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An experiment using beams of protons to probe how plasma and magnetic fields interact may have just solved the mystery of how quasars and other active…
Name: Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)Where it lives: In the mesopelagic zone of the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and Pacific OceansWhat it eats: Krill, plankton, crustaceans and squidWhy…
Rust is a constant threat to the iron all around us, which readily oxidizes in both air and water. Even steel — a hard alloy of…
Stone Age people buried over a span of 800 years at a mass grave in France mostly belonged to the same male lineage, DNA extracted from…
An outbreak of naturally occurring anthrax has killed at least 50 animals, including cattle and a moose, in Wyoming.In a statement released Sept. 3, the Wyoming…
A new tick-borne virus discovered in China can spread to humans and sometimes cause neurological disease, scientists report.The germ, dubbed Wetland virus (WELV), was first detected…
Researchers have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp hidden in the mountains of Switzerland.The site is located in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy,…
NASA and Boeing will attempt to bring an empty Starliner spacecraft back to Earth tonight (Sept. 6), weeks after the craft was deemed too risky for…
Around 4 billion years ago, an enormous asteroid that was at least 10 times larger than the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs smashed into…
Roughly one in six people are affected by infertility worldwide.And with more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, researchers are interested in…