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Astronomers Finally Discover First-ever “Astrosphere” Around Sunlike Star - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
6 December 2024Astronomers have just detected the first-ever astrosphere around a sunlike star, providing a glimpse into the early years of our Sun. This discovery reveals unexpected details about how stellar winds shape these protective gas bubbles.
Pacific Ocean Currents Are Accelerating, and It Could Change Global Climate As We Know It - SciTechDaily
6 December 2024A crucial ocean layer essential to the dynamics of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans reports a marked acceleration in upper-ocean circulation within the equatorial Pacific over the…
Advanced Brain Mapping Unveils Behavioral Links - Neuroscience News
6 December 2024Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to map brain activity, revealing how higher-order functions like thought and language emerge from complex interactions between multiple brain regions.Earth’s Hidden Eighth Continent Is No Longer Lost - Yahoo! Voices
6 December 2024Zealandia, Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. Geologists say they’ve now mapped the entirety of the underwater land mass.
AI infiltrates the rat world: New robot can interact socially with real lab rats - Tech Xplore
6 December 2024A team of roboticists at the Beijing Institute of Technology, working with a pair of colleagues from the Technical University of Munich, has created a new kind of rat robot—one that was designed to interact in social ways with real rats./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25776335/EPFL_raven_drone1.jpg)
Researchers put bird legs on a drone so it can take off by jumping - The Verge
6 December 2024EPFL’s RAVEN drone takes inspiration from birds with a pair of articulated legs allowing it to maneuver on the ground and leap into flight.
Ancient Life Discovered in Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake - Gizmodo
6 December 2024Scientists thought the lake, buried deep beneath the ice, was frozen. They were wrong.
Dwarf planet Ceres could be rich in organics, defunct spacecraft data reveals - Space.com
6 December 2024"The significance of this discovery lies in the fact that it would confirm the existence of internal energy sources that could support biological processes."
Surprise: The Mini-Moon Orbiting Earth for 2 Months Might Be from Earth - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
6 December 2024In a surprising twist of cosmic proportions, astronomers have recently uncovered a fascinating revelation about Earth's temporary companion. The mini-moon that has been orbiting our planet for the past two months may have an unexpected origin – Earth itself. …
A Novel Pain Signaling Complex Discovered - Neuroscience News
6 December 2024Researchers identified a new receptor, neuropilin-1 (NRP1), which collaborates with a known receptor to regulate pain signaling from nerve growth factor.
New Dinosaur Joins the Crew at the UWS American Museum of Natural History; See It December 8 - westsiderag.com
6 December 2024Apex Stegosaurus. Alvaro Keding/© AMNH By Carol Tannenhauser Children of all ages rejoice! A new dinosaur is temporarily joining the
A stunning discovery: the magnetic tornado redefining Jupiter’s poles - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
6 December 2024Jupiter's polar regions have long fascinated astronomers, and recent discoveries have shed new light on the planet's atmospheric dynamics. University of California, Berkeley researchers have uncovered intriguing phenomena at Jupiter's poles, revealing a compl…
'Mega momma' great white shark killed on drumline may reveal secrets about iconic predator - Livescience.com
6 December 2024Scientists hope the body of a pregnant great white shark killed on a drumline will reveal some of the mysteries of the species' reproduction.
Why you should take a week off from working out, according to science - CNN
6 December 2024Toning down the intensity of your workouts — and even taking time off from working out — is important to allow your muscles to recover.
Fossil Forest, Dorset: England's 145 million-year-old tree stump fossils preserved by ancient microbes - Livescience.com
6 December 2024The Fossil Forest in Dorset is a stretch of southern English coastline peppered with living mounds of limestone that hide the remains of cypress trees from the late Jurassic period.
Cats: Can They Understand Us When We Speak? - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
6 December 2024Recent research has shed new light on the fascinating world of feline communication, revealing that cats may possess a surprising ability to understand human speech. While dogs have long been the subject of extensive studies on cognitive abilities and human i…
Watch the sun rise on SpaceX's Crew Dragon as the Milky Way fades into darkness in mesmerizing ISS video - Space.com
6 December 2024Crew Dragon has never shone brighter.
Why a two-year surge in global warmth is worrying scientists - The Washington Post
6 December 2024Instead, global temperatures remain at near-record levels.Should we worry? Ancient solar storm dated as sun turns volatile - Yahoo! Voices
6 December 2024A team of scientists has pinpointed one of the biggest solar storms to have hit Earth to 664 BC in what could be a timely warning after the northern lights...Scientists make alarming new discovery about the behavior of microplastics: 'Even the smallest plastic fragments ...' - Yahoo! Voices
6 December 2024"It's like needing the right-sized ticket to board a train."
Why do worms come out in the rain? - Livescience.com
6 December 2024Earthworms commonly come out when it's wet outside, but why?
Ancient Americans chowed down on mammoth steak, study finds - CNN
6 December 2024Ancient ancestors of Native Americans, known as the Clovis people, mostly ate mammoths and other large animals during the most recent ice age, according to a new study.
