How does gravity affect the passage of time? (Image credit: Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images)Einstein’s theory of general relativity upended…
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Three chimpanzees have been shot dead and four remain on the loose after mysteriously escaping from their enclosure in Sweden’s…
Almost 200 species of bacteria, including one that can cause food poisoning, were found on microfibre particles from the Mediterranean…
A gel that has prevented almost all of 1 billion sperm getting past the cervix in sheep could become an…
In a study published recently in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that treating…
Viruses can inflame and disrupt connections between the olfactory system, which governs the sense of smell, and the part of…
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah — is a celebration that happens around the middle of winter…
Researchers of the University of Amsterdam, together with colleagues at the University of Queensland and the Norwegian Institute for Water…
If you’re contemplating a complex problem, think of Occam’s razor, as simplicity is often best. (Image credit: Laurence Dutton via…
The practice of adding ‘leap seconds’ to official clocks to keep them in sync with Earth’s rotation will be put…
Numerous studies over more than two decades have demonstrated a robust relationship between climate and the dynamics of human diseases,…
A man suffering from pain and inflammation in his genitals had parasitic worms dancing inside his scrotum, and doctors caught…
“Many people don’t realize that there are math questions that we don’t know how to answer,” says mathematician Melanie Matchett…
A search of the ancient DNA of Neanderthals and Denisovans has revealed coding for extinct bacteria-killing proteins that we could…
Widespread protests against China’s zero-covid policy have led the country to ease some restrictions, but its failure to vaccinate older…
A single particle has no temperature. It has a certain energy or a certain speed — but it is not…
A week and a half before the midterm elections, a man broke into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s house, screaming “Where’s Nancy?”…
Buried nuts would quickly rot in the tropical rainforests of Hainan Island, so flying squirrels have taught themselves carpentry instead…
An analysis of a fossil has revealed a new species of dinosaur named Natovenator polydontus. It was semi-aquatic, looked a…
The first match of the men’s football World Cup kicked off in Qatar on 20 November, when the temperature was expected to be around 30…
by Louis Kusi Frimpong, Matthew Abunyewah, Seth Asare Okyere and Stephen Kofi Diko, The Conversation Property address has long been…
Squeegee starts with taxonomic classification using Kraken to determine a set of candidate contaminant species. Reads from the input data…
The Boston piano bar where Edward Nardell sings cabaret songs would typically be an ideal setting for airborne diseases to…
The sponge-like structure of the chip (in gray) was produced with salt crystals. In the lab, it is colonized by…
When it comes to studying food and diet, it’s difficult to know what people are eating — let alone their…
Two randomized, placebo-controlled trials evaluating three Ebola vaccine administration strategies in adults and children found that all the regimens were…
Before Mars dried up, an asteroid slammed into one of its oceans and caused a colossal megatsunami, and now researchers…
[]This letter, written by Charles V in 1547, contains long sections of mysterious symbols used to encrypt top secret information.…
The Kimberella fossil. Credit: Dr Ilya Bobrovskiy/GFZ-Potsdam. Credit: Dr Ilya Bobrovskiy/GFZ-Potsdam The contents of the last meal consumed by the…
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