Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds May Have Begun With an Ancient Cosmic Impact
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz16d ago
Imagine picking up a black stone from an old riverbed in Brazil. Its surface shines like glass, but inside it is riddled with tiny holes.
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NASAby LaToya Dean16d ago
Kristie Foster paved her road to becoming a NASA civil servant with literal miles of dedication. Her work at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St.
Peru's penguins are on the brink. A super El Niño could make it worse.
Science Newsby Ana Elisa Sotelo16d ago
The first time I was in Punta San Juan, the desert was flooded with birds. It was 2012, and I was making a short documentary film about the cormorants, pelicans and penguins that made this arid...
Blood tests reveal why astronauts get constipated in space
ScienceDaily16d ago
Blood tests reveal why astronauts get constipated in space Astronauts’ gut bacteria shift within weeks of entering space, potentially revealing why constipation is so common in microgravity.
Hibernating bacteria can invade hospitals and survive outer space – but their high energy bill is a weakness that scientists can strike
The Conversation (US)by Canan Karakoç, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology16d ago
A spore is a bacterium’s survival capsule: dried almost solid, wrapped in protein armor and chemical processes shut down.
Scientists were wrong about this strange mammal for nearly 40 years
ScienceDaily16d ago
Scientists were wrong about this strange mammal for nearly 40 years A remarkably complete “Cretaceous rabbit” fossil from Mongolia has overturned a 40-year-old idea about early mammal evolution.
James Webb reveals why planet formation is a race against time
ScienceDaily16d ago
James Webb reveals why planet formation is a race against time JWST reveals that newborn planets are racing against powerful winds and radiation before their supply of planet-building gas...
Workers renovating major city street stumble on ancient discovery buried 20 feet below
FOX Newsby Andrea Margolis16d ago
Workers renovating a bustling city boulevard stumbled across a piece of the ancient past — a cache of pottery dating back roughly 1,000 years.
Loch Ness Monster hunter explains 'sighting from space'
PerthNowby BANG - Entertainment News16d ago
Loch Ness Monster hunter explains 'sighting from space' A Loch Ness Monster hunter has debunked claims a "family of Nessies" was spotted from space.
Where do nanoparticles go once they enter the body? Scientist helps shape new guidance
Phys.orgby Australian Nuclear Science; Technology Organisation16d ago
Where do nanoparticles go once they enter the body? Scientist helps shape new guidance New international best practice guidance, co-written at ANSTO, sets out how to measure where nanoparticles...
An ancient human face emerges from pieced together Moroccan fossil remains
Phys.orgby Sanjukta Mondal16d ago
An ancient human face emerges from pieced together Moroccan fossil remains Sanjukta Mondal Author In the 1960s, a miner working at a mineral extraction site in Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, struck...
Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy
Wiredby Brian Kahn16d ago
Google, SpaceX, and a host of startups are all planning to build data centers in space. But for those plans to work, they’ll need power. Lots of it.
Pomegranate compound improves heart function by up to 80% in study
ScienceDaily16d ago
Pomegranate compound improves heart function by up to 80% in study - Date: - September 28, 2026 - Source: - King's College London - Summary: - A compound the body can make after eating...
Lighthouse Learning Expands Footprint Through Strategic Partnership with The Khaitan School
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors16d ago
Lighthouse Learning (formerly EuroKids International), India’s leading Early Childhood and K-12 Education Group, today announced a strategic partnership with The Khaitan School, Noida.
Dogs Share a Speech Trick Once Thought Uniquely Human
ScienceAlertby Esra Öz16d ago
Your dog may prick up its ears at its name or run to the door when it hears "walk." But can its brain separate unfamiliar words when it hears them without a pause?
Detecting Notes of . . . Citi Field?
The New Yorkerby Arthur Holland Michel16d ago
On a moonless Friday night at Citi Field, Ryan Goydos, one half of the popular social-media account known as SuperVinoBros, stood at a security entrance reserved for staff, press, mascots, players...
Reliable Robots: Meet Johnson’s Dexterous Robotics Team - NASA
NASAby Linda E. Grimm16d ago
The idea of humans and robots working side-by-side in space was once the stuff of science fiction, but with NASA launching increasingly complex missions deeper into space, human-robot collaboration...
160-million-year-old proteins show surprising power against superbugs
ScienceDaily16d ago
160-million-year-old proteins show surprising power against superbugs Scientists revived 160-million-year-old antimicrobial proteins that could inspire new weapons against antibiotic-resistant...
Solving Math’s Greatest Problems Was an Art Form. Then Came AI
Wiredby Sophia Chen16d ago
From Suno composing uncanny elevator music to Tilly Norwood delivering customer-service-inflected one-liners, artificial intelligence has rattled creative industries.
Brain stimulation could reshape how you learn new skills
The Conversation UKby Matthew Weightman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford16d ago
Whether learning a new piano piece or adapting your tennis serve, acquiring physical skills depends on your brain’s ability to strengthen and refine neural connections.