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Pere Santamaria was 15 years old when she developed myasthenia. This autoimmune condition can cause extreme muscle weakness and sometimes lead to difficulty breathing. In Santa…

African elephants have extra copies of genes that help resist cancer Neil Aldridge/Nature Picture Library/Aramie Larger animals live longer and have more cells, and are expected…

Illustrations of two types of traboa, or sledge, which may be used by ancient people in North AmericaGabriel Uguet Drugmarks and human footprints, composed up to…

Artist's impression of the moon's Athena spaceshipNASA This week, a private space mission was launched on the moon, aiming to reach the southernmost point we've ever…

Biologists discovered a new species of the tree frog genus and redescribed another Litrea Living on the Australian continent. Swirling wooden frog (Litrea Reverata). Image credit:…

meet xingxiulong yueorum A new species of early extermination Zauropodmorph dinosaurs that lived in present-day China during the early Jurassic period. Fossilized skeleton of xingxiulong yueorum.…

The conditioner for the black hair on the left comes from the wooden powder on the rightFeng Shui King/Stockholm University This sustainable wood-based hair conditioner may…

Astronomers raced to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 NASA/Magdalena Ridge 2.4M Telescope/New Mexico Institute of Technology/Ryan The world’s space agency has reduced the chance that asteroid 2024…

DNA can store digital data such as visual and audio filesScience Picture Co / Alamy Artificial intelligence can read data stored in DNA strands within 10…

Tribal palm trees Trachycarpeae Fossilization analysis shows that it once flourished in Axiang Canada Phytris – Microscopic siliceous structures produced in specific tissues in many plant…

This supernova event may have occurred at the Upper Centaurus Lupus Society. This is a group of giant stars about 457 light years away from Earth.…

According to a new study led by scientists at the University of Barcelona and Alcala, the bottleneck event took place between 130,000 and 50,000 years ago.…

In the quest for clean energy and a shift away from fossil fuels, scientists may have uncovered new sources of power, potentially hidden in our mountains.…

The artist's impression of what asteroid 2024 YR4 looks like as they approached Earth in December 2032NASA NASA downgraded the risk that the 2024 YR4 would…

Mouse tends to become an unconscious peer by pulling its tongueWenjian Sun et al. 2025 When they unconsciously find another mouse, it appears that some mice…

Musk referred to Mogensen as an “idiot” and used a light pejorative term that escalated quickly. “SpaceX could have brought them back a few months ago.”…

Astronomers investigate the possibilities of life around other stars, primarily by focusing on the distance that exoplanets orbit them. If the exoplanet is close enough to…

We've all seen it frequently in science fiction films, so the concept seems completely plausible. Characters enter commands, and spacecraft reverse speed, jump to hyperspace, and…

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Tropical riverbank ecosystems – what can be seen along rivers and wetlands – have now recovered within just two million years of North China's extinction. Terrestrial…

According to an analysis of new data from NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, the ejaculation ability that orbits Sagittarius a* emits a constant flow of flares…

Personalized mRNA vaccines, including those for pancreatic cancer treatment, are currently in phase 1 of clinical trials. The research was recently published in Nature. Pancreatic cancer…

WASHINGTON – Patrick Montague, a federal firefighter investigator, was unexpectedly fired by the Trump administration on Saturday night, along with thousands of other Department of Health…

Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps in 2024Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images According to the most comprehensive assessment, glaciers around the world have been shrinking by…

Olivine rock naturally reacts with carbon dioxide, but it’s a slow business Renhour48 via Wikimedia/CC0 1.0 Universal The new process will allow crushed rocks to capture…

Muse AI was trained in video games Bleeding Edge Microsoft Microsoft’s artificial intelligence models can replicate realistic video game footage the company says will help designers…

The Earth is about 4.5 billion years ago. When it was formed from rocks colliding around the dim young sun, it was probably not lively, and…

Google’s AI “co-scientists” is based on the company’s Gemini major language model Raa/Nurphoto/Shutterstock Google has announced an experimental artificial intelligence system that uses advanced reasoning to…

Greenland ice sheet algae absorb light and accelerate meltingLaura Halbach Dark algae growing on the surface of the Arctic ice sheet are likely to expand future…

A huge elliptical galaxy called the NGC 3640 has interacted with several small galaxies in the past, as revealed by data analysis from ESO’s VLT Survey…

New research reveals how hundreds of species affect Earth’s surface processes, from vast termite mounds visible from space to beavers that produce whole wetlands. Termites mounds…

In 1983, theoretical physicist Brandon Carter said that the time it took for humans to evolve on Earth compared to the total lifespan of the Sun…

An extreme class of planets not found in our solar system, Ultrahot Jupiters offers a unique window into atmospheric processes. Using four telescope units in ESO’s…

Three layers of the atmosphere of a giant tyro gasESO/m. Cone Messer The atmosphere of a distant world is mapped in detail for the first time,…

If there is one word related to scientific curiosity, it is “why”. Why is the universe expanding? Why are the rise in cancer cases among young…

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced an excellent image of the Spiral Galaxy UGC 5460. This Hubble image shows the UGC 5460, a…

Paleontologists at American universities in Cairo and elsewhere say they found the almost perfect skull of Hyaenodont Bust Don Siltos in the lower part of the…

Using Gemini South Telescope, NSF's Noirlab astronomers imaged a beautiful nebula around the young open cluster NGC 2040. The nebula, including the NGC 2040, resembles the…

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of small dinophalosaurid archosauromorph from a fossilized skeleton found in China’s Yunnan province. Holotype of Austronaga Minuta Most…

Bacteria resistance to antibiotics is a global health concern as once easily curable infections have become more difficult to treat. Many bacteria such as Escherichia coli,…