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In this June 21, 2017, file photo, a California condor takes flight in the Ventana Wilderness east of Big Sur,…
Former US president Barack Obama, as visualised by the AI for Justice OnlineRui Zhao et al. IEEE Conference on Computer…
The iconic first-ever view of a supermassive black hole sports a dramatic new look, thanks to machine learning. The picture…
Many people in the U.S. who are fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID have been waiting—eagerly in some cases—to receive…
There’s an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar…
Drone photograph of ‘fairy circles’ in spinifex on Nyiyaparli people’s country, east Pilbara, Western Australia. Credit: Dave Wells, Author provided…
After years of disappointing results in her quest to treat heroin addiction, Marie Nyswander was more than ready to try…
CLIMATEWIRE | The tailpipe emissions rules EPA proposed Wednesday are the sticks to Congress’ carrots, providing the clearest view yet of…
Despite spending more than half the year hibernating in frigid temperatures, brown bears (Ursus arctos) remain remarkably healthy. These idle…
When astronomers discovered the first worlds orbiting other stars thirty years ago, they also began taking what might be called…
Members of an Indonesian environmental task force team examine the mouth of a dead sperm whale that washed up on…
Photosynthesis is one of the most important chemical processes on Earth. (Image credit: Shutterstock)One of the most well-studied chemical processes…
In the lab at C16 Biosciences, yeast are fed sugar in bioreactorsC16 Biosciences The world’s first microbial alternative to palm…
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The species Homo sapiens evolved some 300,000 years ago and has come to dominate Earth unlike any species that came…
Researchers have developed a new way to create dynamic ultrahigh-density 3D holographic projections. By packing more details into a 3D…
CLIMATEWIRE | The United Nations’ latest climate assessment has upped the ante for energy policy in the United States, making it…
Google’s PaLM-E robot selecting a bag of rice snacksRobotics at Google/TU Berlin A robot from Google has achieved a level…
Macaques using stones to crack open nutsLydia V. Luncz By using stones to break open nuts, monkeys accidentally create sharp-edged…
Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning…
The copper fishing hook recently unearthed at a site near Ashkelon in Israel. (Image credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquity Authority)Shark…
Editor’s Note (3/21/23): The dangerous fungus Candida auris is spreading rapidly in hospitals and other health care facilities, the Centers…
Cornell University researchers have developed a silent-speech recognition interface that uses acoustic-sensing and artificial intelligence to continuously recognize up to…
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Some 11.5 trillion ‘nurdles’ — or tiny plastic balls — end up in the ocean each year, according to UK…
Senegalese researchers have begun harvesting an experimental plot of homegrown wheat. With the whir of a mower, under a clear…
Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson presented their findings March 18 at the American Mathematical Society’s (AMS) Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting.…
Researchers found evidence that Earth was not completely frozen solid during the Marinoan ice age 635 million years ago. Shallow,…
Yanomami Indigenous territory of the Amazon rainforest is seen in the Brazilian state of Roraima in February 2023. Protected Indigenous…