From Hollow Planetoids to Earthly Anomalies: The Hunt for Primordial Black Holes - SciTechDaily
6 December 2024Theoretical study suggests that small black holes born in the early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels, and that we should start searching rocks and old buildings for them. New theoretical research explores innovative meth…
Ask Ethan: Will everything eventually succumb to Hawking radiation? - Big Think
6 December 202450 years ago, Stephen Hawking showed that black holes emit radiation and eventually decay away. That fate may now apply to everything.
3D scans of giant hailstones reveal surprising discoveries that could help predict future storms - Phys.org
6 December 2024Hailstones are formed during thunderstorms, when raindrops are propelled into very cold parts of a cloud, where they freeze. Once the particles are heavy enough, gravity pulls them back towards Earth. As they plummet, they grow into hailstones, which can caus…
Two European satellites launch on mission to blot out the Sun—for science - Ars Technica
6 December 2024This will all happen nearly 40,000 miles above the Earth, so you won’t need your eclipse glasses.
Mysterious Blue Aurora Hints at Unknown Atmospheric Processes - ScienceAlert
6 December 2024Conjure, in your mind's eye, a visual to accompany the word 'aurora'.
Big Brains Evolved Gradually: New Study Shakes Up Human Evolution Theory - SciTechDaily
6 December 2024Humans and relatives evolved larger brains through gradual changes within species, not sudden leaps. This study challenges old ideas and reveals the complexity of brain evolution over millions of years. A new study on human brain evolution reveals that modern…
European Vega-C rocket launches after two-year gap - DW (English)
6 December 2024Europe's Vega-C rocket has successfully returned to space after failing on its first commercial mission two years ago.
'Spectacular' asteroid blazes over Siberia just hours after it was detected - Space.com
5 December 2024Asteroid C0WEPC5 entered Earth's atmosphere at 1:15 a.m. local time on Dec. 4 over northeastern Siberia.
New, blue bee found by researchers in Texas and Oklahoma - The Dallas Morning News
5 December 2024A new species of metallic blue bee, found so far in Texas and Oklahoma, was recently discovered by researchers.
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Talks with the Everyday Astronaut - NASA (.gov)
5 December 2024ISS Expedition 72 In-Flight Event with the “Everyday Astronaut” YouTube Channel and NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit.
What can bees tell us about nearby pollution? The answer lies in their honey, a new study finds - Phys.org
5 December 2024Inside every jar of honey is a taste of the local environment, its sticky sweet flavor enhanced by whichever nearby flowers bees have decided to sample. But a new study from Tulane University has found that honey can also offer a glimpse of nearby pollution.
In This Short Story, a Doctor Bonds With a Newborn Amid a Futuristic but Familiar War - Gizmodo
5 December 2024Read "Inside the House of Wisdom" by Tamara Masri, a speculative tale featured in Lightspeed Magazine.
Comets probably delivered Earth its water long ago, new study reveals - Space.com
5 December 2024"This is just one of those very rare cases where you propose a hypothesis and actually find it happening."
Hubble takes closest-ever look at a quasar - Phys.org
5 December 2024Astronomers have used the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer closer than ever into the throat of an energetic monster black hole powering a quasar. A quasar is a galactic center that glows brightly as the black hole consumes material…
Get Ready For The Geminid Meteor Shower Next Week - DOGOnews
5 December 2024Get Ready For The Geminid Meteor Shower Next Week has 8 comments. Commenter factslover wrote: "Im a gemini!"
Israeli Scientists Accidentally Stumble Upon Mystery of Hatching in Fish - Haaretz
5 December 2024Why do so many fish die young? Good question, but meanwhile a hormone that has existed for hundreds of millions of years turns out to play one role in you and another in zebrafish
Starlink's Direct to Cell is open to 'any' telecom company, says SpaceX exec - Android Central
5 December 2024It looks like the end of dead zones in the U.S. is near.
Particle research gets closer to answering why we're here: Physicists outline next 10 years of neutrino research - Phys.org
5 December 2024Physicists soon will be closer than ever to answering fundamental questions about the origins of the universe by learning more about its tiniest particles.
Scientists discover revolutionary method that makes fuel from water and sunlight — but it's not finished yet - Livescience.com
5 December 2024Scientists in Japan have demonstrated a new method to create hydrogen fuel without emitting greenhouse gases. But key steps to improve its efficiency remain for it to be commercially viable.
