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Emperor penguins are the largest species of penguin, often weighing around 90 pounds. However, they also have one of the most precarious breeding methods on the…
People wait in line to get vaccinated at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Orlando, Florida, United States.SOPA Image/LightRocket (via Gett) People in the United States are…
The ‘fountain of youth’ isn’t locked away in a philosopher’s stone or a mythical body of water, according to new research. In fact, US scientists say…
In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration resolved the central black hole of the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M 87), known as M87*,…
A new study led by scientists at the University of Göttingen has provided evidence that the first multicellular streptococci probably existed about a billion years ago.…
Insulin injections help control type 2 diabetes Inner/Shutterstock People with type 2 diabetes who lose weight while participating in clinical trials appear to be significantly more…
Use of Mid-infrared measuring instrument With (MIRI) aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured stunning images of N79, a region of interstellar ionized…
Most animals see the world differently than humans, and now it's a little easier to see through their eyes. Using two cameras and some software, the…
WASHINGTON – Atomic scientists on Tuesday pushed the “Doomsday Clock” closer to midnight than ever before, warning Russia's nuclear weapons actions amid the invasion of Ukraine,…
Few life milestones are less glamorous and ritualistic than the arrival of middle age. Our skin becomes visibly looser, we get more gray hair, and of…
There are TikTok hashtags with millions of followers, endless columns about celebrity waistlines, and a flurry of media coverage when test results come out. It is…
We have all experienced vomiting at some stage in our lives. Whether it’s due to a nasty bout of food poisoning or the well-known norovirus that…
Although water striders are small insects, they have an amazing ability to withstand the impact of raindrops that are tens of times heavier than themselves. Slow-motion…
The gliding-winged reptile called Queneosaurus lived in what is now the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, during the Triassic period, about 210 million years ago. Queneosaurus…
The Amazon forest is dense as it is and difficult to penetrate, either on foot or with scanning technology. But over the past few years, improved…
Jim Peebles is widely known as the architect of modern cosmology and its nice-guy chief executive.give half a share of 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics, the…
Over 15 years ago ESA's Mars Express spacecraft studied the Fossae Formation of Medusae and revealed mysterious deposits up to 2.5 km deep. These early observations…
Protein plaques in the brain may be caused by mitochondrial dysfunction Sebastian Kauritzky/Alamy If you own a car, you’ve probably noticed that your engine becomes less…
A single atom of krypton trapped in a Buckminsterfullerene cageUniversity of Nottingham The krypton atoms become stuck in a “traffic jam” inside the carbon nanotube, unable…
AI has great capabilities, but remains an expensive option for some tasks Yuichiro Kayano/Moment RF/Getty Images Artificial intelligence may find its way into many people's jobs,…
Analytical chemistry could help forensic teams get more information from crime scenes Orange County Register/Media News Group (via Getty Images) Even if no bullets are found…
The real megalodon may have been longer and slimmer than this illustration. Kathmandu/Shutterstock A new analysis of fossil evidence reveals that the megalodon, an ancient shark…
A recent study suggests that the megalodon’s body shape might not have been as chunky as previously thought. Contrary to popular belief, researchers now suspect that…
It may be hard to miss, but unimaginably strong bursts of cosmic radiation happen possibly a thousand times every day. They are bright enough to overwhelm…
Officially, 2024 belongs to Cicada. This spring, in a rare synchronized phenomenon that last occurred in 1803, swarms of two different cicadas, one with a 13-year…
Humans are not the fastest or strongest species. We have no wings, fangs, claws, poison, or armor. Physically, we are primarily controlled by nature. However, the…
Scientists have made a monumental discovery about what lies beneath a mysterious mass buried below Mars’ equator, revealing the presence of ice that could be crucial…
“`html A full moon low on the horizon is one of the most fascinating sights in the night sky. It is also one of the easiest…
Meteor Showers in 2024 Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a casual observer, a good meteor shower is always fun to watch These occur at the…
Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) The peoples of mainland Alaska overlapped with the first peoples of this region for at least 1,000 years. However, it is unclear…
Two weeks before the pandemic lockdown in March 2020, I flew to Tucson, Arizona, and knocked on the door of a suburban ranch-style home. I was…
Artist's impression of a pulsar orbiting a black hole – one possible interpretation of the mysterious binary star systemDaniel Hutseller (artsource.nl) Some 40,000 light-years away, a…
SLIM spacecraft illustrationJAXA Japan's Smart Lander for Lunar Exploration (SLIM) has landed on the moon. Although the spacecraft is not operating perfectly, the successful landing follows…
A mother manatee (pictured above) swims up to a cave diver in a flooded cave in Quintana Roo, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Klaus ThiemannThey captured amazing photos…
dinosaur Dinosaurs may have been big and scary, but they weren’t lumbering beasts of prey. The more we learn about them, the more we realize how…
NASA/ESA/CSA Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a small, active galaxy within GN-z11, an extremely bright galaxy that existed just 420 million years…
A new genus and species of a large wind dragon that lived about 218 million years ago has been described from a large portion of its…
TOKYO — Japan will attempt a precision landing on Friday, aiming to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. This would be…
Launch of the Peregrine Lunar Module on a Vulcan rocket on January 8thAPFootage / Alamy Stock Photo The mission of the Hayabusa lander is over. The…
After more than a week in space, the doomed lunar lander met a violent end Thursday as it burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, ending its mission.A…