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Humanoid robots that can drive cars may one day be used as chauffeurs, but their creators acknowledge that this could be at least 50 years away.…
If you have ever set a goal to change your appearance, know that you are not alone. Approximately 43% of UK adults aim to lose weight.…
RCW 7 is located in the constellation Puppis, about 5,300 light years from Earth. This Hubble image shows the nebula RCW 7. Image courtesy of NASA/ESA/Hubble/J.…
Think back to the last time you put together a puzzle. How long did it take you to connect the first piece? Did you aim for…
Arctic: The area within the Arctic Circle. The edge of the Arctic Circle is defined as the northernmost point where the sun is visible during the…
Agriculture: The cultivation of plants, animals, and fungi to meet human needs, such as food, fuel, chemicals, and medicines.Atmosphere: The outer layer of gas that surrounds…
Wondering how to best pet a cat? The answer might surprise you. Although petting is often considered a bonding activity, not all cats enjoy it. As…
Our perception of reality is quite limited because we evolved on the African plains 3 million years ago. Our senses were shaped to help us survive…
Research indicates that a lack of dietary fiber may result in accelerated brain aging, potentially contributing to the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Expert nutritionists,…
The movement of Earth’s inner core has been a topic of debate in the scientific community for the past 20 years, with some studies suggesting that…
Light cannot be condensed enough to form a black holeVadim Sadovsky/Shutterstock It seems impossible for light alone to form a black hole: if energy and mass…
Military pilots must remain vigilant when flying fighter jets such as the F-15E Strike Eagle. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hiram Martinez The US…
Voyager 1 Due to technical issues, scientific observations are being carried out for the first time. Happened November 2023. Voyager 1 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space…
Physicists at the University of Vienna have used a maximally entangled quantum state of light paths in a large interferometer to experimentally measure the speed of…
Climate activists protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London in March.Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy This week, more than 400 climate scientists from UK research institutes published an…
Ancient humans lived in Saudi Arabia's Umm Jirsan lava cavesGreen Arabia Project This is an excerpt from Our Human Story, our newsletter on Revolution in Archaeology.…
2024 Milky Way Photographer of the Year/Tom Ray If you’re in the right place at the right time and look up at the sky, you might see something awe-inspiring. This is a sentiment evoked by some of this year’s winning works. Milky Way Photographer of the Year Contest: Each year, the top 25 most captivating
Eske Willerslev during fieldwork in the Ilulissat glacial fjord in Greenland. Hanful of Films Searching for the oldest DNANiobe ThompsonPBS Embracing failure leads to experience and…
Many of the circled objects represent previously unknown supernovae.Collaboration between NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI and JADES Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered…
Climate activists protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London in March. Andrea Domeniconi/Alamy This week, more than 400 climate scientists from UK research institutes published…
You’ve probably experienced this scenario before: after a long day, feeling mentally and physically drained, all you want to do is crawl into bed and sleep.…
Astronomers Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) Mid-infrared measuring instrument (mm) NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope A twin disk and parallel jets were discovered in the young…
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended that pharmaceutical companies develop coronavirus vaccines targeting the KP.2 strain, a descendant of the highly contagious JN.1 variant…
As summer approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, Florida is already facing extreme weather conditions. Storms have hit South Florida, bringing heavy rain and causing severe flooding…
Varying your stride length may have positive health effectsAddictive Stock Creatives/Alamy Varying your stride length uses more energy than walking at a steady pace, which may…
Coloured black holes may have formed in the early universe betibup33/Shutterstock The universe may have once been dotted with tiny black holes that possessed strange properties…
Cystic fibrosis affects the lungs, but delivering gene therapy to the defective cells is difficult. Science Photo Library/Getty Images CRISPR gene editing therapy has the potential…
A scorching hot day in Bucharest, Romania, June 2019 lcv / Alamy In the future, city dwellers could beat the heat with clothes made from new…
The malaria drug artemisinin is extracted from the plant wormwood.Frederick J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images A drug already used to treat malaria may also be effective…
Australian paleontologists have discovered the fossilized skeleton of a previously unknown Anhangeria pterosaur, dating back 100 million years. Reconstructing your life Haliskia petersenii Image courtesy of…
Favoritism is a result of our individual preferences for certain colors, tastes, faces, and places, which are influenced by our evolutionary past. Studies show that we…
Nearly a decade has passed since hackers leaked a ton of personal information from Ashley Madison, the notorious dating site that primarily targeted men looking to…
Mid-air collision To find out whether air taxi passengers need to worry about collisions with birds, a number of tests were carried out by a German…
Do newborns hear sounds and are aware of pain? In the past, boys undergoing circumcision were often not given anesthesia, in part because it was thought…
Part of an installation by filmmaker Michael Shindhelm, lamenting the artificial prolongation of women’s lives (below). Basel Cultural Foundation H. Geiger/KBH.G The end of agingMichael ShindhelmH.…
Some problems are harder than others IGDB/Nintendo Researchers have discovered that it is mathematically impossible to determine whether someone can complete a particular level of the…
Since the 1920s, Edwin Hubble Ever since it was discovered that the universe is expanding, astrophysicists have been asking themselves the question, “Where does matter come…
asteroid: Rocky objects that orbit the Sun. Most asteroids orbit the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, an area astronomers call the asteroid belt.astronomyThe…
NASA had to reassure the public that there was no emergency on the International Space Station after audio from a medical training drill was mistakenly played…
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America has fascinated scholars for centuries with its incredible astronomical calendar and magnificent step pyramids. But alongside their glorious culture,…