A reconstruction of the giant octopusYohei Utsuki/Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University While dinosaurs ruled the land, Cretaceous…
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Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new study published…
Chip designer Arm has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) hardware arena with its first in-house processor designed to power AI…
The dairy industry’s green claims are under scrutinyWitthaya/Getty Images The world’s biggest meat and dairy companies are flooding the public…
Conservation tillage practices, such as no-till and reduced till, are critical for sustainable agriculture, and they are gradually becoming popular…
After nearly half a century in space, the Voyager 1 spacecraft just shut down one of its last remaining science…
An artist’s impression of nanodiamondsKATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy Diamonds are forever, but if you make them ultrasmall, they can get…
The sun continuously blasts charged, magnetic field-carrying particles, or plasma, in all directions. This solar wind interacts with the magnetic…
The altar to Sol was pierced from behind so that light could shine through. (Image credit: © National Museums Scotland)QUICK…
When was the last time you changed your mind?Peter Cavanagh/Alamy “The most difficult subjects,” novelist Leo Tolstoy once wrote, “can…
Spatially distributed prediction of streamflow and nitrogen (N) export dynamics is essential for precision management of agricultural watersheds. While temporal…
Using ancient-DNA analysis, researchers have identified the presence of Streptococcus pyogenes, or group A strep, in a 700-year-old mummy from…
Electric cars could make their owners money while they sit idleMaskot Bildbyrå At least 90 per cent of the electricity…
Whether social media connects us or leaves us feeling isolated depends on how we use it, according to new research…
Astronomers may have discovered an extreme pair of light-spewing black holes that are spiraling toward an enormous collision — the…
People sometimes report seeing a bright light during near-death experiences, but this symbolism of transition also commonly occurs in dreams…
Research has shed important new light on the enemies-turned-allies that allow bacteria to exchange genes, including those linked to antimicrobial…
There’s a central crisis in cosmology: Different measurements yield different values for the expansion rate of the universe. Now, a…
A super El Niño led to flooding in China in 1998ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images In the past month, weather…
A new study by Hashem Akbari, a professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, offers a simplified…
For the first time, researchers have detected empty voids moving faster than the speed of light — and they blazed…
Our gut microbiome has a significant impact on our hormonesnopparit/Getty Images Discarded sex hormones can be returned to the bloodstream…
Scientists have developed a new method to measure ocean surface currents over large areas in greater detail than ever before.…
Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]).…
The astronauts of the Artemis II mission have made it home. Their journey, which began in Cape Canaveral, Florida,…
A pervasive narrative has taken hold in education: generative AI (genAI) is an unstoppable force, and educators must adapt or…
Since its historic April 1 launch from Kennedy Space Center, NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon has delivered a…
One of the radiolarian fossils found inside the rock sampleCourtesy of Jonathan Aitchison A tiny pellet of ancient rock, a…
Living with friends may quietly be altering your gut bacteria, according to a new study from the University of East…
About 1,500 years ago, entire families were sacrificed to honor local royalty in what is now South Korea, a new…