Storms ignite a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays
A view from a refurbished spy plane flying 20 kilometers up revealed storms glowing and flickering in gamma rays, […]
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Genetics
Satellite space junk can wreak havoc in the stratosphere
Earth’s space debris may be wreaking havoc in the stratosphere. The rapid growth of satellite megaconstellations is connecting much
Environment
Neanderthals may have built a hearth specifically to make tar
Neanderthals really knew their way around fire. In a sea cave sheltered from Gibraltar’s raging winds, our ancient cousins
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A cosmic census triples the known number of black holes in dwarf galaxies
A colossal census of the cosmos has more than tripled the number of active black holes known to inhabit
Discovery of key machine learning tools wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. The
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Dietary evidence reinforces the reputation of Clovis hunters as mammoth killers
The ancient North Americans are increasingly looking like experienced mammoth killers. Archaeologists have long debated whether the Clovis people,
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Uranus may have looked strange when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by
Some of the apparent quirks of Uranus may be due to bad timing. In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft
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New electric stitches use muscle movement to speed healing
Stitching is getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment with mice, a new strong and flexible thread accelerated wound