- + Stunning Comet Could Photobomb This April's Total Solar Eclipse—Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will make its closest approach to the sun this April—right after North America is treated to a total solar eclipse [Catego...
- + The Industrial Designer behind the N95 Mask—Sara Little Turnbull used materials science to invent and design products for the modern world [Category: Health, Public Health]
- + An Evolutionary 'Big Bang' Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange Varieties—Snakes saw a burst of adaptation about 128 million years ago that led to them exploding in diversity and evolving up to three times faster than lizard...
- + JWST Is Tracking Down the Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water—New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope are exposing the pathways that water takes to reach terrestrial planets [Category: Space & Ph...
- + Flimsy Antiabortion Studies Cited in Case to Ban Mifepristone Are Retracted—Outside experts found that two studies cited in a federal case on medication abortion had serious design problems and that their authors had undisclos...
- + First Commercial Moon Landing Returns U.S. to Lunar Surface—Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission is the first U.S. soft landing on the moon since Apollo 17 . It’s also a sign of private industry&r...
- + JWST Solves Decades-Old Mystery of Nearby Supernova—Scientists have finally found the compact object at the heart of the famous supernova of 1987, and it’s not a black hole [Category: Space & ...
- + Why Do We Have a Leap Year Anyway?—Without adding an extra day to February every four years, our calendar would get increasingly out of sync with the cosmos [Category: History, Space &a...
- + Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Memory and Learning—Engaging the fine motor system to produce letters by hand has positive effects on learning and memory [Category: Mind & Brain, Cognition, Memory, ...
- + People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome May Have an "Exhausted" Immune System—A long-awaited study of people with ME/CFS revealed differences in their immune and nervous system. The findings may offer clues about long COVID...
- + Sculptures about to Land on the Moon Join a Long History of Lunar Art—A lunar lander nicknamed Odie carries 125 small moon sculptures by artist Jeff Koons that could become the first authorized artwork on the moon [Categ...
- + Virtual Bar Scenes Are a New Tool to Study Why People Commit Crimes in the Heat of the Moment—Virtual-reality could assist researchers in decoding how emotions spur a decision to commit a crime [Category: Mind & Brain, Behavior]
- + The Sophisticated Threads behind a Hat That Senses Traffic Lights—A new technique to make electronic fibers could help solve wearable technology’s flexibility problem [Category: Technology, Electronics]
- + Chimpanzees and Bonobos Have Surprisingly Different Parenting Styles—Chimpanzee “helicopter moms” often protect their offspring from bullies, but bonobo moms are more hands-off [Category: Biology, Animals]
- + What Apple's New Vision Pro Headset Might Do to Our Brain—The release of Apple’s mixed-reality headset raises questions about hours spent in a virtual replacement of our world [Category: Technology, Com...
- + Una temporada de incendios sin precedentes arrasa uno de los puntos calientes de biodiversidad de la Tierra—En Colombia han ardido más de 500 incendios, incluso en sus delicados y únicos humedales del altiplano, uno de los ecosistemas de m&aacu...
- + How Did an Aquarium Stingray Get Pregnant without a Mate?—Charlotte, a stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium, is taking a DIY approach to reproduction [Category: Biology, Animals]
- + Unprecedented Fire Season Has Raged Through One of Earth's Biodiversity Hotspots—More than 500 fires have burned across Colombia, including in its delicate and unique highland wetlands, one of the fastest evolving ecosystems on Ear...
- + Weird 'Obelisks' Found in Human Gut May be Virus-Like Entities—Rod-shaped fragments of RNA called “obelisks” were discovered in gut and mouth bacteria for the first time [Category: Biology, Microbiolog...
- + Secret Mathematical Patterns Revealed in Bach's Music—Physicists found that the music of Johann Sebastian Bach contains mathematical patterns that help convey information [Category: Math, Mathematics, Spa...
- + Could Magnesium and TikTok's 'Sleepy Girl Mocktail' Actually Help You Sleep?—TikTok’s “sleepy girl mocktails” remind us how important magnesium is for sleep and health [Category: Health, Nutrition, Sleep]
- + Under Pluto's Sunny Skies, You'd Have to Wear Shades—Despite being some six billion kilometers away, the sun from Pluto would be a dazzling sight to behold—carefully, that is [Category: Space &...
- + Medication Abortion Using Telehealth Is As Safe As In-Person Care, Study Finds—Researchers find that medication abortion provided at home with a Zoom or text link to a medical provider is extremely safe and effective [Category: H...
- + Three Times That Solar Eclipses Transformed Science—From the discovery of new elements to the testing of novel theories of gravity, total solar eclipses have helped spark scientific progress for centuri...
- + Electric Vehicles Aren't Ready for Extreme Heat and Cold. Here's How to Fix Them—New materials would help the cars of the future survive cold snaps and other climate disruptions [Category: Climate Change, Technology, Transportation...
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