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The formation of a large overpass 20 million years ago connected continents, influenced climate, separated oceans, and changed the course of evolution. According to recent papers…
Characters portrayed on-screen with autism, from Sheldon Cooper to Sherlock Holmes, have traditionally been characterized by their unique social skills. While experts often focus on social…
Signal, a popular messaging app, has recently come under scrutiny for reports that senior Trump administration officials used the platform to plan wars and inadvertently included…
This appeal will be reviewed by the investigative courts to determine if the national intelligence agency acted unlawfully. What is the UK government requesting from Apple?…
Shutterstock/Jorm Sangsorn If we could exchange bodies, we could see and feel the world just like everyone else. This idea was not only a favorite Hollywood…
Claudia Winkleman, The Traitors hostBBC /Studio Rambert Food -up, torch light, knife Sharp: Viewers in the UK are ready for different delicious finale Traitor Tonight, at…
Measuring body fat more carefully may help treat obesityHalf Point/Getty Images Rethinking how obesity is defined could help millions of people around the world, claims a…
The raging wildfires in the Los Angeles area are still causing havoc, with firefighters facing strong winds in their efforts to control the blazes.But what exactly…
The breeding season for emperor penguins is fraught with danger.Stefan Christmann/naturepl.com A rover silently explores a forbidding icy landscape. Suddenly it buzzed to life and spotted…
Losing weight can be difficultTero Vesalainen/Getty Images Obese people often lose weight but gain it back, but this may be partly due to permanent changes in…
A severe fire in a garage and home in south of Sydney may have been caused by a faulty lithium-ion battery in an electric scooter. Fire…
Whether you're roasting a chicken in the oven, browning onions in a skillet, or choosing a spread for your toast, oil is at the heart of…
Daylight Saving Time in the United States will soon end, with clocks turning back an hour. As we bid farewell to long summer nights, we welcome…
The existence of something rather than nothing is a profound question that lies at the intersection of science and philosophy. It pushes us to investigate the…
Despite the growing number of electric and hybrid vehicles on the roads, some individuals remain apprehensive about range and access to charging points, particularly if they…
Congratulations, you're twinsK. Miller, R. Hart/California Institute of Technology/IPAC A strange star that has confused researchers for decades now makes sense. It turns out that it…
Back in 1830, what would eventually become one of the most renowned novels in French literature was just an empty page. Victor Hugo had been tasked…
Gravity is one of the four fundamental forces that bind matter in the universe. The other three forces (electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and strong nuclear) are explained…
Inside the monument known as Mengadolmen in SpainMiguel Angel Blanco de la Rubia Neolithic people appear to have understood advanced concepts from sciences such as physics…
Health workers assess a suspected case of MPOX in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo.Arlette Basij/Bloomberg via Getty Images Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is…
aAmong those quickly convicted and sentenced recently for their involvement in racially charged riots were: Bobby Silbon. Silbon exited his 18th birthday celebration at a bingo…
Is it in the way we live, laugh, love? Or is it our aversion to clichés? Deep inside each of us, there must be something that…
In her laboratory, Jessica Nowicki can often be found pinching and plucking the legs of tiny female poison dart frogs, then returning the frog to its…
A slide showing part of a mouse brainStu Gray / Alamy A newly identified brain pathway in mice may explain why placebos, or interventions that should…
summary Four poultry workers in Colorado recently fell ill with avian flu, bringing the total number of cases in the United States to nine. Almost all…
Connectivity is crucial in today’s digital society, affecting our finances, social connections, job opportunities, education, and health. However, a significant number of people in the UK…
Illustration showing LUCA possibly being attacked by a virusScientific Graphic Design The organisms that gave rise to all life on Earth evolved much earlier than previously…
On Wednesday evening, I found myself seated at my kitchen table staring at my laptop screen with a mix of emotions. Testing out a new demo…
The iconic baobab, also known as the upside-down tree or tree of life, is most likely native to Madagascar, according to a new study. Baobab tree…
Two of the researchers and several study participants with Laron syndromeJaime Guevara-Aguirre and Bartel Longo People with rare genetic mutations that cause short stature and may…
bee Rolling a wooden ball – obviously for fun. The beautiful wrasse fish is Recognize yourself in an underwater mirror. The octopus seems to be like…
dogs can remember the names of thingsGolodenkov/Shutterstock Records of dogs’ brain activity show that dogs seem to understand that words refer to specific objects. Some dogs…
Are there so many people in so many parallel worlds, almost duplicates of you, reading almost duplicate articles of this article? Is consciousness a fundamental property…
Michel Taragrand: “Life is horribly random.” Peter Budge/Typos1/Abel Prize 2024 Michel Taragran won the 2024 Abel Prize, also known as the Nobel Prize of mathematics, for…
I had to let go of Pacific Drive, the unconventional fiction-inspired driving survival game I recommended last week. It’s not because it’s bad, not because it’s…
It may surprise you, but the universe isn’t perfect, at least not from a human perspective. One clear example of this imperfection is the existence of…
Sora introduces a groundbreaking artificial intelligence software that empowers users to produce remarkably lifelike videos based on simple verbal instructions. OpenAI, the mastermind behind Dall-E and…
Is consciousness a collection of discrete states that we move between? PM Images/Getty Images What is consciousness? This is perhaps the greatest mystery remaining in the…
a The following week, there was another clash between Apple and European regulators. According to the Financial Times, the company could face a huge fine for…
TThe biggest story in the gaming world so far this year is Palworld, the Pokémon-with-guns early access game that broke and broke concurrent player records on…