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An enormous water reservoir — likely the largest aquifer of its kind in on Earth — sits inside the volcanic rocks of the Oregon Cascades, scientists have revealed.
A rare group of aligned, star-birthing dwarf galaxies resemble a cosmic string of pearls.
A neuroimaging study of torture survivors found that these individuals exhibit decreased connectivity in brain networks associated with response inhibition, attention, and motor function during a cognitive Go/No-Go task. This effect may be specifically linked to the dysphoria symptoms of…
In the TV series Doctor Who, treeborgs supply fresh air to spaceship passengers. Part tree, part robot, these devices convert starlight into oxygen. In Nnedi Okorafor’s novel Zahrah the Windseeker, children receive their own “flora computers.” These are personal machines…
A 21-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital after she was bleeding from her face and palms, with no obvious cause.
Scientists identified the tiny species of cat from a fossilized jawbone, which could date back as far as 300,000 years ago.
Regions of Germany that were under Roman rule approximately 2,000 years ago exhibit higher levels of psychological well-being, better health, and more adaptive personality traits compared to regions outside the Roman Empire, a new study has found. Published in Current…
I almost missed it. Amid a bout of prime-time doomscrolling, a social media post reminded me there was something worth seeing in the sky. Mars disappeared behind the full Moon for a little more than an hour Monday night, an…
Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.
When fed peanuts, red squirrels in Britain developed weaker bites — showing that food supplements to threatened animals could have unintended side effects.
