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The image on the right is the latest and best image of a black hole. EHT collaboration Thanks to an update to the world’s first black…
The distribution of ions at the air-water interface plays a decisive role in many natural processes. Some studies suggest that large ions tend to exhibit interfacial…
In bottom trawling, a weighted net is dragged across the ocean floor.NarisaFotoSS/Shutterstock Bottom trawling releases about 340 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each…
used by astronomers CSIRO's Australian Telescope Compact Array captured the most detailed radio images ever seen of the 47-member Tukanae star cluster, the second brightest globular…
NASA’s Stardust mission returned rocky material from the coma of comet 81P/Wild 2 (pronounced “Wild-2”) to Earth on January 15, 2006. Comet Wild 2 contains volatile…
Paleontologists from the CSIC National Museum of Natural History have identified a new genus and species of medium-sized cat from a partial jaw found in the…
According to a new study, Greenland’s ice sheet has lost approximately 1,965 square miles to glacier retreat since 1985, which is about the same area as…
Printed circuit board for “thermodynamic computer” normal computing A first-of-its-kind computer can use random “noise” inherent in our world to perform calculations. It is built using…
looking at viruses under a microscope Kokada/Getty Images What is disease X? Do not panic! Disease X doesn’t exist yet, but it might someday. Disease The…
Robot dodecahedron mounted on a submersible (circled area) brennan phillips The robotic dodecahedron can capture fragile deep-sea animals, collect tissue samples, and build three-dimensional scans of…
Over the past few decades, both men and women have benefited from improvements in medical care.ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Women have historically lived longer than men, but…
Tardigrade observed using a fluorescence microscope.Some organs are highlighted with fluorescent markers Smythers et al/PLoS ONE (CC-BY 4.0) Tardigrades are known for their ability to withstand…
Kimchi, a traditional Korean dish made from salted and fermented vegetables, may contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Magdalena Bujak/Alamy Fermented foods such as kimchi and artisan cheese can contain…
Two weeks before the pandemic lockdown in March 2020, I flew to Tucson, Arizona, and knocked on the door of a suburban ranch-style home. I was…
DNA tiles assembled into a series of letters could represent a new form of computingOlivier Wyart/Headquarter, 2023. www.headquart.paris Images can be classified simply by analyzing how…
Geometric problems involve proving facts about angles and lines in complex shapesGoogle Deep Mind Google DeepMind's AI can solve some International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) problems in…
The year was 1974. While newspaper columnists were busy talking about the development of in vitro fertilization and the possibility of “test tube babies,” the surprising…
Researchers created tornado-like vortices in superfluid helium Yoshigin/Shutterstock Giant quantum vortices could allow researchers to study black holes. This vortex is a special form of liquid…
Interestingly, the gamma-ray signal detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has a similar orientation to another unexplained feature produced by some of the most energetic…
To accelerate: To experience a change in speed (velocity).Antarctica: A continent located at the southernmost tip of the world, mostly covered in ice.arctic sea ice: Ice…
If men were encouraged to play outside as children, they may have better navigation skills than women Colin Hawkins/Getty Images/Image Source In fact, men tend to…
Ibex can be at risk from wolves if they move around at nightrobert andrighetto Alpine ibex have become increasingly nocturnal to escape rising daytime temperatures, despite…
Many of us have felt some amount of stress over the past few years. Exhibit A for me is my teeth. A recent trip to the…
Infrared image of Saturn’s icy moon TitanNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/Stephane Le Mouelik, Virginia Pasek Saturn’s moon Titan is home to strange “magical islands” that appear and…
A female octopus lays her eggs near a small rock outcrop, informally known as El Dorado Hill.ROV Subastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute Four new species of deep-sea octopus…
'Groundbreaking': Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves in The Matrixalamy stock photo I Professor of Physics at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia He is also the author…
The year was 1974. While newspaper columnists were busy talking about the development of in vitro fertilization and the possibility of “test tube babies,” the surprising…
cloned rhesus monkeyZhaodi Liao et al. After many years and many attempts, a healthy rhesus monkey was finally created by cloning. The clone was born in…
Every year, we put millions of tons of salt onto roads around the world. As you walk through the picturesque streets of Krakow, Poland's Old Town…
Willis Gibson, a 13-year-old, made history in the game when he became the first person to win the Nintendo game Tetris on December 21. The game…
Climate change denial has taken on a new focus, according to a recent report from the Center for Digital Action. Instead of denying that the planet…
A coronavirus vaccine is being administered at Epsom Racecourse in Surrey, England. PA Image/Alamy Around 7,000 people in the UK would have avoided dying or being…
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet passing by the young Sun-like star HD 63433. HD 63433d is located close…
Brazilian anthropologist reconstructs ancient human face Homolonghi This comes from a well-preserved skull discovered in northeastern China in the 1930s. portrait of Homolonghi. Image credit: Cicero…
The JN.1 version of the Omicron covid-19 variant was first detected in Luxembourg in August and spread to many countries over the next few months. Jun…
New research from the University of Bristol has revealed the origin of titanium-rich basaltic magma on the Moon. A map of titanium abundance on the moon's…
Joe Marino/UPI Credit/Alamy Live News This is the year of the moon, and it has already begun. The Vulcan rocket's first launch on January 8 marked…
Fish caught in discarded nets in the Great Pacific Garbage PatchOcean Voyages Institute/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock It was a bright sunny day in September 2023. Excitement filled the…
Dengue fever is currently endemic in 100 countries, putting half of the world’s population at risk. The threat has increased dramatically, with the number of dengue…
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken new photos of the relatively small galaxy UGC 5189A in the constellation Leo. This Hubble image shows UGC 5189A,…
