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Ruins of the observation tower of Opitnoe pole Eddo Hartmann, Netherlands, Finalist, Professional Competition, Landscape, Sony World Photography Awards 2024 These photos, all shortlisted for the…
You can drink coffee thanks to the fundamental forces of nature Vladimir Arndt / Alamy The following is an excerpt from the Lost in Space-Time newsletter.…
Silt from the heart of the United States flows down the Mississippi River to the ocean Gerald Herbert/Associated Press/Alamy The Mississippi River passes through New Orleans,…
The fire season in Alberta, Canada typically starts on March 1st. The season was officially declared open on February 20th, more than a week ago.Over 150…
In a groundbreaking achievement in the field of medicine, a 3D printed organ has been successfully transplanted into a patient for the first time in history.…
Despite the recent surge in “fake news,” misinformation has actually been around for as long as humans have existed. Outlandish claims and conspiracy theories have always…
When it comes to hair removal, you’ve probably heard it all before. This product or its treatment claims to give almost instant results or return hair…
Archaeologists have dated ancient stone tools unearthed at the Korolevo site along the Tisza River in western Ukraine to 1.42 million years ago. Therefore, these artifacts…
This interaction sheds new light on the dynamics between. gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) and White-tailed eagle (Harrietus albicilla)says British birdwatcher Claire Jacobs. Claire Jacobs captured a…
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…
Pink stripes called prominences that appear during a total solar eclipse Alan Dyer/StockTrek Images/Getty Images There is no greater experience in life than witnessing a total…
Clownfish produce a sugary mucus to protect themselves from the stings of sea anemones they live in.
Clownfish and sea anemones have a symbiotic relationship Wildlife/Getty Images The secret is in the runny nose. Chemical changes in the mucus that coats the clownfish’s…
Salmon die from algae bloom at Norwegian farmBerit Roald/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Since 2012, mass die-offs of farmed salmon have become more frequent and increasing in number, with some…
D-Wave Advantage quantum computer in Jülich, Germany Lucas Schulz/Getty Images Quantum computers can now solve real-world application problems faster than regular computers, suggesting they may be…
Oral weight loss drug may help obese patients who hate needles Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images Based on early trial results reported on March 7, it appears the…
Female American paper wasp and her offspringcarlos jared These worm-like creatures secrete nutritious milk from their butts to nourish their hatchlings. This is the first known…
Bumblebees may be capable of advanced social learning David Woodfall/naturepl.com Bumblebees can teach each other how to solve puzzles that are too difficult for them to…
Construction of DUNE 35 ton prototype detector Rider Hearn At some point in our lives, most of us learn that atoms are made up of three…
love time Valentine's Day celebrates coupling. Alan McWilliam told Feedback about an offer he received from a US-based biotech company before the most recent Valentine's Day.…
Jupiter's vortices captured by NASA's Juno mission in 2022NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/SwRI/MSSS/Brian Swift The amazing patterns of Jupiter’s atmosphere have been recreated in the lab more…
This year is more than just an election year. 2024 is known as “half of the world will take part in democratic voting of the election…
Some cancer treatments can cause so-called chemobrain, commonly defined as problems with memory and concentration.One Bar/Alamy An experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that involves flickering lights…
Once the first life settled on Earth, it began to influence the climate Shutterstock/Silvae The story of the Earth’s climate revealed through 25 discoveries Donald R.…
Hundreds of millions of people are already using commercial AI chatbots Ju Jae-young/Shutterstock Commercial AI chatbot displays racial bias against African-American English speakers despite outwardly expressing…
In March 2024, early risers should be able to view comet C/2021 S3 (PanSTARRS) through binoculars as it approaches Earth. Comets, often referred to as “dirty…
Marine biologists at the University of California, San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Ensenada Higher Education and Research Center have described a rare new…
Astronomers have proposed a new theory to explain why a mysterious population of white dwarfs has stopped cooling for at least 8 billion years. This diagram…
A new congressional group focusing on planetary science and space exploration was announced on Wednesday by two lawmakers.The bipartisan Planetary Science Caucus, led by Representative Judy…
Companies will now be required to disclose information on how climate change could impact their financial performance, although not as detailed as initially proposed.The Securities and…
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 animals…
Severe wildfires broke out in Chile earlier this year. ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Earth just experienced its hottest February on record, with average global temperatures…
Indian people's genomes contain extensive Neanderthal DNADebajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Images The largest genome study of South Asians in history has uncovered extensive Neanderthal DNA sequences…
It has been 100 days since the war in Gaza began, and it has become increasingly difficult to read the news. Her husband told me it…
The James Webb Space Telescope can take detailed images of distant galaxiesJADES collaboration Strange galaxies that existed in the early universe lived young and died young.…
Microplastic particles are linked to heart disease Vitaly Rad/iStockphoto/Getty Images People with arterial plaque that contains microplastics are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those with plaque that does not contain plastic, suggesting that microplastics may contribute to heart disease. Microplastics form when sunlight, water, and other substances erode plastic into
Some giant white dwarfs appear to stop aging for billions of years.Maybe now you can understand why NASA, ESA, P. McGill (University of California Santa Cruz,…
Korolevo Quarry in Ukraine, one of the oldest human remains in Europe Roman Galba Molecular dating reveals that an area in Ukraine was occupied by humans…
Number of people under 50 diagnosed with colorectal cancer has been increasing for 30 years Mohammed Elamin Aliwi/Alamy One of the most alarming trends regarding cancer…
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…