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This 2012 satellite photo shows a series of giant windblown ridges, known as yardangs, and a group of towering sand dunes at the heart of Iran’s Lut Desert.
The patient was diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as “broken heart syndrome,” which had an unusual cause.
How does your brain transform written words into spoken ones in mere milliseconds? A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience has found that a key brain region traditionally associated with speech production is engaged in reading far earlier…
Egypt was added to the list of malaria-free places in 2024, but climate change, conflict and other threats could increase cases especially in Africa.
A male humpback whale swam 8,106 miles (13,046 km) from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, mingling with other whale populations and potentially having sex with them along the way.
The sword, which has iron rivets in its handle, may be one of the earliest iron artifacts found in Denmark.
Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed its closure on a failed “critical funding round.” On its website, it explained: We had secured a…
A math problem delineating the largest-size sofa that can fit around a corner has finally been solved, though it may not help you move.
Since the dawn of the generative AI era a few years ago, the march of technology—toward what tech companies hope will replace human intellectual labor—has continuously sparked angst about the future role humans will play in the job market. Will…
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