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Paper wasp hanging from a goldenrod flower Shutterstock / Paul Reeves Photography Researchers have identified a population of cells in a wasp’s brain that allows it…
Using sensitive instruments aboard ESA’s International Gamma-ray Astrophysics Laboratory (Integral) mission, astronomers GRB231115A Taken from the center of Messier 82 (M82, NGC 3034, or the Cigar…
Tiny robots may offer a way to clean up plastic pollution in water dottedhippo/Getty Images A small magnetic robot can help remove some of the tiniest…
Recovering ancient records of the Earth's magnetic field is difficult because the magnetization of rocks is often reset by heating during burial due to tectonic movements…
We may gain a clearer understanding of why accretion disks around large black holes are so bright Dana Berry/SkyWorks Digital/NASA Thousands of relatively small black holes…
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency issued a rule on Thursday that will require coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. This new…
High blood splatter “Get ready!” This immortal motto of the Scout movement will come to the mind of many readers who read the paper “Dynamics of…
Robert Hirons/Alamy Stock Photo It has become common for artificial intelligence companies to claim that the worst-case scenarios in which their chatbots are used can be…
Mouse brain hippocampus (red) containing some rat cells M. Kadish Imtiaz/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CC BY-NC-ND) Rat cells grown in the brains of mice without…
Hybrid tea roses, including varieties such as Charles de Gaulle, are the most popular type of modern garden rose. Far Mamat / Alamy Current commercial roses…
There seems to be no end to alarming news stories about cancer patients, from the famous (Kate Middleton and King Charles) to the not-so-famous (local nurses,…
Baby undergoing test to record brain activity while listening to sound stimulationTübingen University Hospital As the nervous system develops in fetuses and infants, the complexity of…
adrenaline: A hormone produced by the glands (adrenal glands) when we are stressed due to fear, anger, or anxiety. Your heart beats faster and your muscles…
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has announced the winners of this year’s Scientific Image Competition, which celebrates the hidden beauty of scientific research. The contest…
elephant and blind manThomas Metzinger (MIT Press) No other book about consciousness is as radical (or has such a long title). The Elephant and the Blind:…
The night sky is a treasure trove of celestial wonders, and sometimes incredible events happen when no one is watching. Astronomers were thrilled when a satellite…
America is often described as the land of the free and the home of the brave. However, some parts of the country grapple with issues surrounding…
Cocoa swollen bud virus disease It is one of the most economically damaging cocoa tree diseases, accounting for almost 15-50% of crop losses in Ghana. This…
Messier 76also known as M76, NGC 650/651, or the Little Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula located approximately 3,400 light-years away in the northern constellation of…
An extinct species of giant salmon called Oncorhynchus lastrosus They boasted a pair of front teeth that protruded like fangs from the sides of their mouths,…
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images In 1980, Disney World in Orlando, Florida, began developing a new method of generating electricity for its theme parks that would reduce the…
A diver injects vinegar into crown-of-thorns starfish as part of a culling program.CSIRO A culling program has successfully protected key areas of the Great Barrier Reef…
Triangular gold flakes can be manipulated using mysterious quantum forces George Zograf A tiny gold device for controlling light is built using strange quantum effects hidden…
The SLIM lander continues to take photos of the moon's surface.JAXA Somehow, Japan's Smart Lunar Survey Lander (SLIM) survived three lunar nights. This is an amazing…
Inside the DIII-D tokamak fusion reactor Ruth Wilcox (CC BY-SA 4.0) Fusion reactions have overcome two important barriers to operating in the “sweet spot” needed for…
The pink lapacho tree is one of approximately 300,000 species of flowering plantsRoberto Okamura Tetsuo/Shutterstock Botanists have used genome data from more than 9,500 species to…
ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft found obvious traces of spider. They are scattered in the south pole region of Mars. This image of an Inca city on…
The noise of cicadas is incredibly loud, with residents in one South Carolina county mistaking it for sirens and loud roars.The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office took…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing millions of dollars to help traditionally underserved coastal communities combat climate change. This funding includes a significant…
Flu vaccination became more effective after mice were fed a low-fat diet iStockPhotography/Getty Switching obese mice to a low-fat diet before influenza vaccination improves their ability…
Sulfur and chlorine isotopes in Io’s atmosphere indicate that Io has been volcanically active throughout the solar system’s 4.57 billion-year history. This global map of Io…
antenna: (plural: antennae or antennae) A pair of elongated sensory appendages on the head of insects, crustaceans, and other arthropods.average: The arithmetic mean. The sum of…
From the moment you begin as an immature egg in your grandmother’s womb, your fertility journey is limited. However, scientists at Cambridge University may soon change…
Hamsters, horses, and humans all do it, so it’s no surprise that gorillas, one of our closest living relatives, also fart a lot. Farting is the…
Large bird of prey footprints discovered in ChinaCourtesy of Dr. Scott Parsons Five giant dinosaur footprints discovered in southeastern China were made by the largest birds…
Nearly 40% of Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, and the U.S. is set to regress in air-cleaning progress as the effects…
Petitcodus shark fossil discovered in MexicoRoman Vullo A fossil shark that thrived during the Cretaceous period has been found and has shed light on how sharks…
Enterobacter bugandensis It is mainly present in clinical specimens such as the human gastrointestinal tract. Example workflow illustrating the process of comparative genomics analysis Enterobacter bugandensis,…
