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blushing chicken People, humans, blush. Chickens are not entirely inhuman, either, in that they express emotions through the skin on their faces. Delphine Soulet and colleagues…
According to Jonathan Haidt’s best-selling book, anxious generationthe proliferation of smartphones and the resulting exposure to social media among children and young people is damaging their…
A hole in the retina can cause your vision to become patchy or blurry. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library A transplant of human stem cells appears to…
Artist's impression of the Qianfan satellite mega-constellationsurveillance camera China has begun construction on a giant constellation that will eventually consist of about 14,000 satellites, but the…
River Wye in EnglandLuza Studio/Getty Images The tradition of British nature writers is long, proud and decidedly classy. Its origins lie with Gilbert White, a pioneering…
Sodium valproate is an effective drug for epilepsy, but its consumption is not recommended during pregnancyMiljan Zivković/Shutterstock The drug rapamycin may prevent the epilepsy drug sodium…
Ants produce formic acid to protect themselves, and this acid can curdle milk WILDLIFE GmbH / Alamy Placing just four live ants into a vat of…
We can detect signals from black hole mergers, but can we also detect signatures of more exotic collisions? Victor de Schwamberg / Science Photo Library Gravitational wave signals that appear to emanate from colliding black holes may actually come from colliding strange and exotic stars. It's been theorized, but we don't know if it exists.
Thunderclouds include more than just rain and lightning. In addition to visible light radiation, thunderclouds can produce powerful bursts of gamma rays that last one millionth…
Researchers from the University of Tokyo and others have discovered pockets of living microorganisms in mineral-filled veins in 2 billion-year-old rocks taken from South Africa’s Bushveld…
The Galapagos Islands are equatorial islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean, approximately 900 kilometers (500 miles) west of northern South America. Scientists have identified more than…
The heart beats approximately 100,000 times a day, totaling around 3 billion times throughout an average lifetime. With each heartbeat, blood is pumped to the lungs…
action potential: A brief shift in electrical potential on the surface of cells, particularly nerve cells and muscle cells. It occurs when cells are stimulated, leading…
Upon entering my department’s weekly Astro Coffee Journal Club some years ago, I was immediately struck by an existential crisis regarding the future of our planet.…
According to some researchers, the moon may have been captured during a close encounter between young Earth and the Earth binary (a system consisting of the…
In August 2024, ESA’s Jupiter ICy satellite probe (JUICE) made history with its daring Moon-to-Earth flight and double-gravity assisted maneuver. When the spacecraft passed the moon…
TIC 290061484 contains a pair of stars that orbit each other every 1.8 days, and a third star that orbits the pair in just 25 days.…
New genus and species of Silesauridae named Gondwanax paracensis It was identified from fossilized remains found in southern Brazil. Gondwanax paracensis. Image credit: Rodrigo Temp Müller,…
Some people take creatine as a supplement to enhance athletic performance Cashmiro / Alamy Tobacco plants are engineered to contain creatine, a compound that is primarily…
Bottlenose dolphins have an open mouth and a facial expression that resembles a smile.Zoomarin, Italy Dolphins seem to make open-mouthed expressions most often when being watched…
Can AI design chips that are more efficient than those made by humans? Yuichiro Kayano/Getty Images Google DeepMind says its artificial intelligence is already helping design…
A Ukrainian drone operator flies a kamikaze drone in first-person view. Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/Shutterstock As both sides seek to assert technological superiority in the ongoing war…
Russian propaganda about invasion of Ukraine affects AI chatbot accuracyRoman Pilipi/AFP/Getty Artificial intelligence chatbots have struggled to consistently provide accurate answers about Russia's invasion of Ukraine,…
Many of us entered this so-called super-election year with a sense of foreboding. So far, not much has happened to allay these fears. Russia’s war against…
Trying to find answers that please humans could increase the chance that chatbots will blind us Jusan/Getty Images Giving AI chatbots human feedback on their responses…
Alice Roberts appears on New Scientist Live johnny donovan Preparations are currently underway for the annual Festival of Science and Ideas. new scientist livewhich will be…
Infant skeleton found in cave in Puglia, ItalyMauro Carattin Ancient DNA analysis has revealed a detailed picture of the life of an infant who died 17,000…
Recent research suggests that a muscle called the levator medial oculi (LAOM) is unique to dogs (canine) and evolved through domestication. This muscle lifts the inner…
The forecast predicts continued hot conditions in the coming days. Many heat records are likely to be broken this weekend in states from California to Colorado,…
Two rapid attribution studies released Tuesday found that human-induced global warming made Hurricane Helen stronger and wetter, and that these factors contributed to the storm’s destructive…
Your furry friend might already be your closest companion, but adjusting the way you communicate with them can strengthen your bond even more. Recent research has…
atom: The basic unit of chemical elements. Atoms are made up of a dense nucleus containing positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons, orbited by a cloud…
The plant produces a juicy, sweet fruit with a secret seed inside, which entices fruit-eating mammals like toucans, flying foxes, and orangutans to take a bite.…
According to a team of geoscientists from the University of Maryland and the University of Maryland, between 250 million and 120 million years ago during the…
A new image of the Rosette Nebula is dark energy camera (DECam), mounted on NSF's Victor M. Blanco 4-meter telescope. Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory Program of…
Mount Everest, also known as Chomolangma in Tibetan and Sagarmatha in Nepali, is about 15 to 50 meters higher than its original height due to uplift…
Using data from near infrared spectrometer (NIRSpec) Astronomers aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) The frozen…
The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket experienced a second stage failure following Saturday’s NASA astronaut mission, leading to the rocket…
Drone footage of a gray whale captured off the coast of Oregon over a seven-year period reveals new details about how the giant marine mammal finds…
