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bacteria: (singular form: bacteria) Unicellular organisms. They live almost everywhere on Earth, from the bottom of the ocean to the insides of other living things (such…
overviewEnvironmental groups are gearing up to resist the anticipated policy changes from the incoming Trump administration.They foresee President Trump expanding oil and gas drilling and attempting…
There was a peculiar event on March 3, 1876, in Bath County, Kentucky, where a chunk of meat supposedly fell from the sky. This incident was…
Checking on patient health at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, ArizonaJesse Reaser/New York future loves youAriel Zeleznikov-Johnston (Penguin, November 28) Much of today’s medicine focuses…
Creatine supplements are usually available in powder formShutterstock/RHJPhtotos Creatine is one of the most widely studied performance-enhancing substances in the world. Once dismissed as just a…
The finalists for the Close-Up Photographer of the Year have been revealed, showcasing some incredible, bizarre, and highly magnified images. From cute baby wallabies seeking refuge…
Imagine being able to visualize every aspect of our bodies, from our genes to the smallest cells that make up our organs. Scientists are now working…
For the first time ever, scientists have successfully captured images of stars outside our galaxy. The images show a massive red supergiant star named WOH G64,…
used by astronomers ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has taken an enlarged image of the dusty red supergiant star WOH G64. This image, taken by…
Minke whales are a small species of baleen whale Kirstin Meyer/Getty Images EEG tests on two young baleen whales reveal they can hear sounds at higher…
Some chimpanzees use sticks to catch termitesManoj Shah/Getty Images Chimpanzees in the wild, just like humans, seem to learn skills from each other and improve their…
3D laser scanning of specimens, Unkus Zaugishi Mary L. Droser A worm-like creature preserved in ancient rocks has been identified as the oldest known relative of…
Millions of US residents may be drinking water containing potentially harmful compoundsYu Yu Hui/Getty Images Common disinfectants found in drinking water break down into compounds about…
The generation of top quark pairs is observed This process of interaction between atomic nuclei was observed for the first time in lead-lead collisions at CERN's…
According to Professor Glenn Schwartz of Johns Hopkins University, the script dates from around 2400 B.C., making it roughly 500 years older than any other known…
overviewA recent study has identified a new chemical byproduct that may be present in the tap water of approximately one-third of U.S. households. The potential dangers…
Allerton Waste Collection ParkAPS (UK)/Alamy A few years ago, I spent an exciting but interesting day visiting two of Europe's most advanced waste treatment facilities: a…
revenge on the referee Our news colleagues Jacob Aaron and Michael Le Page drew attention to feedback on a post on social media site BlueSky that…
There may be something sinister lurking in the black hole of Adam Roberts’s new novel Yanagiyama/Getty Images lake of darkness Adam Roberts (Gollancz) I was recently…
Left: Image of star WOH G64 taken with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile. Right: Artist’s impression of the star ESO/K. Onaka et al., L.…
Are these farms in Greece really efficient? Elena_Alex_Fern/Alamy to feed the worldVaclav Smil (Penguin Books) You better hope Vaclav Smil is wrong about the world food…
Ethiopian wolf licks nectar from red hot poker flowers in EthiopiaAdrian Lesaffre Ethiopian wolves feed on the sweet nectar of local flowers and apply pollen to…
bat: A group of winged mammals that includes more than 1,400 species, representing one in four known mammal species. (in sports) an athletic device, usually wooden,…
Astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) to take high-resolution images of eight protoplanetary disks. sigma orionisa star cluster that is irradiated with strong ultraviolet…
New research from the University of Birmingham examines the properties of photons (individual particles of light) in more detail than ever before. Ben Yuen and Angela…
of Frozen specimen from 36,000 years ago Originally from Yakutia Homotherium latidensA species of scimitar-toothed cat that lived in Eurasia during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.The…
Researchers from the Planetary Science Institute have created a 1:200,000 scale geological map of the Moon's Oriental Basins. This focuses on identifying the most extensive and…
For decades, paleontologists have hypothesized that a major group of animals called ecdysizoans must be older than the Cambrian, but until now their origins have remained…
astronomer using dark energy spectrometer The most advanced instrument (DESI) aboard NSF's Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory maps how nearly 6…
by honey collectors Ethiopian wolf (canis mensis) may contribute to pollination of Ethiopian Red Hot Poker Flower (Kniphofia foliosa)According to new paper Published in a magazine…
Astronomers have discovered a transiting exoplanet, named IRAS 04125+2902b, orbiting a 3 million-year-old, 0.7 solar mass protostar in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. Artistic interpretation of the…
Tyrannosaurus rex stood taller than many other dinosaurs. However, the largest of the dinosaur kings could have been even heavier. More evidence of this is found…
Humidity makes Shanghai’s heat even more unbearable lukyeee1976/Getty Images “My office was like a steamer on Monday morning,” Chinese influencer Bi Dao wrote in a social…
A quantum bit, or quantum bit, can be thought of as representing data on a sphere. Google Deep Mind Google DeepMind has developed an AI model…
An artist's impression of IBM's Eagle quantum processing unitIBM By linking two such devices and performing calculations beyond the capabilities of either alone, IBM has taken…
A pigeon-inspired robot has uncovered the mystery of bird flight without vertical tails found in human-designed aircraft. The prototype has the potential to lead to passenger…
Artist's depiction of a star system showing the host star, transiting planets, and misaligned protoplanetary disksNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/R. Hart, K. Miller (California Institute of Technology/IPAC)…
Can AI replicate individual humans? Gremlin/Getty Images In experiments that simulated more than 1,000 real people using the artificial intelligence model behind ChatGPT, we were able…
