Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have found an alternative explanation for a mysterious gamma-ray signal coming from the…
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CLIMATEWIRE | New policies established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency aimed at helping individuals qualify for disaster aid have…
Kids under five years old have just become the last age group made eligible for a COVID vaccine in the…
There are cells in the body known as pluripotent stem cells that are yet to specialize in a particular biological…
Four different Australopithecus crania that were found in the Sterkfontein caves, South Africa. The Sterkfontein cave fill containing this and…
This is a test detector image from the NIRISS instrument operated in its single-object slitless spectroscopy (SOSS) mode while pointing…
Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). Credit: Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 In a 600-gallon tank overlooking Port Everglades, small pieces of brain…
In 2012, a shriveled white star in a nearby galaxy reached the end of its life and exploded in a…
Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that body size is more important than body shape in determining the…
Populations of Mediterranean monk seals began shrinking when seafaring civilisations expanded around the Mediterranean basin Life 24 May 2022 By…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English paleontologist. Curiosity…
If pimples are caused by oily skin, why doesn’t a good washing prevent all breakouts? A recent study offers an…
Since ancient times, our gut microbiome, home to a vast number of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms, has been…
Forestry PhD candidate Melanie Sifton examines soil recovered from the Port Lands construction site. Credit: Geoffrey Vendeville, University of Toronto…
Editor’s Note (6/14/22): The current hearings on the January 6, 2021, insurrection, held by a U.S. House of Representatives committee,…
Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, with too little or…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain What is the common thread among mRNA vaccines, genomic drugs, NASA’s mission to the moon and…
A stream of supercharged particles from the sun recently crashed into Earth with no prior warning. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens…
If the stars hadn’t aligned, two of the most remarkable spacecraft ever launched never would have gotten off the ground.…
Credit: Scientific American MIND, July/August 2022Advertisement A fascinating study was published in 2015 showing that in cultures with higher rates…
A large trial is underway to see how much CO2 can be removed from the atmosphere by burying a charcoal-like…
There are trillions of cells in your body, but the cells that you have today are not all the exact…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Though it’s early in the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, the number of storms is tracking behind…
When it comes to bad exercise habits, not making time to stretch out pre- or post-exercise is top of the…
A southern resident killer whale. Credit: NOAA, Ocean Wise The endangered southern resident killer whale population isn’t getting enough to…
Explorers have discovered the world’s deepest shipwreck after 78 years: a U.S. Navy destroyer escort that sank during World War…
A new form of security identification could soon see the light of day and help us protect our data from…
A team led by scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign tracked the rise and fall of SARS-CoV-2 in the…
More than 170 confirmed cases have been recorded in North and South America, Australia, the Middle East, North Africa and…
The High Potential Individual visa is intended to attract graduates from around the world to work in the UK, but…