Mega El Niños kicked off the world’s worst mass extinction
Long-lasting, widespread heat and weather extremes may have caused the Great Dying extinction event 252…
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Scientists find a long-sought electric field in Earth’s atmosphere
The Earth’s ambipolar electric field is weak but strong enough to control the shape and…
Gateway to the underworld: The enormous permafrost ‘megaslump’ in Siberia that keeps getting bigger
The growing “gateway to the underworld,” officially known as the Batagay megaslump, is the largest…
Study finds grandfathers’ workouts enhance grandsons’ cognition in mice
New research published in The Journal of Neuroscience demonstrates that the cognitive benefits of physical…
Rocket Report: China leaps into rocket reuse; 19 people are currently in orbit
Enlarge / Landspace’s reusable rocket test vehicle lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center…
Rain Bosworth studies how deaf kids experience the world
In a darkened room in Rochester, N.Y., a baby girl in a pink onesie watches…
Parasitic ‘horror’ wasp that bursts from a fly’s abdomen like an ‘Alien’ xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard
Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies,…
AI models believe racist stereotypes about African Americans that predate the Civil Rights movement — and they ‘try to hide it when confronted’
When exposed to terms common in different racial dialects, large language models make inherently racist…
Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing’s Starliner during landing, NASA says
With Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts…
4 silver Viking Age bracelets discovered ‘untouched’ on Norway mountainside after more than 1,000 years
Archaeologists have unearthed a set of uniquely decorated bracelets on the site of a “large…
Scientists erase “bad memories” to improve long-term Parkinson’s disease treatment
In a recent study published in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University of…
Incredible places: A window onto extraordinary landscapes on Earth
Every week, we open a window onto an incredible place and highlight the fantastic history…
CEO of “health care terrorists” faces contempt charges after Senate no-show
Enlarge / The name placard for Dr. Ralph de la Torre, founder and chief executive…
New blood test detects ALS with 98% accuracy, offering hope for earlier diagnosis
Many patients with ALS die within three to five years of their symptoms starting, so…
Court clears researchers of defamation for identifying manipulated data
Enlarge / Harvard Business School was targeted by a faculty member’s lawsuit. (credit: APCortizasJr) Earlier…
Meet the winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes
Enlarge / The Ig Nobel Prizes honor “achievements that first make people laugh and then…
Some cells can enter a ‘third state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death.’ Here’s how.
Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms…
Tree-covered neighborhoods linked to lower ADHD risk in children
A new study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology has found that exposure to…
Ancient relative of ‘living fossil’ fish reveals that geological activity supercharges evolution
The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite…
Unity is dropping its unpopular per-install Runtime Fee
Enlarge (credit: Unity) Unity, maker of a popular cross-platform engine and toolkit, will not pursue…
Exposure to light pollution at night may increase Alzheimer’s risk, especially in younger people
A new study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience suggests that exposure to artificial light at…
Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying
Enlarge / Hard drives, unfortunately, tend to die not with a spectacular and sparkly bang,…
Unicode 16.0 release with new emoji brings character count to 154,998
Enlarge / Emojipedia sample images of the new Unicode 16.0 emoji. (credit: Emojipedia) The Unicode…
OpenAI’s new “reasoning” AI models are here: o1-preview and o1-mini
Enlarge (credit: Vlatko Gasparic via Getty Images) OpenAI finally unveiled its rumored “Strawberry” AI language…
