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Childhood memories of "This Little Piggy" conceal a curious question: Why do humans have five digits on each limb? Tracing the evolutionary origins of our familiar fingers reveals an intriguing story.
Explore the wonders of NASA's Curiosity rover as it navigates the Martian landscape, uncovering scientific secrets and paving the way for future space exploration.
A new study finds that recent changes in air pollution are not the main reason the growing energy imbalance that is fueling global warming has increased. Aerosols—tiny airborne particles from sources such as pollution, wildfires, and volcanoes—can affect how clouds form and how much sunlight Earth r...
A transformative $20 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation has birthed the Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at Harvard, poised to revolutionize fundamental physics research and collaboration.
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Fossils hold secrets of ancient life - from diseases to diets. Preserved molecules in old bones unlock insights into the climates and creatures of bygone eras.
NASA's Carruthers mission will capture Earth's mysterious exosphere, unveiling insights into space weather, atmospheric escape, and the potential for planetary habitability.
In the quarter century that humans have lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, astronauts and visitors from around the world have celebrated countless holidays more than 250 miles above Earth while traveling 17,500 miles per hour. Crews have marked Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanuk...
Scientists have achieved a new level of control over molecules as they were able to manipulate a calcium monohydride molecular ion — made up of one atom of hydrogen and one atom of calcium. This feat, achieved by physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), opens possibil...
Researchers studying a massive landslide in Alaska have detected strange seasonal seismic pulses caused by water freezing and thawing in rock cracks. These faint signals could become an important early clue to changes that might someday trigger a dangerous landslide-driven tsunami....
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Study finds dropping an expletive can raise confidence and help people push harder during physically demanding tasks It may not be in keeping with the festive spirit, but if you find yourself dropping the F-word while wrestling a Christmas tree up a flight of stairs, scientists say you could be on t...
A Melbourne-based company has completed testing and delivery of three 12-kilowatt Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) thrusters. These thrusters, developed by L3Harris Technologies, will be used for NASA s lunar-orbiting Gateway station and become the most powerful electric propulsion system ...
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Why do people in Italy, specifically, live longer than most? Well, according to DNA samples, it’s their genetic ancestry. A recent study reached into the prehistoric past to uncover why people currently 100 or older are still living. Previous studies identified specific genes related to a longer lif...
Astronomers have discovered huge dust clouds from violent collisions around a nearby star. Young star systems are a place of violent collisions between rocks, comets, asteroids, and larger objects as the dust and ice of a stellar nebula coalesce into planets and moons. But the largest collisions are...
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A rare dinosaur discovery sheds new light on the evolution of flight. Fossils of dinosaurs found with well-preserved feathers suggest that some of these animals were no longer capable of flight. The researchers explain that even a detail as subtle as how feathers are replaced can dramatically resha...
Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All forms of life exist in environments that are constantly shifting. Seasons change, wet years follo...
A team at UNIGE has uncovered a geometric structure once thought to be purely theoretical at the core of quantum materials, opening the door to major advances in future electronics. How can information be processed almost instantly, or electrical current flow without energy loss? To reach these g...
A new study shows that promising single-crystal battery materials degrade for reasons scientists hadn’t fully recognized before. Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have identified the source of a long-standing problem...
A long-standing explanation for magnetoresistance may be incomplete. New evidence suggests a universal interfacial mechanism is at play. A major advance in spintronics came with the discovery of unusual magnetoresistance (UMR). In this effect, the electrical resistance of a heavy metal changes wh...
