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President-elect Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday his intention to nominate billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as the head of NASA.”Jared will propel NASA’s mission of exploration and…
Chemicals in drip water form record of ancient fires in cave structuresJay Alder/Oregon State University When a forest fire breaks out, I run into a cave.…
Living in the desert is a challenge. But the Mojave Desert woodrat has an ace up its sleeve: it can eat poison. This allows the cute…
Robots that can take off like birds could eliminate the need for runways for small fixed-wing drones. Birds use the powerful explosive force generated by their…
Artist's reenactment of a mother and infant eating mammoth meat Eric Carlson/Ben Potter (UAF)/Jim Chatters (McMaster University) An analysis of the bones of a young boy…
This brain implant contains tens of thousands of lab-engineered neuronsScience Co., Ltd. An experimental brain implant containing tens of thousands of living neurons can form cellular…
Weather forecasting today relies on simulations that require large amounts of computing power.Petrovich9/Getty Images/iStockphoto Google DeepMind claims its latest weather forecasting AI can predict faster and…
overviewAn orca was spotted balancing a salmon on its head in coastal waters off Washington state.It's not clear what this behavior means, but killer whales have…
Modern people and Mesopotamian people embody emotions in different waysModern/PNAS: Lauri Nummenmaa et al. 2014, Mesopotamia: Juha Ranakoski 2024 The inhabitants of Mesopotamia must have known…
Darwin’s ideas began with Alfred Russell Wallace, co-discoverer of natural selection, who disagreed with some aspects of Charles Darwin’s arguments but ultimately realized that most of…
A mysterious illness with flu-like symptoms has claimed the lives of dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as reported by the country’s health…
The universe is even stranger than you expect Andrey_l/Shutterstock The following is an excerpt from the Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Every month, we hand over the…
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, editor of an anthology set in the Wild Cards universe Paras Griffin/Getty Images December is traditionally a quiet month…
For Sally Walling, protists are absolutely underrated wildlife. “Protists are very charismatic and interesting,” says Walling, who studies these creatures at the Earlham Institute in Norwich,…
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of whitefly from fossils found in Miocene crater lake deposits at Hindon Mar, near Dunedin, Otago, South Island,…
Kepler-51 is a 500-million-year-old G-type star that hosts four low-density planets. new paper Published in astronomy magazine. This diagram shows the Kepler-51 planetary system. Image credit:…
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a new type of Neanderthal hearth in Gibraltar’s Vanguard Cave. This hearth structure is consistent with predictions from theoretical studies…
The universe is even stranger than you expect Andrey_l/Shutterstock The following is an excerpt from the Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Every month, we hand over the…
Warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)Andrei Nekrasov/Alamy Stock Photo This may be the closest scientists have ever come to creating Frankenstein's monster. The living parts of dozens…
A small asteroid hurtled towards Earth on Tuesday night before burning up over Russia's far northeast, creating a natural light show for residents of the Earth's…
Astronomers using the MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array, an international experiment using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope, have discovered further evidence of gravitational wave signals originating from…
Webcam images show asteroid burning up in the atmosphere over SiberiaLensk LR/YouTube Astronomers discovered the asteroid, about 70 centimeters in diameter, hours before it exploded harmlessly…
Sweat contains a lot of information about your health Ryan Pearce/Getty Images Wow, that’s pretty salty,” said Stefan van der Vluyt, looking at my numbers. I…
Physicists have discovered a new way to look inside protons using data from smashups of high-energy particles. Their approach uses quantum information science to map how…
Map showing where asteroid fireballs can be seen in SiberiaESA A dramatic but harmless spectacle will take place over Siberia today as an asteroid about 70…
Drugs are rarely famous, and even more rarely superstars, but with his ability to grab headlines, Ozempic is the Taylor Swift of pharmaceuticals. So what exactly…
astronomer: Scientists engaged in research fields that deal with celestial bodies, space, and the physical universe. black hole: A region of space with a gravitational field…
Mackenzie Wilson, 14, didn’t plan on doing a science fair project initially. However, she became intrigued when one of her dogs developed a persistent rash that…
Recent research has uncovered the reason behind the evolution of our brains, pointing to the influence of gut microbes. Specifically, the study suggests that the intestines…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have provided an unparalleled snapshot of intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1637. This Hubble image shows NGC 1637, an intermediate…
Primordial black holes have been theorized for decades and may even be the eternally elusive dark matter. However, primordial black holes have not yet been observed.…
Approximately 46,000 years ago, a group of Neanderthals resided in caves in what is now Spain and gathered fossils, as reported by a researcher in a…
Paleontologists identify new species of extinct armadillo Partetus From fossilized bone embryos collected in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. Hypothetical artistic reconstruction Partetus Oliveirai…
Broken eggshells around young plants…but will they be able to stop the slugs?BIOSPHOTO/Alamy There are tips that I came across at least once a week while…
In March 2020, people disinfect a market in Wuhan, which is believed to be the origin of the new coronavirus infection. Yuan/China News Service (via Getty…
Drilling ice cores can help reveal Antarctica’s healthNellie Abram If all our fear and uncertainty about climate change could be summed up in a single statistic,…
Some of Alan’s app users got answers to their medical questions from an AI chatbot Miniseries/Getty Images A French health insurance company tested its medical chatbot…
Tattoos printed on a person’s scalp can detect electrical activity in the brain and transmit the signals to a recording device.Lu Nanshu Printing temporary tattoos on…
Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Alamy Something is wrong with Earth. Billions of years ago, a process unlike any other began here. It has completely reshaped the Earth's…
Archeology has a long history of utilizing various philosophies and philosophical concepts. One common criticism is that theoretical debates often have little impact on actual archaeological…
