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Physicists from the ATLAS Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN have announced the results of the most sensitive search to date for double…
Cygnus X-3It is an X-ray binary system located about 7,400 parsecs (24,136 light years) away in the constellation Cygnus, and analysis of the data indicates that…
The five man-made greenhouse gases identified by astrobiologist Edward Schwieterman of the University of California, Riverside, and his colleagues could be detected in relatively low concentrations…
Research shows active hydrothermal systems on small ocean planets have the potential to sustain life
Ocean worlds are planetary bodies with liquid oceans, often beneath an icy shell or within rocky interiors. In our solar system, several moons of Jupiter and…
summaryIn the last week alone, extreme weather has wreaked havoc in many parts of the United States and around the world.Climate change is increasing the likelihood…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory Tuesday warning officials, health care providers and the public about the heightened risk of dengue…
Pete Burford photographed a damselfly that appears to be peering into a camera lens with … tens of individual light-receiving units, called ommatidia, each with a…
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes some crazy ideas for how to tinker with the universe and tests their effects against the laws of…
We tend to think of space-time as the underlying structure of the universe, but whether it’s truly fundamental, or whether it arises from something much deeper,…
CrackerClips Stock Media/Alamy All life as we know it in the entire universe is tucked away on a tiny rock floating in a tiny branch of…
Can you solve this puzzle? Mike Knoop The series of puzzles, which are relatively easy for humans but will challenge today’s most sophisticated artificial intelligence models,…
This robot's face can laughTakeuchi et al. (CC-BY-ND) Researchers say smiles made from living human skin could one day be attached to humanoid robots, allowing the…
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI In a sense, we are at the center of the universe. But that’s because we see the same distance in every direction,…
AI-generated avatar appears to translate English text into American Sign Language https://signllm.github.io/#demo Artificial intelligence has been used to create avatars that can translate text into sign language, but one of the researchers in the demo video says the avatars are overly exaggerated, and experts in deaf culture and sign language say the AI translations are
Transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (cyan) within an infected cell. NIAID Urgent action is needed to stop the spread of a new, primarily heterosexually transmitted, strain of MPOX that has caused more than 1,000 cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, say medical experts responding to the outbreak, who fear the disease could
Discovering extraterrestrial life may now become more achievable as scientists explore the possibility of aliens modifying the planets in our solar system to create a warmer…
The Chang’e-6 probe is recovered in Xiziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.Xinhua/Shutterstock China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft has returned to Earth, bringing back the first chunk of space rock…
Shutterstock/Dr. Norbert Lange We think of this universe as containing everything that exists, has existed in the past, and will exist in the future, but that…
An astrophysicist and a surgeon walk into a bar. No, this is not the start of a bad joke. A few years ago, an astrophysicist Franco…
Los Angeles, California — More than two years ago, Russia launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Volodymyr Borisenko, a 12th-grader at School No. 28 in Cherkasy,…
Antibody: Any of a number of proteins produced by the body’s B cells and released into the blood as part of an immune response. Antibody production…
Aerial photo of the Antarctic ice sheet David Vaughn/BAS Antarctica’s melting ice sheet could retreat faster as warmer ocean water invades underneath it, and rising ocean…
Do you own a precious and adorable cat? If so, your feline friend may be obstructing your view of this page and causing havoc once again,…
The choice to name a new project the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) may come across as presumptuous. Dark energy, you see, is completely unseen; it…
Slugs and snails have a unique way of moving. They travel at a slow speed of about 1 meter per hour (3 feet per hour) using…
The Moon, Earth’s steadfast companion that remains in orbit, has been a popular subject of discussion since the early days of space exploration. Missions have been…
An object thrown straight up can be modeled by the equation v^2/2g, where v is the initial velocity of the object and g is the acceleration…
The ancient ship and its cargo are estimated to date to the 13th century BC, making it one of the oldest shipwrecks ever discovered. Canaanite amphorae…
High concentrations of free amino acids in tea leaves are important for tea’s flavor and health functions, but their biosynthesis, transport and turnover in the tea…
According to a multi-trait systematic study led by the Federal University of Pará, ornithologists Silver-cheeked anteater (Sacesphoroides cristatus) It actually represents not one but two species.…
Jet engines emit large amounts of ultrafine particlesAerovista Luchtfotografie/Shutterstock The health of more than 50 million people living within 20 kilometres of Europe's busiest airport is…
The test flight of Starliner to the International Space Station is aimed at showcasing the spacecraft’s capability to safely transport astronauts to low Earth orbit and…
Walking on hot red sand is hard work, especially when the temperature exceeds 40°C (104°F). After about 40 minutes you are soaked, dehydrated and exhausted. It…
Does Mercury have some shiny secret? NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington An experiment replicating early conditions on Mercury, the smallest planet in…
Origami logic gates could be the basis for computersMichael Assis A piece of paper folded according to the rules of origami could theoretically perform any imaginable…
Shutterstock/Katerina Con When Gene Marrazzo was announced as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) last year, he became one of the…
Quantum states are surprisingly energetic David Wall/Getty New calculations suggest that in quantum mechanics, the whole can be much greater than the sum of its parts.…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered at least five young globular clusters within SPT 0615-JD1 (also known as the Cosmic Gems Arc),…
“The Beast” features Lea Seydoux and George MacKay in a captivating and shocking sci-fi performance.
Lea Seydoux (and a bunch of dolls) heat up the screen in ‘Beast’Carol Bethuel BeastBertrand BonelloAt the cinema “Something was lying in wait for him,” Henry…
Melanie Acevedo/Getty Images Thank you to everyone who suggested questions for my new evidence-based advice column. This time, I’m responding to a reader who is worried…