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Australian paleontologists have discovered the fossilized skeleton of a previously unknown Anhangeria pterosaur, dating back 100 million years. Reconstructing your life Haliskia petersenii Image courtesy of…
Favoritism is a result of our individual preferences for certain colors, tastes, faces, and places, which are influenced by our evolutionary past. Studies show that we…
Nearly a decade has passed since hackers leaked a ton of personal information from Ashley Madison, the notorious dating site that primarily targeted men looking to…
Mid-air collision To find out whether air taxi passengers need to worry about collisions with birds, a number of tests were carried out by a German…
Do newborns hear sounds and are aware of pain? In the past, boys undergoing circumcision were often not given anesthesia, in part because it was thought…
Part of an installation by filmmaker Michael Shindhelm, lamenting the artificial prolongation of women’s lives (below). Basel Cultural Foundation H. Geiger/KBH.G The end of agingMichael ShindhelmH.…
Some problems are harder than others IGDB/Nintendo Researchers have discovered that it is mathematically impossible to determine whether someone can complete a particular level of the…
Since the 1920s, Edwin Hubble Ever since it was discovered that the universe is expanding, astrophysicists have been asking themselves the question, “Where does matter come…
asteroid: Rocky objects that orbit the Sun. Most asteroids orbit the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, an area astronomers call the asteroid belt.astronomyThe…
NASA had to reassure the public that there was no emergency on the International Space Station after audio from a medical training drill was mistakenly played…
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America has fascinated scholars for centuries with its incredible astronomical calendar and magnificent step pyramids. But alongside their glorious culture,…
A beam refers to a stream of particles or photons moving from a source to a target, exerting pushing force rather than pulling force on the…
At an estimated distance of 140 parsecs (457 light years), the L-type subdwarf star CWISE J124909+362116.0 (J1249+36 for short) has a total velocity of at least…
Coloured dyes were essential commodities in the Mediterranean region during the Late Bronze Age. Berger and his colleagues unearthed a purple dye factory at site K10…
Residents are expressing concerns about the facility itself and the potential for monkeys to escape, which has occurred in the past. Similar incidents have been reported…
A building damaged by a drone strike in Kiev in October 2022Roman Fritzina/Associated Press/Alamy A group of climate experts estimates that the first two years of…
ADDICTIVE STOCK CREATIVES/Alamy; AdoBe Stock Kathy Schwartz had been sober for 10 years, but battling cravings was a daily struggle. “They were always in my head,”…
Quantum light is generated when a laser is shone on certain crystals Jaka Waxwing The liquid crystals found in television screens have made it easy to…
Martin Rees at the 2017 Hay Literary Festival (Hay-on-Wye, UK) Alamy Stock Photo The Oscars. The Booker Prize. The Nobel Prize. All of the year’s landmark…
Kamran Dibba, an anesthesiologist at the University of Michigan, and his colleagues have found that during sleep, some neurons not only replay the recent past but…
About 2.5 billion years ago, free oxygen first began to accumulate in meaningful levels in Earth's atmosphere, setting the stage for the emergence of complex life.…
When the Australian soap opera Neighbours was canceled in 2022, it signified the end of a cultural institution that had been on air for 37 years.…
It has been recognized for many years that smoking is extremely detrimental to health, and stopping smoking or avoiding it altogether is one of the most…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope discovered a giant asteroid impact around Beta Gactris, the second brightest star in the constellation Scorpio. Chen othersBeta…
Illustration of the newly identified species, Haliskia petersenii Gabriel Ugueto A 100-million-year-old pterosaur fossil discovered in Australia may have had the largest, most muscular tongue of…
Warp drive malfunction could emit gravitational wavesEverett Collection / Alamy There's no evidence that aliens are zipping around the galaxy in faster-than-light warp drive spacecraft, but…
Acidic: An adjective that describes a substance containing an acid. Acidic substances are known to dissolve minerals like carbonates or prevent their formation.average: A scientific term…
Activation: (in biology) to turn on something like a gene or a chemical reaction.Annual: adjective describing something that occurs annually. (botany) A plant that only lives…
During the experiment, electrodes were placed on their scalps to record their brain activity, and a computer screen showed them when to move. Robin Ritter/Leibniz Institute…
A recent study suggests that women may have improved cognitive performance during their menstrual cycle. The research conducted by University College London (UCL) and the Institute…
Aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen are painkillers that work in different ways. Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory and blood-thinning medication that is used for pain relief and heart…
Using high-resolution color images from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Trace Gases Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express missions, planetary researchers have found evidence of morning frost…
A team of scientists from Colorado State University, Save the Elephants and Elephant Voices used machine learning to: African savanna elephant (African brown) The calls included…
Dinkinesh is a small asteroid orbiting the Sun near the inner edge of the main asteroid belt. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently revealed that this asteroid, with…
The newly discovered species, estimated to weigh about 10 kg, Bronius Manfredschmidyis the smallest known hominid. Danubius GuggenmosThis ape lived in what is now Germany about…
Satellite Galaxy Crater II The Milky Way's Crater 2 (or Crater 2) is located in the constellation Crater, about 380,000 light-years from Earth. This galaxy is…
Unexpected surprise: Giant fish thought to be sunbathing on Oregon beach turns out to be a curiosity
The name “sunfish” is of Latin origin and means “milestone,” referring to the flat, circular body of this fish, which is known to drift along the…
Plastic particles (red) are colonized by marine fungi Parengyodontium albumAnnika Vaksma/NIOZ Fungi that live on floating trash in the North Pacific Ocean are able to break…
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes some crazy ideas for how to tinker with the universe and tests their effects against the laws…
Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (left) and Christer Fugelsang aboard the International Space StationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) How spaceflight affects astronauts' health may be…
