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Artist's impression of a planet grazing the surface of a starK. Miller/R. Hart (California Institute of Technology/IPAC) It appears that at least one in every 12…

Canoes are up to 10 meters long and are made by hollowing out trees. Gibaja et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 More than 7,000 years…

Artistic restoration of Pebanista Yacuruna in the murky waters of the Peruvian Amazon Jaime Blanc The Amazon basin was once home to freshwater dolphins that grew…

Scientists sequenced and analyzed the genome. Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), with an average weight of about 2 grams, it is one of the world’s smallest mammals.…

The Biden administration revealed updated vehicle emissions standards on Wednesday, described as the most ambitious effort yet to reduce global warming emissions from passenger vehicles. While…

Michel Taragrand: “Life is horribly random.” Peter Budge/Typos1/Abel Prize 2024 Michel Taragran won the 2024 Abel Prize, also known as the Nobel Prize of mathematics, for…

This drone rotates most of the time, but can fly over obstacles if needed Ruibin Zhang et al/Zhejiang University, Hangzhou According to the developer, the autonomous…

Acronym: A word made by combining the first letters or letter groups of several words. For example, STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and…

AI tools like DALL-E can generate sophisticated artwork based on text prompts Rocas Tennis/Shutterstock A study of more than 50,000 users’ posts on a popular art-sharing…

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recently published a detailed report titled Current status of global climate in 2023, which synthesizes the latest scientific knowledge on…

Electron micrograph of HIV, which currently requires lifelong medicationScott Kamazin/Alamy Stock Photo A new way to eradicate HIV from the body could one day become a…

An intact ax with an intact handle was found under one of the burnt structures on the grounds of Mast Farm.cambridge archaeological unit The ruins of…

A 1,000-year-old human brain unearthed from a churchyard in Ypres, Belgium.The tissue folds, which are still soft and wet, are stained orange with iron oxide.Alexandra L.…

An international team of scientists has created a reference-quality, long-read-based genome assembly. blue whale (glans muscle). blue whale (glans muscle). Image credit: NOAA. The blue whale…

Professor Rajendra Gupta of the University of Ottawa is challenging current theoretical models of the composition of the universe by showing that there is actually no…

Cranberries have the highest polyphenol and antioxidant capacity of any fruit or vegetable, which may help prevent the production of free radicals during exercise, which in…

Paleontologists have described a bizarre new species of mosasaurid, based on a skull and parts collected from a phosphate mine southeast of Casablanca, Morocco. Kinjaria Akta.…

A report released on Tuesday by Swiss air quality monitoring company IQAir suggests that the World Health Organization's air pollution ranking will increase in 2023 due…

Cerebellum of a person suffering from kuru disease Liberski PP (2013) Genetic research in a very remote community in Papua New Guinea has revealed new insights…

Twenty years ago, deep underground in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, thomas garnon Before I knew it, I was walking through a hellish place. The sound…

Corner kicks like this one taken by Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold can lead to goal-scoring opportunities. Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Artificial intelligence models predict the outcome of corner…

computer diagram of cardiac muscle cells Katerina Conn/Science Photo Library/Alamy Two widely used antibiotics may be able to regenerate heart cells in pigs, suggesting they may…

a Research at Royal Haramshah Hospital in 1991 Volunteers in Sheffield found that a diet supplemented with baked beans produced an average of 705ml of farts…

of new mapThis quasar, called Quaia, contains about 1,295,502 quasars from across the visible universe and could help astronomers better understand the properties of dark matter.…

Potentially dangerous chemicals may be present in food packaging Pirin Petunia/Getty Images Food packaging and utensils commonly contain up to 68 “forever chemicals” that can pose…

Marine heat waves will occur around the world in 2023 Matt Cardy/Getty According to the latest statistics from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2023 was not…

The Brazilian flea toad's head is too small to bear many crowns. Living things (Brachycephalus purex) is neither a flea nor a toad. Instead, the big…

Cannabis vape pens may contain dangerous levels of heavy metals Richard Vogel/AP/Alamy Cannabis vape liquid contains toxic heavy metals that do not come from the device…

Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell Super ChipNvidia Nvidia has announced the most powerful “superchip” it has ever produced for training artificial intelligence models. The U.S. computing company,…

Crowds gather at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona during the famous running of the bullsMiguel/Shutterstock People in very dense crowds move in small circular “trajectories”…

Nowadays, screens, particularly social media, are often criticized for being addictive, contributing to mental health issues, and impacting childhood development negatively. But is there solid evidence…

the strangeness of the universe We explore some of the strangest places in the universe, where “normal” rules don’t apply. From places where you blow bubbles…

Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, in charge of the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (Special Award) in Earth Sciences (Space…

In 1904, British psychologist Charles Spearman discovered a peculiar correlation among various mental abilities, such as mathematics, verbal fluency, spatial visualization, and memory. He observed that…

A recent comprehensive study of 20,000 adults suggests that time-restricted eating, a form of intermittent fasting, may significantly increase the risk of death. Moreover, healthy eating…

New photos from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show nearby irregular galaxy UGC 5829, also known as the Spider Galaxy. This Hubble image shows UGC 5829,…

Active asteroids behave dynamically like asteroids, but exhibit coma like comets. These objects are poorly understood, and fewer than 60 have been identified to date. Asteroids…

Tricarbon molecule (C3) is probably produced in Titan’s upper atmosphere by the reaction of abundant acetylene with atomic carbon. This view of Titan is one of…

Heparin prevents blood clotting and is used in many surgeries Luca Medical / Alamy Currently, an anticoagulant called heparin is widely used. Collected from the intestines…

Eating within eight hours, commonly known as the 16:8 diet, is a common form of fasting. Christina Pedrazzini/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Restricting eating time to eight…