and the Institute…
P In a feminist bookstore in Madrid, 17 women gathered in the back room, engrossed in their laptops, sharing snacks, chatting, and laughing. The room was…
Aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen are painkillers that work in different ways. Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory and blood-thinning medication that is used for pain relief and heart…
Using high-resolution color images from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Trace Gases Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express missions, planetary researchers have found evidence of morning frost…
A team of scientists from Colorado State University, Save the Elephants and Elephant Voices used machine learning to: African savanna elephant (African brown) The calls included…
Dinkinesh is a small asteroid orbiting the Sun near the inner edge of the main asteroid belt. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently revealed that this asteroid, with…
The newly discovered species, estimated to weigh about 10 kg, Bronius Manfredschmidyis the smallest known hominid. Danubius GuggenmosThis ape lived in what is now Germany about…
Satellite Galaxy Crater II The Milky Way's Crater 2 (or Crater 2) is located in the constellation Crater, about 380,000 light-years from Earth. This galaxy is…
Unexpected surprise: Giant fish thought to be sunbathing on Oregon beach turns out to be a curiosity
The name “sunfish” is of Latin origin and means “milestone,” referring to the flat, circular body of this fish, which is known to drift along the…
Plastic particles (red) are colonized by marine fungi Parengyodontium albumAnnika Vaksma/NIOZ Fungi that live on floating trash in the North Pacific Ocean are able to break…
 Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes some crazy ideas for how to tinker with the universe and tests their effects against the laws…
Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (left) and Christer Fugelsang aboard the International Space StationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) How spaceflight affects astronauts' health may be…
adbobe stock/Erika Eros/Alamy/collar Ryan Wills Deep inside a black hole, the universe is warped beyond comprehension. Here, at a minimum of infinite density, the fabric of…
The Humboldt penguin populations along Chile’s central coast have seen a significant decline, making them one of the most at-risk species out of the world’s 18…
TBrandishing an iPhone that he boasts is more than seven years old, Hibault Hug de Larose says, “It works great.” Not what you’d expect from a…
Rare Earths Norway, a mining company, has made a groundbreaking announcement of discovering Europe’s largest proven deposit. This discovery of rare earth elements is highly regarded…
James Webb Space Telescope image shows thousands of extremely distant galaxiesNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team The universe’s first stars were giant monsters thousands…
AI, whether it stands for artificial intelligence or Apple intelligence, is a hot topic today. It’s time to have a conversation about it. [sits backwards on…
antenna: (plural: antennae) in biology, refers to a pair of long, thin sensory organs found on the head of insects, crustaceans, and other arthropods. In physics,…
Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, responsible for the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (Hons) in Geosciences (Space and Climate Physics)…
