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Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon fixation in the sunless depths, experiments show that other microbes—especially heterotrophs—are doing f...
Germany s bid to build one of the world s most advanced uncrewed solar aircraft has just taken a major leap forward, after the German Aerospace Center (DLR) revealed that HAP-alpha has successfully completed a full suite of ground tests. The sleek, ultra-light, high-performance aircraft, built for l...
Scientists have long warned that rising global temperatures would force forest soils to leak more nitrogen gas into the air, further increasing both pollution and warming while robbing trees of an essential growth factor, but a new study challenges these assumptions. After six years of research in a...
On most mornings in Indore’s Sandipani Naveen Malav Kanya School, the assembly ground feels like a small town square. A group of girls steps forward to lead the prayer, read the news, and invite classmates to share what they learnt. In a nearby classroom, students form a neat queue outside the compu...
A robot inspired by desert tumbleweeds may be the first of a new generation of energy-efficient explorers rolling into future disaster zones. While the Hybrid Energy-efficient Rover Mechanism for Exploration Systems (HERMES) described in the journal Nature Communications recalls the desert ramblers,...
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What every good boy and girl needs is a forever home and owners who love them to the moon and back. And, let's be honest, in a perfect world, there'd be no need for rescue shelters because our bestest friends would all have roofs over their derpy heads where they can blep in peace. It might not be a...
You might associate raffles with pretty low stakes: pitch in a few dollars for the Girl Scouts, say, and win a chance for something like a gift card or a spa day. But now aspiring art collectors can donate just €100 (about $115) to a raffle organized by France’s Fondation Recherche Alzheimer and win...
Retirement Information for NASA Employees The NSSC provides general administrative, advisory, and transactional support for federal benefits programs to all NASA employees, calculates retirement estimates, and processes retirement packages. In consideration of retiring employees on administrative le...
Based on a comprehensive study, researchers are now convinced the shafts were human-made, likely dug during the Late Neolithic period roughly 4,000 years ago...
At the main entrance of the University of Minho’s Gualtar campus in Braga, Portugal, rises an imposing bronze sculpture of Prometheus, created in 1992 by the acclaimed Portuguese artist José Rodrigues. Commissioned with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and gifted to the university b...
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What do the Clemson, Auburn, Louisiana State and the University of Missouri have to do with saving endangered species? More than you might imagine, thanks to the coincidence of their common mascot, the tiger. While most people will cheer for their team without giving the mascot a second thought, the...
The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) has given its 2026 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence to Los Angeles–based curator Hamza Walker. He will receive $25,000 and will be honored at CCS Bard’s spring gala in April. Walker has been the executive director of the Brick ...
A picture of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday Dec. 10, 2025. Ole Berg-Rusten/AP via NTB Scanpix Pool hide......
This is today s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what s going on in the world of technology. How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet Stardust Solutions believes that it can solve climate change—for a price. The Israel-based geoengineering s...
Kids locked out of social media apps after Australia's world-first ban8 hours agoTiffanie TurnbullSydneyWatch: Australian teens test out social media as ban takes effectAustralia's world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their......
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Researchers have found a way to revive tired or damaged cells by giving them a fresh supply of mitochondria, the tiny structures that power cellular life....
In Atlanta, the desire for critical art writing has spurred many heated debates on the question of responsibility. Whose responsibility is it to write critically about the arts in the Southeast? Which writers have the knowledge and care to write well-informed cultural analyses and critiques without ...
Flavanol-rich foods like cocoa and tea may offer an easy way to guard your heart during long stretches of sitting....
The findings suggest that sea cows have been engineering ecosystems in the Persian Gulf for tens of millions of years...
A massive fossil site in Qatar has uncovered the world’s richest sea cow bonebed and a new species, Salwasiren qatarensis....
