The “Eye of Horus,” a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The…
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The odd effects of special relativity can be harnessed to build quantum computersYuichiro Chino/Getty Images Special relativity could be harnessed…
Lesser Goldfinch (Male), Carol’s Garden, Palm Canyon Resort, Borrego Springs, California. Credit: Alan D. Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.5 New research…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Mount Nyamuragira and Mount Nyiragongo, Congo [-1.46079851, 29.22711414]What’s in the photo? Infrared images of lava lakes…
Can weight-loss drugs ditch the needles?Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images A daily pill appears to lower blood sugar in people with type…
The capsid-protein language model (CAP-PLM) predicts fitness of AAV2 mutants. Credit: Human Gene Therapy (2025). DOI: 10.1089/hum.2024.227 A new study…
Earth-based lifeforms known as lichens may be tough enough to survive on Mars, a new study suggests.Scientists came to this…
Real aliens may not be so obvious, if we ever find themNaeblys/Alamy If you’re the kind of person who keeps…
A mosaic of two pictures showing the rover arm after scanning and sampling one of the rocks discussed in the…
QUICK FACTSName: Plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus)Where it lives: South America, from southern Bolivia and Paraguay to ArgentinaWhat it eats: Grasses,…
Our retinas could be made to see a vivid shade of blue-greenMikeCS images/Alamy Five people have witnessed an intense green-blue…
Basic research contributes to technological innovation by deepening our understanding of the interplay between antiferromagnetism, band topology, and strong electron…
The universe’s missing matter may have finally been found.Astronomers think regular matter — that is, the stuff that isn’t dark…
Artist’s impression of the planet K2-18b and its host starESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser Astronomers claim to have seen the strongest evidence…
Infographic Depicting Radar Vs AIS to Detect Vessel Speed. Credit: ProtectedSeas A new study by researchers at ProtectedSeas highlights the…
In 2020, astronomers observed for the first time what appeared to be a star engulfing one of its orbiting planets.…
Moai on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter IslandAll Canada Photos / Alamy Stock Photo A newly identified drought on…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel…
(Image credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images)The first meteor shower of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrids, will…
Protestors gathered in March outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationChip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Trump administration aims…
In the Arnold Mathijssen lab, researchers used a gooseneck kettle, coffee grinder, and a pour-over setup alongside precise measurements and…
Be it a salmon swimming upstream or a turtle mounting a shoe, creatures obey the impulse that commands them to…
The control room at quantum computer start-up QuantinuumQuantinuum The US military has launched an effort to determine who may be…
The optical rotatum’s logarithmic spiral follows a pattern found often in nature, including nautilus shells. Credit: Capasso Lab / Harvard…
The mammal brain is a complex network of billions of cells connected via trillions of nodes that neuroscientists have yet…
Pelvis width may influence the risk of birth complications and back painCavan Images/Getty Images The width of a person’s hips…
This burrowing owl was photographed at Markham Park in Broward County, FL. They can be found in various regions across…
On Saturday, April 12, look east at dusk to see the next full moon rise into the sky: the “Pink…
Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock What does science get us? That’s always the question from those who fund it, but not from those…
Cherry blossoms symbolise the fragility of life in Japanese culture as full blooms only last about a week before the…