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Worms can entangle themselves into a single, giant knot, only to quickly unravel themselves from the tightly wound mess within…
Astronomers have detected one of the longest, brightest and most energetic cosmic objects ever observed — and they’ve named it…
The river Wharfe in Ilkley was England’s first bathing riverPaul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images There are close to 1500 rivers in the…
Normal red blood cells are round, but those affected by sickle cell are crescent shapedScience Photo Library/Getty Images Millions of…
CLIMATEWIRE | A record-breaking heat wave in the western Mediterranean last month would have been nearly impossible without the influence of…
Pierced deer tooth discovered from Denisova Cave in southern Siberia that yielded ancient human DNA. Credit: Max Planck Institute for…
Natural disasters can devastate a region, abruptly killing the species that form an ecosystem’s structure. But how this transpires can…
Using SLAC’s X-ray laser, researchers have finally seen the process by which nature creates the oxygen we breathe. Credit: Greg…
SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify This is Episode Four of a 4-Part “Fascination” on vernal pools. You can listen to Episode One here, Episode…
The scientists designed a special cell in order to observe the transport of lithium-ions between the anode and the cathode…
Astronomers using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have observed the first compelling evidence of a…
Protein plaques in the brain may be caused by failing mitochondriaSebastian Kaulitzki/Alamy IF YOU own a car, you will have noticed…
The mystery of an “impossible” ancient Egyptian sculpture depicting two individuals, one of them a pharaoh, may now be solved,…
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital revealed that human ribosomes decode messenger RNA (mRNA) 10 times slower than bacterial…
Breast milk can be a source of bacteria that make up a baby’s microbiomeNastyaofly/Shutterstock Babies who missed out on their…
About 12% of the total global energy demand comes from heating and cooling homes and businesses. A new study suggests…
The East Gippsland fires in Victoria, Australia, in January 2020JASON EDWARDS/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Smoke from bushfires that raged across south-eastern Australia in…
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern, or…
A fossil of a brachiopod shell, centre, with Protomelission attached to it, above, which was part of the new studyZhang…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first pill manufactured from donated human poop, the agency announced…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Here are some scientific findings worthy of a toast: Researchers from Brown University and the University…
Used pods and examples of parts produced by 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing. Credit: Bruno Campos Janegitz/UFSCar An article…
[]A Viking Age burial mound in Norway long thought to be empty actually holds an incredible artifact: the remains of…
The Tonga underwater volcanic eruption rivaled the strength of the largest U.S. nuclear bomb and produced a “mega-tsunami” nearly the…
Graphical abstract. Credit: Nano Letters (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00042 Scientists have developed new technology which has made it possible to isolate…
A reconstruction of the Huc enzymeChris Greening et al An enzyme that can generate energy from hydrogen in the air…
A diamond anvil was used to create the materialSteve Jacobsen/Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College Room-temperature, room-pressure superconductivity…
The early universe was a rambunctious place where galaxies often bumped into each other and even merged together. Using NASA’s…
It’s the spines. This is the conclusion of two new papers, led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst,…