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An uncrewed Russian rocket carrying vital supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) experienced a significant “glitch” after launch, meaning the cargo vehicle will no longer…
Headbutting Sperm Whales – YouTube Watch On Scientists have captured first-of-its-kind footage of a sperm whale violently headbutting another sperm whale out of the blue.Researchers filmed…
Today’s top story The Ala Wai Golf Course is seen inundated with water from Hawaii’s worst flooding in decades. (Image credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via…
Viruses found in the intestines — collectively called the gut virome — activate the immune system to help metabolize carbohydrates, thereby reducing blood sugar spikes, a…
Urfa Man is a life-size Neolithic statue found in Turkey. (Image credit: Getty Images)QUICK FACTSName: Urfa ManWhat it is: A limestone statueWhere it is from: Şanlıurfa,…
Researchers have created an unusually twisted molecule with a never-before-seen electronic structure.The new molecular architecture, dubbed half-Mӧbius topology, “is another knob that we can turn in…
Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?The idea that…
Beavers’ dams and ponds can turn a stream corridor into a net annual carbon sink, drawing in more carbon than it released over the course of…
Quick FactsWhat it is: Star PicII-503 inside the Pictor II dwarf galaxyWhere it is: 150,000 light-years from Earth in the Pictor constellationWhen it was shared: March…
It’s easy to think of pupils as simple holes that widen in the dark and shrink in the light. But if you look across the animal…
