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Italian archaeologists have unearthed the so-called Sacramento in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city frozen in time after the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.…
Planetary scientists first became aware of the connection between Earth and Jupiter in 2018, when they noticed striking similarities in images of Jupiter's giant cyclones and…
A cold, dense cloud in the Milky Way’s interstellar medium is about four to five orders of magnitude denser than its diffuse counterparts, and a team…
Paleontologists have redescribed Epitornoceras bardisi Using new fossils from the Chigua Formation, researchers have uncovered a mysterious species of ammonite cephalopod that lived in the Devonian…
WASHINGTON — African elephants communicate through calls and respond to their own names, a behavior rarely observed in the wild, according to a new study published…
In recent decades, scientists have observed a decrease in atmospheric moisture leading to drying soils, water-starved plants, withering vegetation, and increased forest fires. This phenomenon is…
American Museum of Natural History Recently, I visited the Ice Cold: Hip Hop Jewelry Exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The…
Illustration of a black hole sucking gas from a star Stocktrek Images/Alamy A star appears to be engaged in a deadly dance with a supermassive black…
Bikash Tataiya had never heard of Texas-based Colossal Biosciences before the company announced its plans to resurrect the dodo last year. The company, best known for trying to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth, said it had made significant progress in genetically engineering a dodo-like bird that it would transport to Mauritius, one of the Mascarene Islands
Much of the sun’s heat is trapped in the Earth’s atmosphereMurataruto/Shutterstock Earth’s atmosphere currently traps more than twice as much excess heat as it did in…
Lava flowing from Hawaii’s shield volcano Kilauea Tomas Miczek/Alamy eruptionMichael Crichton and James Patterson (Century (UK), Little, Brown (US)) If you were the creator of a…
Enzymes that help copy these DNA strands are likely to be most accurate when they act quickly. Alexey Kotelnikov / Alamy Stock Photo Speeding up these…
View of the frost on Mount Olympus ESA/DLR/Free University of Berlin As winter mornings dawn on Mars, the summits of the planet’s largest volcanoes are covered…
Two young elephants greet each other in Kenya's Samburu National ReserveGeorge Wittemyer Elephants may be the only animals other than humans that give each other random…
Quantum computers may one day threaten encryption, but not yetBoykoff/Shutterstock Quantum computing experts are baffled by the new export restrictions the UK government has imposed on…
Ekaterina Saviorova/Getty Images If you’re a gardener who has been on a social media platform in the past five years, you’ve likely seen posts like this…
Analysis of millions of tweets shows the changing meaning of the word “bot” Svet foto/Shutterstock Calling someone a bot on social media once meant suspecting they…
Illustration of a protection bubble around the sun (yellow dot) and the earth (blue dot)Harvard Radcliffe Institute Two to three million years ago, the solar system…
Note: The phenomenon of focusing mental resources on a particular object or event.Egg: A germ cell that contains half the genetic information needed to form a…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC): An agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC's mission is to protect the…
In the spring of 2003, the Human Genome Project completed the task of sequencing the human genome, marking a significant moment for science and life on…
Saiga enters a bar. The bartender asks, “Why the long face?” Saiga responds, “A long nose helps me filter out dust in the summer and warm…
Dinosaurs were once thought to be big and fearsome creatures, but our understanding of them has changed over time. As we learn more about them, we…
Despite their impressive web size, it’s best to be cautious around the Jorogumo spider. A single web can reach up to 3 feet wide, and a…
Slowing down isn’t typically a priority for runners. From elite athletes to casual runners, the focus is usually on speed, personal records, competition, and pushing limits.…
A silent colossus lurks off the Pacific coast, threatening hundreds of miles of coastline with tsunamis and devastating earthquakes. For decades, scientists have been warning about…
Two teeth from the newly identified ancient ape Buronius manfredschmidi, viewed from multiple anglesBöhme et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 A small, herbivorous ape may…
Horses revolutionized human history by increasing mobility, but the timeline between their domestication and widespread integration as a form of transportation remains debated. Genetic evidence suggests…
Is removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere one of the best weapons against climate change? Climeworks, a Swiss company, believes so, as they have recently unveiled…
The discovery was made possible by ESA’s Gaia spacecraft, which is mapping more than a billion stars across the Milky Way galaxy and beyond, tracking their…
Nemonte Nenquimo (center) with other members of the indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance Geronimo Zuniga/Amazon Frontlines We can’t be savedNemonte Nenkimo and Mitch AndersonWildfire (UK, on sale now)…
With the help of AI, authors may value their work less. Kirito Chan/Getty Images Authors are willing to accept a 28 percent pay cut if their…
High temperatures occur in Joshua Tree, California on June 5, 2024Gina Ferrazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Mexico has been hit by a severe heat wave…
Augusta Innes Withers/RHS Lindley Collection I recently had two experiences with plant culture, starting with a fantastic exhibition at Tate Britain in London. Come and see…
The temperature of an atom is determined by its energy and entropy. agsandrew/Shutterstock A cloud of atoms with a temperature above absolute zero – which is…
Science fiction’s vision of the multiverse differs from real theoriesScience Photo Library / Alamy The following is an excerpt from the Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Every…
Male Verreaux’s Sifaka Gabriel Bueno Dominant male lemurs grow more flexible testicles when other males are present, improving their position for successful mating. In many species,…
Solvin Zankl/Nature Picture Library This humpback whale (with its wide-open jaws and sharp teeth)Melanocetus johnsonii) looks even more terrifying when its internal complexity is revealed. Also…
Astronomer: A scientist who works in a field of research that deals with celestial bodies, space, and the physical universe.Average: A term for the arithmetic mean,…
Skywatchers around the world should gear up for an incredible celestial event, as the binary star system T Corona (T CrB) is expected to experience a…