In today’s celebrity‑ and influencer‑driven culture, psychologists are increasingly interested in why people form strong emotional connections with famous figures,…
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Urine and fecal residue encrusted on the inside of ancient Roman chamber pots unearthed in Bulgaria has revealed the world’s…
Closed time-like curves offer a route to the pastRoman Budnikov/Alamy What if you could send a message into the past?…
A new study led by University of British Columbia researchers has found that pet cats allowed to roam outside unsupervised…
Research suggests we are on the brink of crossing several ecological “tipping points” that could derail ecosystems like the Amazon…
New York State Department of Health Commissioner James McDonald talking in New York last year about measles outbreaksJim Franco/Albany Times…
NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have captured two 360-degree landscapes that highlight how the missions are revealing details of the…
A rock discovered by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover contains “the most diverse collection” of the building blocks of life ever…
An artist’s impression of a star with two planets transiting across itNASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) Astronomers have identified…
“Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds.” View Original…
Hubble revisited the aquatic-looking Trifid Nebula 30 years after its original observations. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. Image processing: J.…
Stephan Schlamminger and his colleague, Vincent Lee, examine the torsion balance they used to measure the gravitational constantR. Eskalis/NIST For…
In February, mining company Alcoa was hit with a $55 million penalty for illegally clearing about 2,000 hectares of WA’s…
Building a giant dam between Russia and Alaska might save a key Atlantic current that is crucial to regulating the…
A reconstruction of the giant octopusYohei Utsuki/Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University While dinosaurs ruled the land, Cretaceous…
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new study published…
Chip designer Arm has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) hardware arena with its first in-house processor designed to power AI…
The dairy industry’s green claims are under scrutinyWitthaya/Getty Images The world’s biggest meat and dairy companies are flooding the public…
Conservation tillage practices, such as no-till and reduced till, are critical for sustainable agriculture, and they are gradually becoming popular…
After nearly half a century in space, the Voyager 1 spacecraft just shut down one of its last remaining science…
An artist’s impression of nanodiamondsKATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy Diamonds are forever, but if you make them ultrasmall, they can get…
The sun continuously blasts charged, magnetic field-carrying particles, or plasma, in all directions. This solar wind interacts with the magnetic…
The altar to Sol was pierced from behind so that light could shine through. (Image credit: © National Museums Scotland)QUICK…
When was the last time you changed your mind?Peter Cavanagh/Alamy “The most difficult subjects,” novelist Leo Tolstoy once wrote, “can…
Spatially distributed prediction of streamflow and nitrogen (N) export dynamics is essential for precision management of agricultural watersheds. While temporal…
Using ancient-DNA analysis, researchers have identified the presence of Streptococcus pyogenes, or group A strep, in a 700-year-old mummy from…
Electric cars could make their owners money while they sit idleMaskot Bildbyrå At least 90 per cent of the electricity…
Whether social media connects us or leaves us feeling isolated depends on how we use it, according to new research…
Astronomers may have discovered an extreme pair of light-spewing black holes that are spiraling toward an enormous collision — the…
People sometimes report seeing a bright light during near-death experiences, but this symbolism of transition also commonly occurs in dreams…