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Bronze Age metal hoard from Weisig, GermanyJ. Lipták/Landesamt für Archäologie Sachsen Bronze Age Europeans earned and spent money in much the same way we do today,…
Akinbostansi/Getty Images No turning point in the history of the universe surpasses the birth of the first stars. As stars flickered into existence some 200 to…
Would drastic action help the reef recover?Serge Melessane / Alamy Corals are being hit hard by global warming, and the only way to save coral reef…
Imagine asking your virtual assistant, “Hey Google/Alexa, tell me the lyrics to ‘Beautiful People’ by Ed Sheeran.” Voice User Interface You could possibly receive the information…
Atom: The basic unit of a chemical element. An atom consists of a dense nucleus containing positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons. A cloud of negatively…
In experiments, elementary particles do not always behave according to theory. ATLAS Collaboration The puzzling behavior of a fundamental particle called the muon that some scientists…
There is a monster on the Beira D oil rig. You must avoid itChinese Room Awaken the AbyssChinese RoomPC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S There's a…
Disagreements are inevitable in any relationship, and one of life's most valuable lessons is how to heal hurt feelings. But since I started this column, I've…
Artistic illustration of a floating planetMaspix/Alamy The Sun's gravity could potentially capture objects, such as interstellar comets or rogue planets, from as far away as 3.8…
average: (scientific term) A term for the arithmetic mean, which is the sum of a set of numbers divided by the size of that group. pull:…
Increasing plant-based food consumption is known to benefit both health and the environment, yet only a few individuals fully commit to a vegan diet. However, a…
Permafrost is ground that is always frozen, and the possibility of life existing there is believed to be low. However, in recent years, Scientists have discovered…
Scientists recently discovered high levels of heat beneath the surface of a suspected volcanic formation on the Moon, using data from China’s lunar rovers Chang’e-1 and…
Here’s why people who stay up late tend to have better cognitive abilities than those who rise early
Struggle to wake up in the morning? Feel more alert as the day goes on? Have more energy in the evenings? You might be an “evening”…
Paris may be far for the athletes, but spare a thought for the horses traveling across continents for the Olympic and Paralympic equestrian events. All horses…
Just like a runner hitting the wall at the end of a race, supermassive black holes face a similar challenge as they approach each other, coming…
The evolution of the first animals to appear on land 500 million years ago has been revealed. The ancestors of millipedes, called euticalcinids, evolved from larval…
summary Smoke from the wildfires has spread across North America, threatening air quality in much of Canada, California, and the Pacific Northwest. The fast-spreading fire caused…
Testing the Super Heavy booster for Starship's fifth test flightSpaceX SpaceX is making final preparations for its fifth and most ambitious Starship test flight yet. While…
Social media companies seem sensitive to criticism Shutterstock/Easy Camera Negative news on social media platforms appears to be highly effective in forcing companies to change their…
Paleontologists have discovered the fossil of a deep-snouted tyrannosaur dinosaur. Asiatyrannus shui Southeast China. Fossil remains Asiatyrannus shuiThe first deep-snouted tyrannosaur discovered in Ganzhou, southeastern China.…
In her laboratory, Jessica Nowicki can often be found pinching and plucking the legs of tiny female poison dart frogs, then returning the frog to its…
How do massive black holes merge?Jurik Peter/Shutterstock Supermassive black holes can merge, but for decades astrophysicists have eluded the idea of ​​how this happens. Now, in…
Hackers can pick up signals from HDMI cables and view other people's computer screens g-stockstudio/Getty Images Hackers could eavesdrop on electromagnetic waves leaking through the cable…
DnA/Design and Architecture This spectacular image (pictured above) shows an abandoned Chinese quarry that has been ingeniously repurposed into an open-air library, with enclosed bookshelves lining…
Robots that can peel vegetables as easily as humans can, demonstrating a level of dexterity that could be useful for moving delicate objects on production lines.…
Startup inoculates tree seedlings with wild fungus Hunga More than a million trees have been inoculated with native fungi by a US start-up in the hopes…
Your belly button is home to around 100 types of bacteria, with an average of about 60 varieties, creating a unique ecosystem. The belly button provides…
Nine Minds' message is that there is no single neurodiverse experience.Vincent Carchietta – USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Nine MindsDaniel Tammet (Wellcome Collection) How do you see inside…
Some supermarkets are using biodegradable plastic bags Urban Images/Alamy Biodegradable plastics that break down into microplastics appear to damage soil and affect plant growth more than…
Interested in trying a water, oats, and lime juice smoothie? You may have come across the internet buzz about this mixture, likened to the effects of…
Human settlement of the Pacific islands triggered a wave of faunal extinctions that occurred so rapidly that their dynamics are difficult to reconstruct in space and…
It has a torpedo-shaped body with no fins. Nuucichthys lyoncocephalus It was the first molluscan vertebrate discovered in the Great Basin of the United States. Nuucichthys…
summaryA new study explains how bird flu spreads between dairy cows and from them to other mammals. Experts are concerned that the virus may be developing…
Did Djoser’s Step Pyramid have hydraulic lifts? Peter Brown / Alamy The construction of ancient Egypt’s oldest pyramids may have involved water elevators capable of lifting…
Gamma-ray bursts occur when massive stars collapse or collide.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ A. Simonett, Sonoma State University The most powerful explosion astronomers have ever seen…
The researchers studied mouse neurons in a part of the brain that is common to all mammals.Klein & Hubert/naturepl.com Scientists have identified neurons that become active…
The leopard-spot-like features in the center of the image may be a sign of ancient life.NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a rock speckled with what…
The muscle cells briefly stayed with astronauts on the International Space Station Shutterstock / Artsiom P After a week in the microgravity of space, muscle cells…
DeepMind’s AlphaProof AI can tackle a wide range of math problemsGoogle DeepMind Google DeepMind’s AI won a silver medal at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO),…
