There were widespread protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Credit: Lancaster University The murder of George Floyd could…
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QUICK FACTSName: Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)Where it lives: In tropical and temperate regions of the deep ocean, at depths from…
Fast food is often ultra-processedShutterstock/siamionau pavel Two of the biggest health concerns of the modern age – ultra-processed foods (UPFs)…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In recent years, the term “eldest daughter syndrome” has gained traction on social media, as many…
From above, Antarctica might seem like a cold, flat and desolate landscape — and it certainly is. But beneath the…
A model of Kosmos 482, which was originally set to go to VenusWikimedia Commons More than 50 years after its…
The landscape surrounding a section of the Sudbury River on July 2, 2005 at the low water stage. Images like…
A startup has launched the first quantum device in the world that blends the potential of quantum computing with the…
Quantum correlations are the strongest ones ever measuredSAKKMESTERKE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The strange connections between quantum objects are the strongest relationships…
The averaged continuum image of G24.33+0.14 from NOEMA. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2504.19782 Using the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA)…
Researchers have reconstructed the Titanic’s final hours using the most detailed digital model of the shipwreck to date.The model, revealed…
The megalithic graveyard of Carrowkeel in Sligo, Irelandscenicireland.com/Christopher Hill Photographic/Alamy Ireland’s megalithic tombs might not have been burial grounds for…
Voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of making Starbase into its own independent city in the southern US state of Texas.…
Although humans and artificial intelligence (AI) systems “think” very differently, new research has revealed that AIs sometimes make decisions as…
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Morphology and shape morphing in rose petals. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adt0672. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt0672 Four physicists at the Hebrew University of…
Polynomial equations are a cornerstone of modern science, providing a mathematical basis for celestial mechanics, computer graphics, market growth predictions…
The intestinal lining of a mouse, with several bacteria (green) and one red blood cell (red)IKELOS GmbH/Dr. Christopher B. Jackson/Science…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase “A long time ago…
Dinosaurs weren’t in decline when an asteroid smashed into Earth and wiped them out, scientists say. Instead, the idea that…
EC-STM image of 2,2′-bipyrimidine-modified Pt(111) in Ar-saturated 0.1-M KOH solution with 10−4 M of 2,2′-bipyrimidine at 0.46 V. Credit: Nature Energy (2025).…
The earliest known domestic cat in what is now the United States perished 466 years ago in a shipwreck off…
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy, JrTom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images When Robert F Kennedy…
Scientists used supercomputer simulation to reveal the underlying mechanism by which the irregular fault geometry, characterized by multisegments, controlled the…
Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is prompting people to question what the fundamental limits of the technology are. Increasingly,…
Encrypted messages could be hidden within a normal-looking conversation on social mediaTero Vesalainen/iStockphoto/Getty Images Secret messages can be hidden inside…
The 2025 United Nations (UN) Oceans Conference, seen here with Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivering a speech at the 2022…
Global warming has made it easier for bacteria and other germs to contaminate the food supply, and this little-discussed danger…
Disinformation can be especially prevalent on social media sitesStefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has…
The series of steps used by researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine to create bioengineered teeth. They used…