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I lost my leg on the beach Extreme cases can confuse even trained professionals: Joanna Glengarry and Melanie Archer of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Science…
Scientists’ obsession with games like Go sparked AI breakthroughsRobert Paul Van Beets/Alamy Playing with realityKelly Clancy (Allen Lane (UK), Riverhead (US)) Games are a prehistoric innovation…
For the first time, scientists have captured on video a leech leaping from a leaf, settling a long-standing debate about the creature’s jumping abilities. The question…
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of centrosaurine dinosaur from fossils discovered in the Judith River Formation in the Kennedy Coulee region of Montana,…
Research on families with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease has revealed a genetic abnormality that can delay early symptoms by five years. This finding paves the way for…
Introducing a new addition to the realm of peculiar dinosaurs, this creature dons magnificent (albeit slightly perilous) headgear that can rival any fashion runway creation. Lociceratops…
Nitrogen is an essential element for life and is an integral part of DNA and proteins. Most of the nitrogen on Earth exists in the atmosphere…
Antarctica: The southernmost continent in the world, mostly covered in ice.Atomic Clock: A timing device that relies on the frequency of microwave radiation from excited atoms.…
Back pain is a common discomfort that can be difficult to shake once it sets in. Researchers suggest a simple way to make back pain more…
Summer is here, officially starting today with the Northern Hemisphere experiencing more daylight than anywhere else. This marks the 2024 summer solstice, a significant day that…
In a recent study, researchers from the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Eastern Finland examined the antiviral properties of different types of wood, including…
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured its first images since changing to an alternate operating mode that uses just a single gyroscope to help control…
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages. In a new study, scientists from the University of California, San Diego and others conducted a genome-wide…
Jewish Revolt Constantius Gallus, alias Gallus' RebellionThe Roman Civil War of 351-354 AD broke out during the Roman Civil War and was the last Jewish revolt…
Being active has many health benefitsSergio Azenha/Alamy People who suffer from recurring back pain appear to be able to avoid the discomfort for longer by taking…
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is the only known planet other than Earth that still retains liquid water. Liquid hydrocarbons fed by rain from Titan’s thick atmosphere…
With their bulging red eyes and alien-like mating sounds, periodical cicadas may seem scary and weird, but some of them are speed-freak, sex-crazed zombies that have…
“Let’s take cell phones out of schools.” “Social media is harmful to teens.” Such messages are being broadcast around the world and appear to have reached…
Titan's liquid hydrocarbon ocean may have wavesNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has rocky coastlines around its methane seas and lakes that appear…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is hurtling out of our solar system at incredible speed. It’s currently about 8 billion kilometers from the Sun, and by the…
June 18th, Corpse Flowers at Kew GardensSebstian Kettley/RBG Cue This gorgeous, but smelly, corpse flower bloomed on June 18th. Royal Botanic Gardens, KewIn London however it…
Glassy gels are a new class of materials that are as stiff as plastic but extremely stretchy. Meishan Wang, North Carolina State University When you think…
Volunteers were exposed to coronavirus as part of a scientific study Koto Feja/Getty By intentionally exposing people to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, scientists have been…
Radiation measurements being taken in the Chernobyl Exclusion ZoneSergey Dolzhenko/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Although officially classified as contaminated, agricultural land around the Chernobyl reactor appears to be safe for…
atom: The basic unit of a chemical element. An atom consists of a dense nucleus containing positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons. A cloud of negatively…
When discussing diet and nutrition, opinions can often be divisive and passionate. Recently, I found myself in the middle of a debate surrounding supermarket bread that…
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided stunning new images of the Crab Nebula, containing the highest-quality infrared data yet available to help astronomers investigate…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is perhaps the best-known atmospheric feature and a popular icon among the solar system’s objects. Its large oval shape, contrasting red color,…
Why do culinary herbs like lavender have such a strong scent and flavor? Shutterstock/Karina Georgieva Below is an excerpt from our nature newsletter, Wild Wild Life.…
Astronomers have discovered a pair of merging quasars observed just 900 million years after the Big Bang. Not only is this the most distant pair of…
“Put that phone away!” Most parents have yelled something similar to this at their children, usually resulting in a shocked look on the child’s face. In…
Self-driving car driving through downtown San Francisco Jason Doi Photography/Getty Images Self-driving cars may be safer than human drivers in everyday situations, but the technology struggles…
Triton and Pluto, at left (not to scale), may be missing siblings. JPL/NASA//Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute An analysis of Neptune’s largest moon, Triton,…
The “Elgin Marvel” fossil is a block of reddish sandstone containing a natural cast of a Permian skull and jaw. Dicynodonts It was discovered in the…
In December 2019, a little-known galaxy called SDSS 1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, suddenly started glowing brighter than ever before. To…
calcium: A chemical element and alkali metal commonly found in minerals in the earth's crust and sea salt. It is also found in bone minerals and…
Physicist James Clerk Maxwell proposed the devil thought experiment in 1867.SSPL/Science Museum/Getty Images A chemical pump, based on a 19th century thought experiment involving an invisible…
The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that the United States Climate Corps is a federal program focused on training young individuals in clean energy, environmental protection,…
Ultracold atoms could solve quantum computing puzzle Orange Fish/Shutterstock Ultracold atoms that always move in the same pattern, in the form of a material called a…
