Scientists Say: Theia
Theia (noun, “THAY-ah”) Theia is a planet-sized object that scientists think collided with Earth about…
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Laptop, smartphone, and game console prices could soar after the election
Tech companies are bracing ahead of the US presidential election, dreading the looming threat of…
Will we ever have quantum laptops?
Quantum computers are here. But could we ever build a quantum laptop?
The 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of Ramesses II said to have inspired Percy Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’
This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley…
Anger more strongly linked to alcohol and tobacco use than illicit drug use
A new study has found that anger is more strongly linked to alcohol and tobacco…
When did plate tectonics begin?
Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive…
‘God of chaos’ asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds
When the ‘God of chaos’ asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029,…
Saturn’s moon Titan may have a 6-mile-thick crust of methane ice — could life be under there?
A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn’s moon Titan could assist in the hunt…
Conservatives are happier, but liberals lead more psychologically rich lives, research finds
A recent study in the Journal of Personality sheds new light on the connection between…
Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA’s Perseverance rover
NASA’s Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction…
Psychologists identify a morality-related psychological factor that is linked to infidelity
A study of couples in Austria and Germany has found that individuals with a stronger…
‘Unique’ gold offering to god of war discovered at Roman fortress in Georgia
An excavation at a Roman fortress in the country of Georgia has revealed a gold…
How many weeks are there in a year?
We take our timekeeping rules for granted, but the history of these rules is long…
Can a handful of nuts a day keep dementia away? Research suggests it might
A new study, published in the journal GeroScience, highlights a promising link between nut consumption…
Iron Age woman was buried with a knife stuck into her grave. Archaeologists aren’t sure why.
At an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists discovered an unusual grave of a woman…
Moderate coffee consumption during pregnancy unlikely to cause ADHD in children
International guidelines recommend people limit how much coffee they drink during pregnancy. Consuming caffeine –…
Here are 3 science-backed strategies to rein in election anxiety
Uncertainty about the election getting to you? Is anxiety the dominant feature of your emotional…
Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a ‘cannonball galaxy’ blasting through space
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spiral galaxy under the “ram pressure” inside a…
Early life stress predicts negative emotionality and inflammation in alcohol use disorder
A recent study conducted by researchers at UCLA and published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology has…
Were the Vikings really that violent?
The Vikings’ reputation for bloodlust compared to other medieval fighters may have been exaggerated over…
Voters more trusting of elections when polls are supervised by multiple groups
A recent study has shown that voters are more likely to believe vote counts are…
A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life
On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death.
Majority of Americans support supervised use of psilocybin for mental health and well-being
A recent study published in AJOB Neuroscience found that a majority of Americans support psilocybin,…
380 million-year-old remains of giant fish found in Australia. Its ‘living fossil’ descendant, the coelacanth, is still alive today.
Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago.
