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The Hubble team has released a striking new image of the center of NGC 5643, a spectacularly designed spiral galaxy in the constellation Lupus. This Hubble…
Planetary researcher Tereza Konstantinou and colleagues at the University of Cambridge examined the chemical composition of Venus’s atmosphere and found that the planet’s interior today is…
The spiral arm of Messier 83, one of the most prominent spiral galaxies in the night sky, exhibits a high rate of star formation, with six…
These asteroids are as small as 10 meters in diameter, making them the smallest asteroids ever observed in the major asteroid belt. Artist Webb's illustration reveals…
New Zealand paleontologists have discovered a partial skeleton. platypterygoid ichthyosaur It dates back to the Cretaceous period. a pair of Platypterygius sp. Image credit: Dmitry Bogdanov…
To prove you’re not a robot on a website, you may encounter distorted letters to guess the spellings. This process is known as a CAPTCHA -…
What is disease X? Don’t panic! Disease X doesn’t exist yet, but it might someday. Disease Coined in 2017, the term can be used to mean…
The screwworm larva has a fang-like lower jaw protruding from its mouth. Scott Kamazin/Alamy Countries in the Americas have spent billions of dollars trying to control the New World screwworm since the meat-eating parasite devastated cattle in the United States in the 1950s. But a recent surge in cases in Central America suggests that containment
Researchers trained artificial intelligence model to measure people's age from brain scansLaboratory/Alamy The abundance of 13 types of proteins in the blood appears to be a…
Google announces new quantum chip is the most powerful yet Google Quantum AI Google has unveiled a new quantum computer, reasserting its lead in the race…
In the 1970s, an incredible object was unearthed next to a human skull in a tomb in a Bronze Age cemetery in Shahalui Sokta, Iran. This…
“After training, my mind is always a little quieter than before.” Westend61 GmbH/Alamy For the past few weeks, I’ve been in a slump, mainly because my…
Compared to several years ago (I'm thinking about 2023 and its abundance of services). cocoon to finder), 2024 is a bit slower for must-play video games,…
It’s harder than it looksInna Kot/Getty Images What’s the biggest sofa you can squeeze into the corner of a hallway? The horseshoe-shaped piece of furniture known…
the secret life of animals Lindsey McRae/Apple TV+ Asia (BBC i player)Asia’s biodiversity and vast environment, which covers almost a third of the planet, was ripe…
IBM optical module prototype for connecting chips with optical fibers IBM’s Ryan Rabin Fiber optic technology helps chips communicate with each other at the speed of…
3-D: Three-dimensional (3-D) is an adjective that describes something with characteristics that can be described in three dimensions: height, width, and length. cancer: Cancer is a…
agriculture: The cultivation of plants, animals, and fungi to fulfill human needs, such as food, fuel, chemicals, and medicines. atmosphere: The layer of gas enveloping the…
It’s not just called go juice. Caffeine is the most popular performance-enhancing drug in the world. It’s not a nutrient, but a drug, and it’s the…
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.…
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…
