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peanut It is uncommon for flowers to blossom above ground while the fruit grows underground. This is why peanuts, originally from South America, are commonly known…
Australian and French geoscientists have used the geological record of Earth's deep ocean to discover a link between our home planet and the orbit of Mars.…
Paleontologists investigated dinosaur footprints and large assemblages of fossilized plants. Nanushuk FormationIt extends over much of the northern slope of central and western Alaska, varying in…
The newly discovered volcano, tentatively designated Noctis Mons, is located in the eastern part of Mars, just south of the equator. noctis labyrinthwest of Valles Marineris,…
Solid state chemistry has led to the creation of numerous materials with unique properties not found in nature. For instance, the high-temperature superconductivity of copper oxide…
SpaceX is preparing for the third test flight of its Starship mega-rocket, a crucial step that could support NASA’s plans to send astronauts back to the…
During the activities, participants wore headsets that detected brain waves and filled out questionnaires detailing their emotional states afterward. Researchers discovered that when playing with Aro…
Arizona’s largest county saw a record number of heat-related deaths in 2023, highlighting the danger posed by rising temperatures, especially for vulnerable individuals. Last year, at…
When it comes to combating climate change, many strategies require relatively small actions by large numbers of people. Millions of us are installing heat pumps, switching…
Rainforest burns in Brazil’s Amazon Douglas Magno/AFP via Getty Images Without dramatic action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the heat wave will disrupt global supply chains,…
The brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease show a variety of changes, but the exact cause of the disease is unknown. Science Photo Library/Alamy New research…
California methane plume detected by airborne spectrometerNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology Nearly a million aerial measurements of the powerful greenhouse gas show that far more methane is…
Some ski resorts are experiencing a serious lack of snow.Abaka Press / Alamy Stock Photo As the effects of climate change intensify, ski resorts may disappear…
SpaceX's Starship is preparing for flightspace x After two failed missions, SpaceX will launch its third large-scale Starship rocket on March 14th. Here's everything you need…
Europa has an underground ocean, but it may not be as habitable as Earth’s oceans. NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/SETI Institute Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may not…
Advance the Sandworm in the Dunes: Part 2 Provided by Warner Bros. Movies Dune: Part 2 Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction…
TikTok could be banned in the US Thiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket (via Getty Images) US politicians have voted to ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless its…
Recent research suggests that wildfires are no longer subsiding overnight, with their dynamics fueling some of the most extreme and damaging fires. A study published in…
TikTok could be banned in the USThiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket (via Getty Images) US politicians have voted to ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless its owner,…
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…
