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About a quarter of Labradors have a mutation in the POMC gene that induces starvation.Charles Mann/Getty Images Labradors and flat-coated retrievers, two dog breeds, may be…
New Orleans is at risk of more flooding than expected due to land subsidenceWilliam A. Morgan/Shutterstock Sea levels are rising faster than expected in U.S. coastal…
The brown and white giant panda is a mutant with a unique coat color found only in the world. Qinling Mountains Chinese. Kizai is the only…
The Florida Senate has passed a bill that would prevent cities and counties from enforcing mandatory water breaks or other workplace safety measures for extreme heat.With…
Scientists from Harvard University have made a fascinating discovery about Jupiter’s magnetic field, suggesting mysterious waves deep within the planet’s core are causing changes. The magnetic…
Unlike the extinct woolly mammoth, most edited elephants with mammoth-like features lack tusks to avoid poaching for ivory. QuangTrungArt/Shutterstock A company founded to bring back extinct…
Deep within the dusty archives of natural history museums worldwide lies a collection of rare species gathered over centuries, yet unseen by the public eye. However,…
Activated carbon: (also known as activated carbon) A type of carbon that comes as a powder or small granules. It is used to filter out anything…
eris block 1 rocketGilmore Space Technologies The Australian government is expected to approve the country’s first private orbital rocket launch within weeks, joining a handful of…
Exercising while wearing foundation changes the properties of your skin. One inch punch/Shutterstock Wearing foundation while exercising can affect your skin health by changing the size…
A team of researchers has released images that give a close-up look at more than 80 stars in our galaxy, providing new insights into planet formation.…
researchers Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory We discovered two distantly related model plants. Arabidopsis And tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), very different control systems can be used to control…
GN-z11 is an extremely bright galaxy that existed just 420 million years ago, making it one of the oldest and most distant galaxies ever observed. This…
Has the Earth entered a new geological epoch? Probably not Shutterstock/Dima Zell Efforts to fit the Anthropocene into geological timescales have fallen at the first hurdle,…
Walking 9,000 to 10,000 steps a day appears to protect against early death and heart-related events Pippa Samaya/Getty Images/Cavan Images Walking 9,000 to 10,000 steps a…
Biologists are University of Surrey They investigated interspecific variation in particulate matter accumulation, washout, and retention in 10 broad-leaved plants, focusing on leaf characteristics. thomson other.…
Developed by a team of physicists from the University of Bonn and the University of Bristol, this new method makes it possible to precisely determine the…
Elephant pulling a dead calf in a tea plantation in northern Bengal, IndiaParveen Kaswan and Akashdeep Roy Asian elephants intentionally burying the bodies of their calves…
Use special eclipse glasses to prevent eye damage Gino Santa Maria/Shutterstock Watching a total solar eclipse is an experience you’ll never forget, but if you don’t…
Hynes Ward of the Pittsburgh Steelers is hit by Courtland Finnegan of the Tennessee TitansAP Photo/John Russell/Alamy In November 2022, a young woman named Heather Anderson…
New observations of 86 planet-forming disks provide astronomers with a wealth of data and unique insight into how planets form in different regions of the Milky…
StarCraft II screenshotsblizzard games The U.S. Army Research Laboratory is studying whether OpenAI's technology can improve battle planning. But that's only true for military video games.…
The James Webb Space Telescope is the first instrument capable of conclusively detecting extrasolar satellites NASA Astronomers have chosen to search for alien moons orbiting planets…
Many years ago, David Kipping, when he lived in London, would walk home through the city and look up at the moon. For astronomers, its dimly…
California two-spotted octopusNorbert Wu/Minden Pictures/Alamy The oldest known sex chromosomes were discovered in an octopus species that lives in the Pacific Ocean. These chromosomes evolved up…
Roses may look red and blueberries blue, but in reality, the color of the berries is quite different. The waxy skin of the fruit is just…
Feeling unmotivated and aimless, and struggling to understand why? You might be suffering from malaise, the epidemic of fatigue that has swept the world in recent…
A new breakthrough in medical research could lead to personalized therapy for babies in the womb. Scientists have successfully grown small organs, known as organoids, from…
According to a new study from Washington University in St. Louis, individual neurons work together to generate rhythmic waves that propel fluid through dense brain tissue,…
Using data from Jupiter aurora distribution experiment (JADE) Instrument equipped NASA spacecraft Junoplanetary scientists calculated that the proportion of oxygen produced on Jupiter's icy moon Europa…
Storks in their breeding grounds in Germany Christian Ziegler/Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior As storks grow older, they choose faster and more direct migration routes.…
MethaneSAT artist impressionsEnvironmental Defense Fund/NASA A satellite that is expected to change the way we look at global warming methane emissions from oil and gas production…
Paleontologists have described a new species of crab genus false calcinus A large fossil specimen discovered in Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand. Pseudocarcinus karlaubenheimeri. Scale bar…
Gazetrak smart glasses track eye movements with reflected soundCourtesy of Chen Zhan Prototype smart glasses can track people's eye movements using technology similar to sonar. This…
On the morning of September 24, 2023, Dante Lauretta woke up early, his pulse is high. He spent his 20 years working on his NASA space…
A ball of cells grown from amniotic fluid. Red indicates lung stem cellsGiuseppe Cara, Paolo di Coppi, Mattia Guerli Babies born with serious medical conditions may…
Jupiter’s moon Europa is covered with an icy shell NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology Jupiter’s moon Europa may not be as ripe for life as we think.…
NASA has released a beautiful photo of spiral galaxy NGC 4423 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 4423 about…
Paleontologists at the University of California, Davis and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History estimate that: Colossus of PercetusA gigantic basilosaur whale that lived…
In biomedical research, understanding causes and physical characteristics, known as phenotypes, is crucial for correcting abnormalities like diseases. Scientists use genetic techniques to identify disease-associated locations…