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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…
A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive starwww.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg3005 Some 40,000 light-years away, a strange object could be either the heaviest neutron star or…
Artist's thoughts on SLIM after landing on the moon JAXA Japan is preparing for its first moon landing. The Smart Lunar Survey Lander (SLIM) is scheduled…
It is unclear which components of multivitamins are involved in improving cognitive function.Asia Vision/Getty Images Studies have shown that taking a daily multivitamin slows the rate…
Robots that can grow around trees and rocks like vines could be used to construct buildings or measure pollution in hard-to-reach natural environments. Vine-like robots are…
The first members of our species to reach China may have entered this region from the north Esteban de Armas / Alamy Modern humans lived in…
The image on the right is the latest and best image of a black hole. EHT collaboration Thanks to an update to the world’s first black…
The distribution of ions at the air-water interface plays a decisive role in many natural processes. Some studies suggest that large ions tend to exhibit interfacial…
In bottom trawling, a weighted net is dragged across the ocean floor.NarisaFotoSS/Shutterstock Bottom trawling releases about 340 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each…
used by astronomers CSIRO's Australian Telescope Compact Array captured the most detailed radio images ever seen of the 47-member Tukanae star cluster, the second brightest globular…
NASA’s Stardust mission returned rocky material from the coma of comet 81P/Wild 2 (pronounced “Wild-2”) to Earth on January 15, 2006. Comet Wild 2 contains volatile…
Paleontologists from the CSIC National Museum of Natural History have identified a new genus and species of medium-sized cat from a partial jaw found in the…
According to a new study, Greenland’s ice sheet has lost approximately 1,965 square miles to glacier retreat since 1985, which is about the same area as…
looking at viruses under a microscope Kokada/Getty Images What is disease X? Do not panic! Disease X doesn’t exist yet, but it might someday. Disease The…
Robot dodecahedron mounted on a submersible (circled area) brennan phillips The robotic dodecahedron can capture fragile deep-sea animals, collect tissue samples, and build three-dimensional scans of…
Over the past few decades, both men and women have benefited from improvements in medical care.ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Women have historically lived longer than men, but…
Tardigrade observed using a fluorescence microscope.Some organs are highlighted with fluorescent markers Smythers et al/PLoS ONE (CC-BY 4.0) Tardigrades are known for their ability to withstand…
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…