Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic isotope technetium-99…
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Artist’s reconstruction of the pachycephalosaur Zavacephale rinpocheMasaya Hattori A dome-headed dinosaur found in Mongolia had a serious weapon on top…
Credit: Matt Clancy Australian researchers have discovered that sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosus) can recognize the smell of smoke as a…
Archaeologists in Romania have unearthed melted metal treasure within the remains of a Roman-era family’s scorched house.The treasure, which consists…
Left: The remains of a middle-aged woman at the Liyupo site in southern China, who was smoke-dried prior to burial…
Fumio Nakaki combined theoretical modelling with experimental benchmarking and used publicly available single-cell datasets to assess how sample multiplexing influences…
A website announces, “Free celebrity wallpaper!” You browse the images. There’s Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Timothée Chalamet — but you…
Ultra-processed foods might be responsible for a rise in obesity levels among childrenUNICEF/UN0846048/Florence Gou For the first time, more children…
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab scientists Edwin McMillan, left, and Ed Lofgren, stand atop the 7-foot-thick concrete shielding at the Bevatron,…
For athletes across all sports, few experiences are as agonizing as being forced to leave competition with a sudden muscle…
Jaguars are known to be strong swimmersMatthias Graben/imageBROKER RF/Getty Images Camera traps show that an adult male jaguar swam at…
Windsor Sinkhole Mastodon tusk, dated to approximately 178,000 years ago, was found in a gypsum sinkhole in Nova Scotia. Credit:…
Two men who lived around 2,500 years ago in what is now southern India have been brought to life in…
Unusual clouds form over the Martian volcano Arsia Mons each yearESA/DLR/FU Berlin/J. Cowart CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO A thin cloud…
Egg clutch sampled for chronological studies. Credit Dr. Bi Zhao. In the Cretaceous period, Earth was plagued by widespread volcanic…
Researchers have developed a breakthrough technology that solves a fundamental limit in electronics.This new technology, dubbed an “optoexcitonic switch,” could…
The tropical vlei rat has fur that shimmers with iridescent huesJessica Leigh Dobson More than a dozen mammal species shimmer…
EXPOSE flight hardware on the outside of the ISS with dried Chroococcidiopsis exposed. Credit: Roscosmos/ESA Extremophiles are a favorite tool…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Whitetail Butte, Priest River, Idaho [48.411815594, -116.84501960]What’s in the photo? A section of forest divided into…
Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo speaking at an anti-vaccine event in Sarasota, FloridaDave Decker/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Scepticism around vaccines has…
Credit: Serge Lavoie from Pexels Buying a house is one of the most high-stakes decisions many people will make in…
For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been able to turn to a…
An artist’s impression of a pterodactyl hatchling struggling against a tropical stormRudolf Hima Baby pterodactyls apparently flew within days of…
A female jumps towards the carbon pole to cross a body of water during a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands,…
The watery part of the world dominated our science news coverage this week, beginning with the alarming prediction that a…
The possible galaxy in an image from the James Webb Space TelescopeNASA, ESA, CSA, CEERS, G. Gandolfi Astronomers might have…
Structural evolution of gold nanoclusters: From anisotropic nucleation to growth into gold quantum needles. The structures were determined by X-ray…
Chinese researchers have discovered a giant, previously unknown hydrothermal system at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that could shed…
Just 0.3 per cent of the world’s land area would need to be covered in solar panels to meet all…
Extinction Risk–Protection Mismatch in China’s Flora. Credit: Shen Guozhen A new study has revealed a “hidden extinction crisis” in China’s…