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Platforms like X can shape political viewsAlgi February Sugita/ZUMA Press/Alamy Algorithms behind social media platforms can change your attitude towards people with different political views in…
Footprints thought to have been left by an individual of Paranthropus boiseiNeil T. Roach Preserved footprints in Kenya appear to record two different species of ancient…
A Cheerios-inspired robot that emits alcoholic fuel using fluorescent dye.Jackson K. Wilt et al. 2024 The same phenomenon as beetles floating on a pond and Cheerios…
COP load of this As COP29, the latest round of international climate negotiations, struggles in Azerbaijan, Feedback watches bemused from afar. We have previously covered several…
At a party held after Elon Musk's Tesla unveiled its robot taxi last month, the Optimus robot roamed around, handing out drinks and chatting with guests.…
Intense: Find a quiet place and read these inspirational books to expand your thinking. David Trude/Getty Images burning earth Written by Sunil Amrith This year hasn’t…
Haunted house attractions may have unexpected health benefits Robert Stainforth/Alamy It is often said that laughter is the best medicine, but a little fear can be…
We now know that dinosaurs were giant reptiles that dominated the Earth, but scientists have long wondered why it took them 30 million years to reach…
Swedish and Polish paleontologists are using hundreds of fossilized fecal and vomit samples from the Polish Basin in central Europe to reconstruct the rise of dinosaurs…
A 12,900-year-old bone needle discovered at the La Preure site in Wyoming, USA, was made from fox bone. rabbit. This could include felines such as bobcats,…
Earth-sized ovals at Jupiter's north and south poles, visible only at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths, appear and disappear at seemingly random intervals, according to a study led…
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are ready to break Thanksgiving bread in orbit. NASA astronaut Suni Williams said she and her fellow crew members will…
Thanksgiving might bring cool and rainy weather to many parts of the country, but a solar storm could offer some Americans a chance to witness the…
Another missile, the Yarus intercontinental ballistic missile, will be test-fired from the Plesetsk launch pad in northwestern Russia in March 2024. Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo On…
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images In 1818, Mary Shelley invented a technology that has been used for both good and bad in the centuries since. It's called science…
Near Space Lab balloon payload returning to ground via parachute Near the Space Research Institute Autonomous balloons hovering above Earth's atmosphere are taking highly detailed photos…
Deep sea coral reefs are at risk of acidificationHoward Chu/Alamy Stock Photo Ocean acidification is penetrating to depths of 1,500 meters, posing new threats to creatures…
Scientists from Curtin University and the University of Adelaide analyzed 4.45 billion-year-old zircon particles from a famous Martian meteorite called North West Africa 7034 (NWA 7034)…
NASA’s European Clipper, the largest spacecraft the agency has ever developed for a planetary mission, is already 20 million kilometers (13 million miles) from Earth. An…
A plant-eating sauropod dinosaur that evolved in a humid environment during the early Jurassic period. Marcin Ambrozik The contents of feces and vomit from 200 million…
Diamond can store data stably for a long time University of Science and Technology of China The famous marketing slogan that diamonds are forever may be…
asteroid: A rocky object that orbits around the sun. Most asteroids orbit the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers call this region the…
Secondary batteries like lithium-ion batteries are not well-suited for cold weather conditions. These batteries contain a liquid electrolyte (usually lithium salt in solution) that helps move…
Paleontologists report that fossils of a new species of vertebrate amphibian from the Triassic Jhelum Formation of Wyoming were preserved in torpedo-shaped burrows, waiting out the…
Some of the icy moons in the Jupiter and Saturn systems appear to have oceans of liquid water inside them. Although our knowledge of Uranus' moons…
Archaeologists have uncovered an entrance to a large stone temple in an ancient Egyptian town, Athribis, near the modern city of Sohag. The south tower of…
Killer whale with salmon in its mouth in southeastern Alaska Minden Pictures/Alamy Some killer whales off the west coast of North America have started wearing dead…
The output of an AI is controlled by the interaction of a huge network of nodes or weights.Schulz/Getty Images Artificial intelligence models can be made to…
Agricultural products are the source of many foodborne illness outbreaks in the U.S. this year.Image Party/Shutterstock Applesauce contains lead. carrying onions Escherichia coli. Deli meat spreads…
Children in Quebec, Canada participating in the Open Sky School programNathanael Collet/Ecole à Ciel Houbert Forest schools, where students spend part of their learning outdoors, do…
456P/Panstars, an active main-belt asteroid first discovered in 2021, is repeatedly active, and its activity is linked to volatile ice formations, according to new observations from…
Sodium-ion batteries may have advantages over batteries containing lithiumJuan Lovaro/Shutterstock The following is an excerpt from our climate newsletter 'Fix the Planet'. Check out our different…
agent: A person or thing (sometimes in the form of chemicals or energy) that plays a role in getting something done. agile: Allows you to quickly…
IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser. Maddow: President Trump faces democracy push as he consolidates power…
People with a uterus experience menstruation about once every 28 days for approximately 40 years of their lives. Menstruation goes beyond just blood. It’s common for…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken surprising new photos of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. This Hubble image shows NGC 2090, a spiral galaxy…
The world's thinnest spaghetti is only 372 nm wide, which is about 1/200th the width of a human hair. Britton others. Using a scanning electron microscope,…
plastic waste in indonesiaPA Image/Alamy The world currently generates more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers predict that this…
sharp resolution Web’s mid-infrared device (MIRI) focuses on details of the outer ring of the Sombrero Galaxy, providing insight into how dust is distributed. This web…
