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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured its first images since changing to an alternate operating mode that uses just a single gyroscope to help control…
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages. In a new study, scientists from the University of California, San Diego and others conducted a genome-wide…
Jewish Revolt Constantius Gallus, alias Gallus' RebellionThe Roman Civil War of 351-354 AD broke out during the Roman Civil War and was the last Jewish revolt…
Being active has many health benefitsSergio Azenha/Alamy People who suffer from recurring back pain appear to be able to avoid the discomfort for longer by taking…
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is the only known planet other than Earth that still retains liquid water. Liquid hydrocarbons fed by rain from Titan’s thick atmosphere…
With their bulging red eyes and alien-like mating sounds, periodical cicadas may seem scary and weird, but some of them are speed-freak, sex-crazed zombies that have…
“Let’s take cell phones out of schools.” “Social media is harmful to teens.” Such messages are being broadcast around the world and appear to have reached…
Titan's liquid hydrocarbon ocean may have wavesNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has rocky coastlines around its methane seas and lakes that appear…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is hurtling out of our solar system at incredible speed. It’s currently about 8 billion kilometers from the Sun, and by the…
June 18th, Corpse Flowers at Kew GardensSebstian Kettley/RBG Cue This gorgeous, but smelly, corpse flower bloomed on June 18th. Royal Botanic Gardens, KewIn London however it…
Glassy gels are a new class of materials that are as stiff as plastic but extremely stretchy. Meishan Wang, North Carolina State University When you think…
Volunteers were exposed to coronavirus as part of a scientific study Koto Feja/Getty By intentionally exposing people to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, scientists have been…
Radiation measurements being taken in the Chernobyl Exclusion ZoneSergey Dolzhenko/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Although officially classified as contaminated, agricultural land around the Chernobyl reactor appears to be safe for…
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…
When discussing diet and nutrition, opinions can often be divisive and passionate. Recently, I found myself in the middle of a debate surrounding supermarket bread that…
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided stunning new images of the Crab Nebula, containing the highest-quality infrared data yet available to help astronomers investigate…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is perhaps the best-known atmospheric feature and a popular icon among the solar system’s objects. Its large oval shape, contrasting red color,…
Why do culinary herbs like lavender have such a strong scent and flavor? Shutterstock/Karina Georgieva Below is an excerpt from our nature newsletter, Wild Wild Life.…
Astronomers have discovered a pair of merging quasars observed just 900 million years after the Big Bang. Not only is this the most distant pair of…
“Put that phone away!” Most parents have yelled something similar to this at their children, usually resulting in a shocked look on the child’s face. In…
Self-driving car driving through downtown San Francisco Jason Doi Photography/Getty Images Self-driving cars may be safer than human drivers in everyday situations, but the technology struggles…
Triton and Pluto, at left (not to scale), may be missing siblings. JPL/NASA//Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute An analysis of Neptune’s largest moon, Triton,…
The “Elgin Marvel” fossil is a block of reddish sandstone containing a natural cast of a Permian skull and jaw. Dicynodonts It was discovered in the…
In December 2019, a little-known galaxy called SDSS 1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, suddenly started glowing brighter than ever before. To…
calcium: A chemical element and alkali metal commonly found in minerals in the earth's crust and sea salt. It is also found in bone minerals and…
Physicist James Clerk Maxwell proposed the devil thought experiment in 1867.SSPL/Science Museum/Getty Images A chemical pump, based on a 19th century thought experiment involving an invisible…
The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that the United States Climate Corps is a federal program focused on training young individuals in clean energy, environmental protection,…
Ultracold atoms could solve quantum computing puzzle Orange Fish/Shutterstock Ultracold atoms that always move in the same pattern, in the form of a material called a…
Ukrainian engineers help clear Russian mines Kirill Chubotin/Ukrinform/Nurphoto Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left so many mines planted across the country that it would take 700…
of Tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima)a North American species of the goldenrod family Asteraceaecan recognize other nearby plants without touching them by sensing the proportion of far-red…
The warm Neptunian exoplanet, called GJ 3470b (Gliese 3470b), is 96 light years away and orbits a 2 billion year old red dwarf star in the…
Cashew nut shells contain acids that can be used for biofuelJanet Houghton/Alamy Stock Photos As the shipping industry seeks ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, companies…
summaryA group of Olympic hopefuls has expressed concern about the heat during the games in Paris.Olympic organizers say they are preparing for tough conditions, including scheduling…
The 246-million-year-old specimen is the geologically oldest marine reptile to inhabit the Southern Hemisphere. This image shows a nothosaurus swimming along the ancient Antarctic coast of…
A new genus and species of Unenraghiin dinosaur has been identified by Argentine paleontologists. DiuqinrechiguanaeThe discovery fills a large gap in the theropod dinosaur fossil record.…
A 3D shape of constant width viewed from three different angles, with the middle view resembling a 2D Reuleaux triangle. Andriy Prymak et al. 2024/SageMath/Danilo Radchenko…
When it comes to baking, I’m a firm believer in the benefits of making from scratch. However, there are a few exceptions, one of which is…
Nora Durst (Carrie Coon) and Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux) Van Reden/HBO leftovers Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta HBO It’s a strange time leftovers premiered on HBO…
Open the newspaper these days and you’ll find an article about the latest celebrity’s opinion on Ozempic or the latest illness it shows promise for treating.…
Humanoid robots that can drive cars may one day be used as chauffeurs, but their creators acknowledge that this could be at least 50 years away.…
