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NASA has released a surprising new image of the little-known dwarf galaxy LEDA 42160 taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubble image shows dwarf…
adolescent: A person in a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that begins at the onset of adolescence, usually between the ages of 11 and…
The planets are doing a gravitational dance around the sun Shutterstock/Johan Swanepoel Mars’ gravitational pull could be strong enough to shake up Earth’s oceans and shift…
We're still trying to understand how animals react to solar eclipsesŞ. Uğur OKÇu/1001slide/iStockphoto/Getty Images You can't miss a total solar eclipse. The sun's disk is completely…
Bacteria: (singular: bacterium) a single-celled organism. They live almost everywhere on Earth, from the bottom of the ocean to the insides of other living things (such…
Taylor Swift performed in Melbourne earlier this year.Graham Denholm/TAS24/TAS Copyright Management Getty Images A rogue artificial intelligence obsessed with Taylor Swift could replace all recorded music…
Physicists from LHCb collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have made the first observation of the collapse of the Bc+ meson. This results in a…
Pudera Carlae is the first deer species to be discovered in the 21st century and the first from the New World in over 60 years. Learn…
Paleontologists have described a new species of enantiornithine bird with a toothless beak from the Chinese Jehor bird family. This discovery delayed the earliest appearance of…
NGC604 is comparable to renowned star-forming regions in the Milky Way, like the Orion Nebula, but is significantly larger and contains more recently created stars. This…
The World Health Organization reported that in 2020, 2.3 million women worldwide were diagnosed with breast cancer. American Cancer Society states that early diagnosis of breast…
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological disease that impairs brain functions such as memory and reasoning, and there is currently no known cure. People with this disease…
Hemophilia B is a blood disorder that affects about 30,000 people in the United States. Individuals with hemophilia B have a deficiency in factor IX, a…
Many individuals engage in fishing for both sustenance and recreation in modern times. Ever pondered about the origins of fishing? While fishing has been a part…
Scientists who study cancer have historically focused on understanding the various factors that contribute to cancer development and progression. They have looked at factors such as…
Ketamine administered via IV at New York clinic Victor Llorente/New York Times/Redux/eyevine Prince Harry, who caused an uproar in the press last year, wrote candidly in…
Palestinian children wait for food prepared in a charity kitchen as food supplies run short in Rafah Ismael Mohamad/UPI/Shutterstock The situation in Gaza is rapidly evolving…
How did Mars get satellites?NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/Marin Space Science System/Texas A&M University The mystery of where Mars' two moons came from may finally be solved.…
Aboriginal people use fire to manage the landscapePenny Tweedy/Getty Images Analysis of sediment cores taken from ancient lakes shows that Australia's indigenous peoples have been using…
Is Antarctic sea ice permanently changing? Photodynamic/Shutterstock Sea ice surrounding Antarctica has reached near-record lows for the third year in a row, fueling concerns that the ice is going through a permanent transformation due to climate change, with potential long-lasting effects on the Antarctic ecosystem and global climate. Researchers are still investigating whether this change
trilobite are a diverse group of marine animals that lived between 540 and 250 million years ago. They were some of the oldest and longest-lived arthropods…
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting millions of people worldwide. This disease affects the parts of the brain that control memory, thinking,…
Nature creates diversity in plants and animals through a process known as hybridization. Hybridization occurs when similar species interbreed, producing offspring that inherit traits from both…
Our world is dominated by single-celled microorganisms that can survive in extreme and strange places. These habitats include the human body, where about one microorganism lives…
confirmation bias (noun, “Khan Fa Mei Shun Bai As”) Confirmation bias is our natural tendency to seek out and believe information that confirms what we already…
Shutterstock/Jaclyn Bernas Next week is my daughter’s 5th birthday party and she is really looking forward to the cake. It should be very chocolatey, but it…
Illustrations of fear birds and other animals that may have contemporaneously lived in what is now Antarctica C. Acosta Hospitalrecce & Spa W. Jones/Paleontological Society 2024…
animal welfare: Concepts that define the well-being of animals. Good animal welfare means that animals are safe, comfortable, healthy, well-fed, and able to exhibit their natural…
Pierre Maslow, a statistician at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, stated that Paris is considered the highest risk city among all European capitals.…
Cognitive decline is characterized by a decline or slowing of memory, concentration, and thinking abilities. It’s common for individuals to experience increased forgetfulness as they age,…
It feels unfair. I will be sacrificing an hour of sleep tonight. With Daylight Saving Time (DST) starting in the United States in the summer, the…
Mark your calendars for April 8, 2024, when some parts of North America will have the chance to witness a rare total solar eclipse. This mesmerizing…
Here is some encouraging environmental news that we all need to hear. Efforts to restore the natural world can yield positive results. A project spearheaded by…
As we transition from midwinter to midsummer, spring has officially arrived. There are two equinoxes each year, one in March and one in September, serving as…
Obesity has undergone a significant shift in how we perceive it in recent years. It was once seen as a personal lifestyle choice, but is now…
It is estimated that one in two people will develop cancer during their lifetime. However, advancements in diagnosis and treatment have led to more people surviving…
Make sure to set your clocks forward an hour tonight as Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins for the summer of 2024. But have you ever wondered…
SpaceX launched one of the largest rockets ever built on November 18, 2023. The Starship rocket has the potential to revolutionize humanity’s interaction with space, including…
The lifestyle of spinosaurids has been a topic of intense debate since important new skeletal parts were uncovered. Spinosaurus aegyptius Different lifestyles of this species have…
Snails have an unusual way of walking, which has been recreated in robots. Zuza/Shutterstock Equipped with one large foot, the mucus-evacuation robot can effectively imitate the…