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Clouds above the ocean reflect less sunlight than before, and the Earth absorbs more heatDavid Pattyn/Nature Picture Library/Science Photo Library After months of enthusiastic research, scientists…
Ancient human cheekbones and upper jaws found in the Simadel Elephante in Spain Maria D. Gillen/Ifes Kerkha. The fragmentary bones from Spanish caves are the oldest…
Our bodies have evolved to conserve energy when food intake decreases, making weight loss a challenging battle. Scientists have identified ways to prevent the body from…
Organometallic molecules are made up of metal ions surrounded by a carbon-based framework. They are relatively common in early actinide elements such as uranium, but are…
In a cave in northern Spain, researchers found fossilized face fragments of ancient human ancestors. The ruins, known as “Pink,” are estimated to be between 1.1…
Anthony Romilio examines slabs at Biloela State High School in Queensland, Australia University of Queensland The 200 million-year-old rock slab, on display at a school in Queensland in Australia for 20 years, contains 66 footprints from 47 dinosaurs. The rock was presented to Biloela State High School by a nearby Kalido mine, where it was
According to a new study by a physicist at the University of Sheffield and a certified officer at the University of Madrid, black holes can migrate…
While practicing a new piece on the piano, you may find that some parts are challenging and keep tripping you up. No matter how many times…
Measles is not just a rash and fever.The outbreak of the disease in West Texas has sent 29 people, most of them, to hospitals, as they…
IE 11 is not supported. Visit a different browser site for the best experience. I’m playing now NASA’s Spherex, Punch Missions, released on Falcon 9 Rocket…
The new NASA Observatory was launched into space on Tuesday with a mission that would help scientists unravel what happened in the first fraction one second…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope investigated the lowest mass limits of brown dwarfs within Flame Nebula, a hotbed of star formation in Orion’s…
For a century, astronomers have been studying Bernard's stars in the hopes of finding planets around them. First discovered by Ee Barnard at the Yerkes Observatory…
A team of four astronauts is gearing up for launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday. This marks the beginning of the process to bring…
The movement from hunting and gathering to agriculture took place at the same time everywhere.Luis & Marta Montanya/Science Photo Library This is an excerpt from our…
Mosaic images of the asteroid Bennu, composed of images collected by the Osiris Rex spacecraft NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona The asteroid Bennu is baffling scientists, and the…
Saturn currently has a total of 274 moonsnasa/jpl/space science research institute Another 128 months were discovered, orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet to a total of 274.…
Small Mixedectid Mammals Called Mixedectes Pungens Analysis of a remarkably complete skeletal structure discovered in New Mexico shows that the skeletal characteristics that live in the…
Megatooth shark, Otodus Megalodonthe iconic shark is primarily represented by the enormous teeth of the Neogene fossil record, but the lack of well-preserved skeletal hampers an…
The forests of Staffordshire, England. The experiments test how trees react to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air Shomari Healy, used by kind permission Hiding in quiet country lanes in the West Midlands region of England, it is one of the world’s most studied patches of forest. This fragment of the forest, mainly
Once upon a time, a strong and attractive hero lost one or both of his parents. He then overcomes a series of obstacles and faces off…
It is not well known how lightning starts in a thunderstorm. With the newly developed 3D mapping and polarization system, physicists at the Los Alamos National…
Antarctic adelie penguins are under threat from bird fluSteve Bloom Images/Aramie Stock Photos H5N1 bird flu was first discovered in a dead bird in Antarctica. Fatal…
ash: (in geology) Small lightweight fragments of rock and glass spit out by a volcanic eruption. atom: The basic unit of chemical elements. Atoms are composed…
When her school closed in March 2020, Baltimore English teacher Chimere Sweeney thought that once the US got the new SARS-COV-2 virus, she would return to…
Blood donation may not be purely altruistic Serhiihudak/ukrinform/future Publishing by Getty Images Frequent blood donors may be gaining more than a warm, ambiguous feeling from altruism,…
The North Pole: An area within the Arctic Circle. The edge of that circle is defined as the northernmost point where the sun is visible on…
In a new laboratory experiment, scientists at the University of Southern California showed that when mice encountered a social partner familiar with the unconscious state caused…
The ARP 105 features star and gas tide tails that exceed 362,000 light years. The elliptical galaxy NGC 3561B (top left) and the Spiral Galaxy NGC…
Paleontologists working in northern Patagonia, Argentina, have excavated fossils of a small Rinconsaurus titanosaurus, a previously unknown species. Chadititan Kalboy. Image credit: Gabriel Rio. The newly…
Sea Glider Hybrid Vehicles begin ocean testing in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Amory Ross / Regent All electrical “sea gliders” that can move between floating and…
Fire and rescue service Dauss fires after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship carrying sodium cyanide Getty Images Europe Scientists fear that a major collision between a cargo ship and a fuel tanker in the UK’s North Sea could lead to major leaks of toxic chemicals into sensitive marine habitats, with
Physicists have long known that electrons can form vortices from quantum materials. What's new is evidence that these small particles create tornado-like structures in momentum space.…
The simplest shape tracked by a rotating needle (orange) is a circle, but small area shapes are possible, such as a triangle (right), created by rotating…
French inventor Jacques des Voccansons is particularly remembered for producing three curiosity automata in the 18th century. Posters at the time promoted them side by side.…
The experiment tests how holes from beetles that kill trees when wood burns affect carbon emissions Shudong Zhang et al. 2025 Beetle attacks on dead trees…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced the epic image of the Spiral Galaxy NGC 4900. This Hubble image shows the NGC 4900, a…
Prairie Johnson (Britt Marling) returns home with a secretJojo Winter/Netflix OABritt Marling and Zal BatmangrigeNetflix Like many movie fans, I was heartbroken by David Lynch's recent…
Male blue lined octopus mounts a woman during mating and injects venom into her body Wen Sung Cheong During mating, some male octopuses inject females with…
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 Quantum Computer John Brecher/Microsoft Last month, Microsoft announced at Fanfare that it had created a new kind of problem and used it to…