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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Toy company Mattel has been criticized for “stealth marketing” after giving away free Barbie and Ken…
One of the central challenges for synthetic chemists is to impose control over free radicals. Highly reactive molecules with an…
Svalbard. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tourists acting as citizen scientists have helped a research team detect microplastics on remote Arctic…
The Eagle quantum processorIBM IBM’s Eagle quantum computer completed a calculation that stumped the conventional supercomputer it was pitted against.…
The edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula.NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO A…
WANDERING around an achingly cool San Francisco coffee shop a few years ago, I was fascinated to see huge, open-topped…
An artist’s interpretation of what a brown dwarf star may look like from an exoplanet that orbits one. (Image credit:…
Dividing us all along generational lines is compelling, but trickyThomas Barwick/getty images GenerationsJean M. Twenge (Simon & Schuster) ZOOMERS are…
Hardship experienced by mothers during their own childhood or during pregnancy is reflected in the composition of their 2-year-old children’s…
Think of a psychopath and any number of Hollywood villains might come to mind, from charming killers like Hannibal Lecter…
In this photo provided by Brian Williams, a whale approaches his father, Kevin Williams, while he was paddleboarding in Prince…
Gary Stix: For Science, Quickly, I’m Gary Stix. Dreams may say something about the psyche, but they also say something…
Technicians remove lifting lugs after placing the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Solid Rocket Aft Skirts on top of a seismic isolator…
In an isolated field near a Roman villa in Wales, archaeologists have discovered the skeleton of a man buried facedown.…
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified a process by which enzymes can help prevent heart damage in…
Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. dramatically worsened from 1999 to 2019, a new study finds. The research, published in July…
Kristine Tompkins hiking on a mountain range in Patagonia, ChileJimmy Chin Wild Life Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Disney+ DON’T…
Simulations help forecasters understand tropical storms, like this one off Puerto Rico in 2021NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP/alamy The Universe in…
A supernova that exploded close to our newly forming sun could have destroyed what became our solar system — if…
In 1906, astronomer and businessman Percival Lowell launched a search for “Planet X,” a hypothetical giant planet orbiting the sun…
Remember what it’s like to twirl a sparkler on a summer night? Hold it still and the fire crackles and…
IF WE take the assertions of prominent tech CEOs at face value, humanity could be risking extinction if artificial intelligence…
Changes in ocean wave and storm conditions have not caused long-term impacts on sandy coastlines in the past 30 years,…
Taking a daily multivitamin supplement can slow age-related memory decline, finds a large study led by researchers at Columbia University…
A 62-foot-long fin whale carcass was discovered on a beach in County Kerry on July 9. (Image credit: Valerie O’Sullivan)Wildlife…
The mercury is expected to soar again with highs of 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) forecast for this weekend. A…
Scientists have been worried about the potential harms of microplastics for years. These small plastic particles less than 5 mm…
Shell is planning to maintain its current level of oil production until 2030Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Shell is the latest…
Chunyu Wang, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has added to his body of research on Alzheimer’s…