Maps Show Antarctic Is Turning Green With Plant Life – A Troubling Sign For The Planet - IFLScience
5 December 2024It ain't easy being green.
Neuroscientists discover a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain - Medical Xpress
5 December 2024Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggests that long-term memory can form independently of short-term memory, …
Neanderthals and modern humans must be classed as separate species to best track our origins, study claims - Phys.org
5 December 2024A new study published by researchers at London's Natural History Museum and Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven has reinforced the claim that Neanderthals and modern-day humans (Homo sapiens) must be classed as separate species in order to best track our evolu…
Bird Reveals Its Third Eyelid in Scientific Photo Competition - PetaPixel
5 December 2024It is a nictitating membrane.
Could The Solar System Have Captured A Rogue Planet? New Study Suggests It's Not Impossible - IFLScience
5 December 2024The Solar System could capture rogue planets and asteroids. Perhaps it already has.
Lost 24 Billion Kilometers from Earth, a 1977 Space Probe Unexpectedly Reappears on NASA's Radar - Jason Deegan
5 December 2024A remarkable event has unfolded in the world of space exploration—one that is both a testament to human ingenuity and the resilience of machines built to ... Continue Reading →
Some minerals seen on Mars today may have formed in liquid CO₂ instead of water - Phys.org
5 December 2024Dry river channels and lake beds on Mars point to the long-ago presence of a liquid on the planet's surface, and the minerals observed from orbit and from landers seem to many to prove that the liquid was ordinary water.- No Image Available
'Christmas Star' to grace the night sky this weekend - ABC News
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Fishing in New England Now Comes With a Catch: You Might Reel in a Prehistoric Beast - The Wall Street Journal
5 December 2024 
Oldest-known remnants of archery in Europe discovered in Spain’s Bat Cave - EL PAÍS USA
5 December 2024The bowstrings, dating from between 7,200 and 6,900 years ago, are made of braided animal tendons, a technique modern archers still employ
Too Young to Exist, This ‘Baby’ Planet Defies All Logic and Breaks the Laws of Astronomy - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
5 December 2024A newly discovered exoplanet is defying everything we know about planetary formation. At just three million years old, it challenges the laws of astronomy. What does this young planet reveal about the universe—and could it change our understanding of space fo…
How Is Cell Death Essential to Life? - Quanta Magazine
5 December 2024Cells in our bodies are constantly dying — and these countless tiny deaths are essential to human health and multicellular life itself. In this episode, co-host Steven Strogatz speaks with cellular biologist Shai Shaham about what makes a cell “alive” and the…
Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie: For the First Time in History, We Have a Clear Image of a Star in Another Galaxy - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
5 December 2024In a groundbreaking achievement that rivals the most imaginative science fiction scenarios, astronomers have captured the first clear image of a star located in another galaxy. This monumental feat marks a significant milestone in our exploration of the cosmo…
Trump may cancel NASA's powerful SLS moon rocket – here's what that would mean for Elon Musk and the future of space travel - Space.com
5 December 2024Is SLS hanging on by a thread?
Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy - The Conversation
5 December 2024Most objects in the universe have been around for way longer than modern astronomy – digging into historical records can help scientists shed light on a cosmic mystery.
James Webb Space Telescope Discovers New Galaxies in the Spiderweb Protocluster - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
5 December 2024The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered hidden galaxies in the Spiderweb Protocluster, challenging previous assumptions about their growth. These new findings, made possible by Webb's advanced infrared technology, suggest that star formation in these gal…
Chimp video shows one of the most complex tool-use behaviours by wild animals ever documented - BBC Discover Wildlife
5 December 2024The videos suggest chimpanzees are able to perform complicated sequences of behaviour similar to those that made humans successful, say scientists.
When Did Humans First Start Wearing Clothes? Lice May Hold the Key - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
5 December 2024hat if the secret to when humans first started wearing clothes isn’t found in ancient artifacts, but in lice? New research suggests these tiny parasites may hold the key to unlocking a major evolutionary milestone. Was clothing a response to cold weather, or …
Here's how SpaceX's 6th Starship megarocket launch looked from the ISS (video) - Space.com
5 December 2024Cameras on the International Space Station captured Starship's sixth-ever test flight on Nov. 19.
Volcanoes on Venus reveal the planet probably never had an ocean, dashing hopes for ancient life - Salon
5 December 2024A new study shows Venus likely had a bleak, uninhabitable past
We’ve Never Been Closer to Finding Life Outside Our Solar System - WIRED
5 December 2024Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we may have spotted a galactic neighbor with all the right molecular ingredients a mere 40 light-years away.
This is what we’ll see when Betelgeuse goes supernova - Big Think
5 December 2024The closest known star that will soon undergo a core-collapse supernova is Betelgeuse, just 640 light-years away. Here's what we'll observe.
First Ice-Free Day in Arctic Ocean Could Arrive This Decade, Study Finds - ScienceAlert
5 December 2024The first ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could arrive as soon as this decade, warns a new study.
POLL! Huh. Have Y'all Been Calling This Humboldt Place 'Point of Cows' and Just Not Telling Us? - Lost Coast Outpost
5 December 2024
There's a cunning animal on the misty riverbanks of Ohio that hunts like a Roman gladiator - BBC Discover Wildlife
4 December 2024The creature in question creates a deadly trap to insnare its prey, a new study has found.
Stone tool discovery challenges entire theory of early human intelligence and evolution - Earth.com
3 December 2024Imagine our early human ancestors standing in the ancient landscapes, thoughtfully examining rocks, deciding which to use for their tools.
