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Cortisol, a hormone produced by adrenal glands located on top of the kidneys, plays a crucial role in various body functions such as metabolism regulation, inflammation…
Humans tend to mimic those they see as more successful to achieve a similar status, especially those with wealth, fame, and power. Many CEOs, celebrities, and…
A small number of mammals, including rabbits, have teeth that grow throughout their lives. Thurid_with_th/Shutterstock Rabbit teeth grow continuously, which may be made possible by calcium…
Recently, archaeologists uncovered the ancient city of Pompeii, preserved under volcanic ash for around 2,000 years. The discovery of a massive private bathhouse, believed to be…
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur based on descriptions of now-destroyed specimens from Egypt’s Bahariya Formation. rebuilding the life of…
New Glenn reached orbit (left), but the starship exploded, showering debris (right). Blue Origin; SWNS Compare these two scenes. On January 16, Blue Origin’s New Glenn…
Floods in Atlanta, Georgia in September 2024 S Lesser/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock In 2024, the Earth received approximately 2.9 millimeters of rain per day. This may not sound like…
Joseph Weizenbaum created the ELIZA chatbot at MITFrom the video archive of the documentary film “Weizenbaum”. Rebel at Work” A groundbreaking chatbot created in the 1960s…
A demonstrator holds a pro-TikTok sign in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on January 10, 2025.Alison Robert/Washington Post/Getty Images The United States Supreme Court supported…
Identifying an odor usually takes 1 to 3 seconds through sniffing. However, a recent study has found that changes in smell can be detected in an…
Ion traps can control atoms for quantum experiments Y. Colomb/National Institute of Standards and Technology/Scientific Photo Library After decades of investigation, researchers observed a series of…
Robotic exoskeleton can train people to move their fingers faster Shinichi Furuya The robot hand’s exoskeleton helps professional pianists learn to play faster by moving their…
Dingo Gap in Gale Crater NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/MSSS From H.G. Wells’ Alien Invaders space war to MartianAs abandoned astronauts, we have long been inspired by…
Marten Waters/Getty Images the shape of invisible thingsAdam Zeman (Bloomsbury Circus) Just imagine! No, seriously, just imagine that. Perhaps an apple, or a cartload of apples,…
“Alien Clay sends some serious criminals to a labor camp on a remote planet.”Shutterstock / Space Creator They say you shouldn’t start a story by waking…
“A world organized along completely different lines from Earth”…Alien Clay Science Photo Library/Alamy “Hard” science fiction exists to push the limits of imagination in a very specific way. So it’s a thought experiment that starts with what’s known and what’s possible and then tweaks everything up to 11 to see what the world might look
Based on a highly reliable survey by YouGov in 2023, it was found that almost half of men believe they can successfully land a plane in…
Released on December 19, 2013, ESA's star mapping satellite “Gaia” We are now nearing the sky, but this does not mean the mission is complete. Technical…
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — Blue Origin successfully launched a massive new rocket on its inaugural test flight on Thursday, sending a prototype satellite into orbit thousands…
SpaceX conducted the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday but lost contact with the rocket’s upper stage as it continued into space.The company’s…
SpaceX announced Thursday that its Starship spacecraft was damaged during a flight meant to test the capabilities of its giant rocket. The upper stage of the…
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory has been recording atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations since 1958.Fred Espenak/Science Photo Library Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels measured by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory…
Climate change could increase the frequency and severity of droughtsZhang Yu/VCG via Getty Images Severe, perennial droughts have become hotter, drier, and more extensive since the…
“Oh my god, this arm is a part of me,” said Scott Imbree, who was able to use it to feel objects. Charles M. Greenspon, University…
satellites orbit around the planetShutterstock / Andrei Armiagov Over the past few years, undersea cables from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean have been severed…
homo erectusan early member of the genus homoA new study shows that a new study shows that the astronauts were able to successfully navigate longer, harsher…
As individuals age, their brains may experience difficulties in learning and decision-making due to a decrease in brain cells and cognitive function. However, neuroscientists have found…
Spider silk is the strongest known fiber and has more strength for its weight than high-strength steel or Kevlar. Ruskin Photography/Alamy One thing that children of…
Artist’s thoughts CarinodensScientists suspect the remains of a mosasaur may have been processed and classified as a new species henry sharp The remains of a strange…
play your cards right As readers in the Northern Hemisphere face long, dark nights and cold weather for many weeks to come, what could be better…
Will abstaining from alcohol affect your social life? Ian Dagnall/Alamy With so many holidays, many of us opted for a dry January. One reader said she…
New ways to understand and treat depression are urgently neededFotografiaBasica/Getty Images chemically unbalancedJoanna Moncrief (Flint Books) Joanna Moncrieff was a “precocious 14-year-old” when she went through…
Humanoid robot waltzes with the help of AI trained on human motion capture recordings Xuxin Cheng and Mazeyu Ji AI that helps humanoid robots mirror human…
new glen explodes blue origin Blue Origin's reusable New Glenn rocket successfully launched and reached orbit, but engineers were unable to safely land the first stage…
Fog consists of water vapor molecules that float as tiny water droplets in the air but remain near the ground. Essentially, fog is a cloud touching…
Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, responsible for the popular Q&A section. She has an MSc (Special Award) in Earth Sciences (Space and…
When it comes to spicy food, the effect can vary depending on the type of pepper and the individual. For most people, capsaicin, the active compound…
Paleoanthropologists have characterized the properties of rough stone materials selected and used by early Pleistocene tool makers at Acheulean sites on the Ethiopian plateau between 16…
WASP-132 is a unique multiplanet system in that both the inner rocky planet and the newly discovered outer giant planet are in a system that includes…
A stone tablet with a sun motif discovered on the Danish island of BornholmAntiquity Publications/John Lee, National Museum of Denmark Hundreds of mysterious carved “sun stones”…