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Illustration of Chiron’s ringsDan Durda For the first time, astronomers are watching a ring system form in real time. The…
Ruth Deidree Boelan prays for her relatives who went missing in recent flooding when their home on a riverbank collapsed.…
A lab accident has led engineers to build a chip that fires a rainbow of powerful laser beams — and…
Some problems are too hard for even quantum computersYaroslav Kushta/Getty Images Researchers have identified a “nightmare scenario” calculation related to…
Credit: Horticulture Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhae334 Phytochelatin synthases (PCSs) produce phytochelatins—tiny, cysteine-rich peptides that bind and neutralize toxic metal ions…
Around four years ago, now 77-year-old John Gormly went for what was supposed to be a routine blood test. But…
Artificial sweeteners may have gut microbiome benefitsRobert K. Chin/Alamy Using low-calorie sweeteners in place of sugar seems to give beneficial…
Microscopic images of the newly discovered bacterium, Caulobacter inopinatus. (A) A single cell with a tail-like flagellum used for swimming.…
The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) entering Earth’s atmosphere increased by a record amount in 2024, locking in further global…
A computer illustration of a cross-section of a lipid nanoparticle carrying the mRNA of a virus (orange strands)Science Photo Library…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl has driven overdose deaths to unprecedented levels in the United…
A rat-shaped indent on a Chicago sidewalk went viral early last year, with troves of people venturing to the hole…
Keith Thomas (right) was able to control another person’s handMATTHEW LIBASSI/Feinstein Institutes for Medical research A man with paralysis has…
The early structure of the CME in the SC domain. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal (2025). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adf855 Weather forecasting is…
Scientists have discovered huge, mysterious pieces of DNA in the oral microbiome — the population of bacteria and other microbes…
Coral reefs are being severely damaged by climate changeWaterFrame/Alamy A recent surge in ocean temperatures has caused the widespread bleaching…
Grey shrew, not a Christmas Island shrew, for which very few photos exist. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It’s official: the…
Earth may respond to the huge quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) that humans are pumping into the atmosphere by “overcorrecting”…
The STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion ColliderBROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY We are getting closer to understanding when the strong…
The gas giants Jupiter and Saturn exhibit eastward-flowing equatorial jet streams, while the ice giants Uranus and Neptune have westward-flowing…
In a video statement to the United Nations (UN) in September, China’s President Xi Jinping announced the country’s first-ever plan…
A reconstruction of what the Xiphodracon may have looked likeBob Nicholls Meet the “Sword Dragon”, a newly-named species of ichthyosaur…
Hydroclimatic anomalies during the warm season of 2023 with respect to the most recent climate normal (1991–2020). (a) Daily precipitation…
Walking treadmills are an excellent way to ramp up your step count and stay active when the weather outside takes…
A hydraulic jump occurs when fast and slow-moving water meet at a boundarydurk gardenier / Alamy For the first time,…
Green Anole Lizard (Anolis carolinensis) on railing in Hilo, Hawaii. Credit: Paul Hirst, CC-BY-SA-2.5 Some colorful lizards and a mathematical…
Two spacecraft on Mars have captured new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in the closest view that the European…
Black holes are extremely powerful matter distributorsNASA Image Collection/Alamy Unexpectedly violent black holes may have caused the mystery of the…
Participants were asked to watch a short simulation of a vehicle cutting them off in traffic. The offending vehicle had…