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What Makes Tiny ‘Water Bears’ So Tough? They Quickly Fix Broken DNA.
Summary: Tardigrades, also known as 'water bears', have been found to possess remarkable survival abilities, including resistance to radiation. Resear…
Summary: Tardigrades, also known as 'water bears', have been found to possess remarkable survival abilities, including resistance to radiation. Resear…
Summary: A study of bonobos in the wild challenges the perception of them as peaceful creatures, showing that male bonobos are actually more aggressive than m…
Struggling to Find Eclipse Glasses? Try These DIY Options Eclipse glasses are increasingly hard to come by before the total solar eclipse on Monday. If you ca…
A recent survey of the universe suggests that the concept of dark energy, believed to be a constant force, may need to be reevaluated. New data indicates that…
Poultry industry struggling with bird flu outbreaks and culling methods. The U.S. government compensated farmers with over $500 million for slaughtered birds.…
Killer whales, known as Orcinus orca, have been considered a single species despite their diverse habitats and behaviors. However, recent research suggests th…
Dante Lauretta, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona and leader of the OSIRIS-REx mission, recently reflected on the mission's completion an…
Ancient pit near Utrecht, Netherlands, yielded 86,000 animal bones. Among them, archaeologists found a bone filled with black henbane seeds, a potent hallucin…
French mathematician Michel Talagrand has been awarded the 2024 Abel Prize for his groundbreaking research on randomness in the universe, spanning from ocean …
Physicist Walter Massey's Career Beyond Science Physicist Walter Massey, a rising star in theoretical condensed matter, was deeply impacted by the assassi…
A rare sighting of a grey seal spitting at a white-tailed eagle on the Isle of Wight has intrigued scientists. This behavior, previously unseen in seals, may …
SpaceX successfully launched its mammoth Starship rocket for the third time, marking a significant step in the development of the vehicle. The test flight ach…
Whales' Menopause: A Unique Evolutionary Advantage Menopause is rare in species other than humans and chimpanzees, but it's prevalent in five whale sp…
Some female mammals are larger than males, challenging the belief that male mammals are typically bigger. A study of over 400 mammalian species found that in …
A new star, T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), is expected to appear in the night sky, shining as bright as the North Star for about a week before fading. This nova …
Intuitive Machines has shared new images from its moon lander, Odysseus, which recently made history as the first American spacecraft to land on the moon in o…
NASA's spacecraft, DART, intentionally collided with the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, altering its orbit around the larger asteroid Didymos. The collision …
In the rainforests of western Panama, biologist Jim Dalling discovered tree ferns with long leaves that transformed into roots after dying. This unique adapta…
U.S. Moon Landing: Houston Company's Odysseus Mission Nears Lunar Surface A robotic lunar lander from Intuitive Machines is set to make a historic soft la…
Duke University's closure of its herbarium, housing 825,000 plant specimens, has triggered outrage in the scientific community. The move has been met with…