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The impacts of climate change are widespread, ranging from biodiversity loss to extreme weather events, rising sea levels, wildfires, and mass human migrations. Each year reveals…
Homo juruensis Emerging human species, including the mysterious Denisovans and several hominid fossils from Tibet, Taiwan and Laos, lived in East Asia from about 300,000 to…
A long-term US study found that consuming at least 5 servings of dark chocolate per week (1 serving equals a standard chocolate bar/pack or 1 oz)…
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Nadine Mills plays nurse Sabrina in the superhero series Supercell. Provided by Netflix It hasn’t been a great year for science fiction on the small screen,…
Wild green snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Bodleian Library Publishing, University of Oxford, 2024 These amazing and intricate illustrations are the work of Mark Catesby, a British naturalist…
Alaska’s Drunken Forest, where trees are leaning or falling to the ground due to thawing permafrost Global warming image/Shutterstock Thawing permafrost in Arctic forests could cause…
Tencent is one of China’s largest technology companies Cynthia Lee/Alamy Chinese tech giant Tencent appears unaffected by a U.S. ban on exports of computer chips essential…
Scientists swab the cloaca of wild leopard sharks on North Stradbroke Island, off the coast of Brisbane, Australia, to investigate their recent diet.Muveldman A team of…
Infinity is more complicated than you think Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images A new kind of infinity appears to break the rules of how very large numbers behave…
Alzheimer’s disease: An incurable brain disease that causes confusion, mood changes, and problems with memory, language, behavior, and problem solving. The cause and treatment are unknown.…
Just like iconic duos such as fish and chips, Batman and Robin, and Jack and Jill, humans and dogs have always been destined to be together.…
Carme Farnell Burke At the Meteorological Office of Catalonia, Spain. “Wow! You can see inside the stone without breaking it. You could see the different layers with different densities.” Hail during a severe storm that hit northeastern Spain in 2022 killed one child, injured dozens and caused millions of dollars worth of damage. The largest
The oldest verifiable person in the world is Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived to be 122 years and 164 days old. It’s incredible to imagine what…
A massive ice ball plummeting from the sky gives off an apocalyptic vibe rather than signaling a festive white Christmas. Due to climate change, we are…
A team of researchers at Cornell University has created a new class of magnetically controlled microscopic robots (microbots) that operate at the diffraction limit of visible…
New proof of concept workpublished in a magazine materials horizonpaving the way for self-assembly of more complex electronic devices without relying on existing computer chip manufacturing…
Several groups of carnivorous dinosaurs – Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, and their members Velociraptor The family crept into the Bexhill-on-Sea region of present-day East Sussex, England, about 135…
According to a new study, higher emotional intelligence is linked to increased emoji use with friends, while avoidant attachment is linked to decreased emoji use with…
By 2023, the number of low-altitude clouds will have decreased dramatically.Busa Photo/Getty Images Changes in cloud cover may be the reason global temperatures have exceeded climate…
Highly contagious avian influenza has been circulating around the world since 2020.Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images The H5N1 avian influenza virus that is circulating around the…
overviewGlobal temperatures over the past two years have been even warmer than climate scientists expected. A new study offers a possible reason: reduced cloud cover. The…
overviewNASA’s next Artemis mission, scheduled to send four astronauts to orbit the moon, has been postponed until 2026, the agency announced.The delay also postpones the expected…
A tsunami warning was briefly triggered for the coasts of Northern California and southern Oregon following an earthquake off the coast of California on Thursday morning.The…
Bees pollinating pumpkin flowers Roman Kaibus/Alamy Treating plants with different types of root-dwelling fungi resulted in larger flowers, and bees visited the plants more often and…
According to a team of astronomers from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics at the University of Potsdam, the XX triangular star, a bright K0 giant star…
“Ziplines played a pivotal role in the democratization of space.” Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library/Alamy Even though the price of spaceflight has fallen dramatically in the…
Biblical approach A new book by psychologist-turned-YouTuber Jordan Peterson has been published. we wrestle with god It's a work about how ancient myths and legends, if…
Tencent is one of China’s largest technology companies Cynthia Lee/Alamy Chinese technology giant Tencent appears unaffected by a U.S. ban on exports of computer chips essential…
anatomy: (adjective: anatomical) the study of animal organs and tissues, or the characterization of a body or body part based on its structure or organization. Scientists…
Five years have passed since December 2019, when a clinician in Wuhan, China encountered the first case of coronavirus infection. In hindsight, it is even clearer…
Paul (Timothy Chalamet, right) and Chani (Zendaya) in Dune: Part 2 Provided by Warner Bros. Movies No one looks back on the year that brought us…
Live rats play and fight with robot rodents Shutterstock / Villanor A robot rat on wheels has learned how to interact with real rats while imitating…
overview The southern giant hornet, also known as the “murder hornet”, has been discovered for the first time in Europe. A study last month confirmed that…
Biologists have identified a new gene California poplar trees (Populus trichocarpa) — named booster —It can promote photosynthesis and increase the height of trees. Transgenic hybrid…
Despite conflicting with the results of some recent studies, this new discovery reinforces the claim that Jupiter-based comets like 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko may have contributed to providing water…
Paleoanthropologists believe that the Columbian mammoth (mammoth colombi) are the largest contributor to the diet of the Clovis people, the earliest widespread hunter-gatherer group inhabiting North…
President-elect Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday his intention to nominate billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as the head of NASA.”Jared will propel NASA’s mission of exploration and…
Chemicals in drip water form record of ancient fires in cave structuresJay Alder/Oregon State University When a forest fire breaks out, I run into a cave.…
Living in the desert is a challenge. But the Mojave Desert woodrat has an ace up its sleeve: it can eat poison. This allows the cute…