QUICK FACTSName: Lady of ElcheWhat it is: A limestone bustWhere it is from: Elche, SpainWhen it was made: Circa 400…
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Slow walking speed is a common feature of frailtyGordon Scammell/Loop Images/Universal Images/Getty Images An experimental stem cell therapy could treat…
Where are you at most risk when a flood or bushfire strikes? You might think it’s at home. But in…
When artificial intelligence (AI) is allowed to behave more like a human communicator, it becomes a more effective debate partner…
NASA’s Space Launch System has had a tricky startNASA/Cory Huston NASA is shaking up the plan for its Artemis moon…
Like so many sectors of the economy, the news industry is hurtling toward a future where artificial intelligence plays a…
Milestone: Carbon-14 discoveredDate: Feb. 27, 1940Where: Berkeley, CaliforniaWho: Martin Kamen and Samuel RubenOn this day in 1940, two scientists discovered…
Model of a Neanderthal man at the Natural History Museum in LondonMike Kemp/In Pictures/Getty Images When our species and Neanderthals…
The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their…
For decades, a debate has raged about whether the moon ever had a strong magnetic field, or if it was…
Artificial intelligences opt for nuclear weapons surprisingly oftenGalerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without…
Nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger as worsening drought, conflict and global aid cuts intensify the…
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The Adorant figurine, approximately 38,000 years old, consists of a small, ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences…
About 10 million years ago, Antarctica’s Southern Ocean started to get so cold that it scared away most fish in…
Menopause is a key period in a woman’s life. This transition is often accompanied by wide-ranging physical and psychological symptoms…
This image combines views from the Hubble and Keck II telescopes. A galaxy in the foreground, which appears as a…
It’s an age-old debate in space circles: Should humanity’s first city on another world be built on the moon, or…
The technology sounds like it’s been plucked from a science-fiction film — but it’s all too real.A number of companies…
Some pet foods contain potentially harmful PFAS chemicalsCris Cantón/Getty Images Many pet foods – especially those based on fish –…
There are thinkers who explain the world—and then there are the rare few who reframe it. Howard Bloom belongs firmly…
Spanish astronomers have conducted a near-infrared study of an ultra-high energy gamma-ray source designated LHAASO J2108+5157. The new study, published…
NASA has put the failed 2024 test flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule in the same category as the Challenger and…
An image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarised light, captured by the Event Horizon TelescopeEHT Collaboration At…
Many personal transportation-related decisions—such as vehicle purchases—are influenced by life events, like the birth of a child or a change…
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The weather-modifying equipment used by Rain Enhancement Technologies in UtahRain Enhancement Technologies States like Utah in the western US have…
Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered a compact binary system consisting of two white dwarfs in the…
Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes…
Heat normally flows from hot to coldklyaksun/Shutterstock A forgotten cup of coffee will gradually cool down as its heat flows…