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A spy plane retrofitted with research equipment has discovered some very intriguing things while observing thunderstorms in the tropics. According to a new paper published by the researchers behind th

Microbial life is known to extend far beyond our measly human life spans, sometimes living for many millions of years.Now, scientists have found a stunning sample of microbes that appear to be two bil

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A long-held theory involving the quickened pace of evolution over short time frames could be explained by an “anomaly” revealed by researchers in a new study. This idea tends to hold that organisms th

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astrophysics The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View October 9, 2024 Astronomers are reveling in the James Webb Space Telescope’s discoveries about the formative epoch of

A series of underwater caves off the southern coast of Sicily holds clues about Ice Age-era human migration. A team of ‘citizen scientists’ — including a tugboat captain and both recreational and Ital

A ninth-century tomb in modern-day Siberia revealed the remains of 18 horses and ties to the Scythian culture.Experts have long struggled to solidify the origins of the Scythians, thanks to their hors

Since the confirmation of its existence in 2014, the Laniakea supercluster was thought to be our ultimate cosmic neighborhood—home to the Virgo supercluster, the local cluster, and the good old Milky

Using Europe's Gaia space telescope, astronomers have identified 55 runaway stars being ejected at high speeds from a densely packed young cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite gala

The fossil record of our ape ancestors in Africa is almost nonexistent for a period of about 8 or 9 million years. The fossil record of our ape ancestors in Africa is almost nonexistent for a period o

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Sara Imari Walker is not messing around. From the first lines of the physicist’s new book, Life As No One Knows It, she calls out some big-name public intellectuals for missing the boat on the ancient, fundamental question, “What Is Life?” Subtitled The Physics of Life’s Emergence, one of the book’s…

Nearly 1.5km underground in the US state of South Dakota, scientists have narrowed the search for dark matter particles using the world’s most sensitive detector. Astronomical observations suggest tha

An artist's concept image of a levitating superconductor. (Image credit: ktsimage via Getty Images) Scientists have found a key process required for superconductivity occurring at higher temperatures

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In 2023, physicists were awed to find nearly imperceptible ripples in the fabric of space and time — united as an entity known as spacetime. They were ripples discovered in association with collection

The Endurance rocket ship launches from Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Credit: Andøya Space/Leif Jonny Eilertsen Using observations from a NASA suborbital rocket, an international team of scientists, for the f

NEWS 29 August 2024 The large prefrontal cortex provides evolutionary and cognitive advantages over non-human primates — but there’s a cost. Smriti Mallapaty View author publications You can also sear

Archaeologists have identified the first ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory on record, which they say is the "first and largest" of its kind, according to a translated statement from the countr

The ancient structure known as the “Christian building” has long been considered the only example of a “house church,” or domestic space renovated for Christian worship. (Photo courtesy of Yale Univer

Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper impact on human societies than the horse. But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. Half a million yea

As the climate changes, large parts of southern Australia are projected to get drier. Extreme rains are also becoming more common. For farmers, these changes pose big risks. What can we do to manage c

nuclear physics The First Nuclear Clock Will Test if Fundamental Constants Change September 4, 2024 An ultra-precise measurement of a transition in the hearts of thorium atoms gives physicists a tool

The moon passes in front of the sun during a solar eclipse as seen from the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport on April 8, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Image credit: Kirby Lee/Getty Images) When ast

One of Cleopatra’s Needles, a 224-ton Egyptian obelisk enveloped in hieroglyphs, stands today for all to admire—not in Cairo but in London. The ancient Egyptians left behind a magnificent architectura

Intelligence has allowed our species to not just survive, but thrive across a range of environments. But new research reveals our advantageous smarts come at a cost: a much greater susceptibility to b

Like blazing campfires on cold winter nights, galaxies are surrounded by a smoke of gas and dust that blows into the shadows. This thin pall of material is known as the circumgalactic medium, a halo so vast it contains some 70 percent of the galaxy's visible mass.

Peter is a fresh-faced new recruit who can’t wait to start his new job. He walks into the office, clutching his lunchbox to his chest like a soldier on parade, and smiles as he sits in his cubicle. Peter is great at his job, and his bosses quickly notice. So, after two years, he’s promoted to Junior…

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The first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. It was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array which linked together eight existing radio ob

As the climate crisis accelerates, it’s hard not to wonder if today’s societies can adapt. Growing worries over climate change have sparked interest in the collapse of ancient civilizations and the ri

7 September 2024 Krupa Padhy Edouard Taufenbach and Bastien Pourtout Young children seem to perceive time differently from adults (Credit: Edouard Taufenbach and Bastien Pourtout) Children's perceptio

Using information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the last 1.8 billion years. It is the first time Earth's geological record has

​​Antarctica, which is nearly four times the size of the United States, is almost entirely covered by a miles-thick layer of ice. But the South Pole hasn't always been frozen. So when was the last tim

Cutting-edge technology has just uncovered hidden secrets within one of the world’s most mysterious medieval texts. Multispectral imaging has revealed previously invisible details in the Voynich manuscript, offering new clues about this undeciphered enigma that has baffled scholars for centuries.