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Black holes can become 'dormant' if they are not actively feedingJuric Peter/Shutterstock Black holes in the early universe had almost half the mass of their host…
Post-quantum gravity could explain the rotational speed of galaxies, usually seen as evidence of dark matter NASA, ESA, CSA A new theory of gravity that could…
antenna: (plural: antennae or antennae) In biology: any of a pair of elongated sensory appendages on the head of insects, crustaceans, and other arthropods.application: a specific…
Giant Sequoia, Wakehurst, West Sussex, UK Visual Air/RBG Cue Giant sequoia trees are thriving in the UK, growing at a similar rate to the tree’s homeland…
Spindle ermine moth perched on a flower DP Wildlife Invertebrates / Alamy Moths trying to survive in bright cities may have evolved smaller wings to limit…
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will be launched in October 2024 and will carry a triangular metal plate with a special message written on it as it…
Astronomers harness powerful energy dark energy camera The Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope (DECam) at Cerro Tororo Inter-American Observatory, a program of NSF's NOIRLab, Huge 1.3…
When you’re trying to solve one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology, you need to triple-check your homework. The mystery, called the Hubble tension, is that…
The fastest animals are neither large elephants nor small ants, but intermediate sizes such as: Cheetah(Acinonychus jubatus). Why does running speed deviate from the regular patterns…
You could argue that LIFE is like a long game of blackjack. A common version of this is that each person is first dealt her two…
Damage from storms like Hurricane Harvey caused severe power outages to the Texas power grid. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Simulations suggest that storm sheltering just…
Bitcoin mining is linked to rising electricity pricesThomas Wren/Alamy Stock Photo The US government has proposed taxing crypto miners to reduce the industry's heavy environmental impact,…
Duck penises are quite unusual. You may have come across information about Drake online or seen pictures of him. In that case, you probably know that…
In his influential work Descent of Man, Charles Darwin confidently asserted that male mammals are generally larger than females. This concept, known as sexual size dimorphism…
Neuroscientists at the University of Michigan have identified thermoreceptors that mediate the sensation of cold in somatosensory neurons. GluK2 KO mice have a defect in cold…
Comet 12P/Ponsbrooks observed near Tromsø, Norway on March 5th Bernt Olsen One of the brightest known comets is headed toward Earth and could be visible to…
NASA has released a surprising new image of the little-known dwarf galaxy LEDA 42160 taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubble image shows dwarf…
adolescent: A person in a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that begins at the onset of adolescence, usually between the ages of 11 and…
The planets are doing a gravitational dance around the sun Shutterstock/Johan Swanepoel Mars’ gravitational pull could be strong enough to shake up Earth’s oceans and shift…
We're still trying to understand how animals react to solar eclipsesŞ. Uğur OKÇu/1001slide/iStockphoto/Getty Images You can't miss a total solar eclipse. The sun's disk is completely…
Bacteria: (singular: bacterium) a single-celled organism. They live almost everywhere on Earth, from the bottom of the ocean to the insides of other living things (such…
Taylor Swift performed in Melbourne earlier this year.Graham Denholm/TAS24/TAS Copyright Management Getty Images A rogue artificial intelligence obsessed with Taylor Swift could replace all recorded music…
Physicists from LHCb collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have made the first observation of the collapse of the Bc+ meson. This results in a…
Pudera Carlae is the first deer species to be discovered in the 21st century and the first from the New World in over 60 years. Learn…
Paleontologists have described a new species of enantiornithine bird with a toothless beak from the Chinese Jehor bird family. This discovery delayed the earliest appearance of…
NGC604 is comparable to renowned star-forming regions in the Milky Way, like the Orion Nebula, but is significantly larger and contains more recently created stars. This…
The World Health Organization reported that in 2020, 2.3 million women worldwide were diagnosed with breast cancer. American Cancer Society states that early diagnosis of breast…
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological disease that impairs brain functions such as memory and reasoning, and there is currently no known cure. People with this disease…
Hemophilia B is a blood disorder that affects about 30,000 people in the United States. Individuals with hemophilia B have a deficiency in factor IX, a…
Many individuals engage in fishing for both sustenance and recreation in modern times. Ever pondered about the origins of fishing? While fishing has been a part…
Scientists who study cancer have historically focused on understanding the various factors that contribute to cancer development and progression. They have looked at factors such as…
Ketamine administered via IV at New York clinic Victor Llorente/New York Times/Redux/eyevine Prince Harry, who caused an uproar in the press last year, wrote candidly in…
Palestinian children wait for food prepared in a charity kitchen as food supplies run short in Rafah Ismael Mohamad/UPI/Shutterstock The situation in Gaza is rapidly evolving…
How did Mars get satellites?NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/Marin Space Science System/Texas A&M University The mystery of where Mars' two moons came from may finally be solved.…
Aboriginal people use fire to manage the landscapePenny Tweedy/Getty Images Analysis of sediment cores taken from ancient lakes shows that Australia's indigenous peoples have been using…
trilobite are a diverse group of marine animals that lived between 540 and 250 million years ago. They were some of the oldest and longest-lived arthropods…
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting millions of people worldwide. This disease affects the parts of the brain that control memory, thinking,…
Nature creates diversity in plants and animals through a process known as hybridization. Hybridization occurs when similar species interbreed, producing offspring that inherit traits from both…
Our world is dominated by single-celled microorganisms that can survive in extreme and strange places. These habitats include the human body, where about one microorganism lives…
