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The hot, dry winds that carry dust from the Sahara Desert are known as Kalima. The winds lift millions of tons of dust and fine sand…
analog: Something that resembles, takes the place of, or is similar to another. array: A broadly organized group of objects. In some cases, it may be…
Nuclear reactions can be categorized as either fission (when an atomic nucleus splits into two lighter nuclei) or fusion (when two atomic nuclei combine to form…
Is artificial gravity ever going to be achievable? Currently, the best we can do is simulate gravity’s effects on a spacecraft by rotating or accelerating it.…
Messier 77 is a relatively nearby and well-known bright spiral galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center. Messier 77 concept by artist. It is…
Palaeospondylus ganniwas a small, eel-like creature that lived during the mid-Devonian period, about 390 million years ago, and is among thousands of similarly preserved fossils from…
New observations by NASA/ESA/CSA’s James Webb Space Telescope confirm previous measurements by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the distances between nearby stars and galaxies, and…
It’s not entirely clear why colorectal cancer is increasing among adults under 50 Steve Gschmeisner/Science Photo Library The incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults is…
Severe storms caused by La Niña in Queensland, AustraliaGenevieve Vallee/Alamy Stock Photo The UK's national weather and climate agency, the Met Office, predicts that the Earth's…
In new research Published in a magazine PLoS ONEArchaeologists have investigated exceptional human remains unearthed from the Middle Trypilian site (c. 3700-3600 BC) of Kosenivka in…
High blood pressure is a common symptom of preeclampsia Nataliya Piatrovich/Alamy Currently, the only way to deal with preeclampsia, a common pregnancy complication, is to deliver…
Quantinuum’s quantum computer thus uses ions confined in a vacuum chamber Quantinum The race to build useful quantum computers is heating up. In September, Microsoft and…
The sun may have heated asteroids to produce a huge amount of water gas. ESA/Hubble Copyright: NASA, ESA, MA GARLICK (Space-Art.co.uk), Warlic University, Cambridge University. According…
There’s a lot more going on with pigeons than you might imagine. I have always had ambivalent feelings towards pigeons. Pigeons are everywhere in London, where I live, so for me they had faded into the background. I didn’t hate them, but I wasn’t particularly interested in them either. Then a chance encounter made me
This year, from the first civilian moon landing (see “Elon Musk-led private missions boom, space is on sale in 2024”) to the first pig kidney transplant…
New research led by scientists at the University of Bristol shows how lepidosaurs, the most diverse clade of quadrupeds that includes lizards and snakes, evolved an…
Whales’ Romantic AdventuresHumpback whales have left scientists astonished with their epic journey spanning three oceans and over 8,000 miles, establishing a new record for the longest…
This year, herds across the U.S. were infected with avian influenza. Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe via Getty Images A highly contagious type of avian influenza began circulating…
A dog wearing a harness may pull with a force that exceeds its body weight.CBCK-Christine/Alamy Even if the device is marketed as “anti-pull,” a dog wearing…
“Hello again!” Pigeons remember individual human faces Martin Parr/Magnum Photo Recently, when I was walking in the park with some friends, they pointed out the pigeons…
Baby Atlantic puffins in Iceland look for moonlight as they emerge from the cliffside burrows where they hatched. It leads them to the sea. However, nearby…
Artificial Intelligence: A type of knowledge-based decision-making demonstrated by a machine or computer. The term also refers to a field of research in which scientists seek…
in new research Published in a magazine frontiers of public healthScientists surveyed 69,705 participants (47.2% women) aged 45 to 83 from the Swedish Mammography Cohort and…
Siberian arctic tundra Shutterstock / Andrei Stepanov Arctic tundra currently emits more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases than it absorbs. Rising temperatures due to climate…
of atacama trench It stretches along the eastern South Pacific, dropping to depths of more than 8,000 meters off the coast of northern Chile. dursibela kamanchakaholotype…
dark comet First Interstellar Object 1I/2017 U1 ‘A small object with no detected coma, similar to ‘Oumuamua, with large accelerations that can be explained by volatile…
The Shengshan culture of the lower Yangtze region of ancient China plays a central role in understanding the origins of rice cultivation and early alcoholic fermentation.…
Google announces new quantum chip is the most powerful yetGoogle Quantum AI Google has unveiled a new quantum computer, reasserting its lead in the race to…
Fossils aren't the only thing that shows how humans evolved over timeIvan M / Alamy Stock Photo This is an excerpt from Our Human Story, a…
“Chicken. Chicken. Chicken.” I wake up to my own voice looping like crazy. My half-asleep brain can't understand what's going on. What time is it now?…
Atom interferometers can make ultra-precise measurements of gravity RAL Space/IQO Hannover Extremely cold atoms are being used to measure gravity more precisely than we thought possible,…
Texas data center is full of serversPaul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service (via Getty Images) Data centers could contribute to an estimated 600,000 asthma cases and…
Sea levels were much warmer last year than usual, as seen in July 2023Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF The ocean may remove far less carbon dioxide from…
overviewThis year was the second hottest year on record in the Arctic, according to a new report from NOAA.The authors said the tundra has become a…
Sex in the future is expected to evolve due to technological advancements. While people will continue to engage in sexual activities, the reasons for doing so…
Vampire bats have a diet that consists only of blood. This diet is so specific that they process their food more like blood-sucking flies than any…
average: In the field of science, average refers to the arithmetic mean, calculated by dividing the sum of a group of numbers by the size of…
cortisol abdomen We know that constant, ongoing stress can have a negative effect on the body, and new research has found that it's particularly linked to…
Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, responsible for the popular Q&A section. She has an MSc (Special Award) in Earth Sciences (Space and…
