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A 3,775-year-old log found in Canada had barely lost any of its carbon content since being buried, indicating “wood vaulting” is a viable means of carbon storage.
A recent study published in American Politics Research sheds light on how “Not in My Backyard” (NIMBY) attitudes can influence people’s views on abortion access. While abortion policy is typically framed as a moral or rights-based issue, the study finds…
Comb jellies, technically known as ctenophores, are one of the weirdest creatures on Earth. They appeared in the seas over half a billion years ago and have maintained the comb-like rows of cillia they used to move around to the…
Musi, a free music streaming app only available on iPhone, sued Apple last week, arguing that Apple breached Musi’s developer agreement by abruptly removing the app from its App Store for no good reason. According to Musi, Apple decided to…
A federal judge yesterday ordered Google to open up the Google Play Store and its collection of apps to third-party app stores as part of a US-wide injunction stemming from Epic Games’ antitrust victory over the company. The injunction is…
Taking off no earlier than October 10, the spacecraft will repeatedly buzz Europa in search of water, energy and organic compounds.
On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield of Princeton University and Geoffrey E. Hinton of the University of Toronto for their foundational work in machine learning with artificial…
Newfound comet C/2024 S1 will light up Earth’s skies in late October before a super close slingshot around the sun.
Scientists were able to treat a “macular hole” in a monkey, helping to restore the animal’s vision thanks to human stem cells.
Research published in PNAS Nexus shows that discussions of national politics feature more abstract, moralized, and power-centric language compared to local political discourse, which contributes to increased engagement but also greater political animosity. Recent studies suggest that as politics becomes…
