
Wired - 1 day 12 hours ago
What scientists thought were four separate star clusters are actually part of one nearly invisible system.

Discover Magazine - 1 day 13 hours ago
Learn about the archaeological site of 'Ubeidiya, now confirmed as one of the oldest areas that humans occupied outside of Africa.

Discover Magazine - 1 day 14 hours ago
Learn how a Tyrannosaurus tooth embedded in fossil bone from the Hell Creek Formation is helping researchers reconstruct a prehistoric encounter.

New York Times - 1 day 15 hours ago
Coal plants are responsible for nearly half of all mercury emissions in the United States, according to the E.P.A.

Wired - 1 day 16 hours ago
A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it's had only acting directors and the White House won't say when that will change.

NBC News - 1 day 17 hours ago
NASA is eyeing March 6 to launch four astronauts on the Artemis II mission around the moon, officials announced after completing a fueling test and launch-day walkthrough.

New Scientist - 1 day 18 hours ago
A survey of 100 commercial foods for dogs and cats revealed that PFAS chemicals appear in numerous brands and types, with fish-based products among those with the highest levels...

Newser - 1 day 19 hours ago
Singapore's past just got a lot busier than the "sleepy fishing village" origin story suggests. A newly analyzed 14th-century shipwreck off its coast has yielded 3.9 tons of Chinese ceramics, offering the strongest maritime evidence yet that the island was a serious trading center centuries before the British arrived,...

New York Times - 1 day 19 hours ago
Ice mounds along the shoreline of Lake Erie on Feb. 4, in Hamburg, N.Y.

Retraction Watch - 1 day 19 hours ago
What started as a small editorial conundrum several years ago has turned into an expression of concern for dozens of papers in a medical journal, thanks to the work of an Australian physician and scientific sleuth. In February 2022, we wrote about the decision by publisher Wolters Kluwer to retract a table that was missing … Continue reading Publisher flags more than 120 papers three and a half years after learning of problems...

New Scientist - 1 day 22 hours ago
Colliding galaxies can create a beam of focused microwave radiation known as a maser, and astronomers have discovered the brightest one ever seen...

GeekSpin - 1 day 22 hours ago
The promise of reclaiming youthful cognitive function has long been a holy grail for neuroscientists, but researchers may have just uncovered a critical microscopic switch that dictates how well our brains can repair themselves over time. A team at the National University of Singapore says a single regulator protein may be one of the reasons […] Read the original article here: New brain discovery could help reverse the effects of aging...

The Conversation - 1 day 23 hours ago
Scientific research, artificial intelligence and modern bank security all rely on probability.

New Scientist - 1 day 23 hours ago
New insights into the causes of migraine is prompting a fresh look at a drug target that was sidelined 25 years ago...

The Independent - 2 days 1 hour ago
Scientists provide proof that ultramarathon athletes' red blood cells become less flexible after a long race, potentially reducing their ability to efficiently carry oxygen...

NBC News - 2 days 2 hours ago
At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large blade-shaped head crest and jaws bearing interlocking teeth for snaring slippery fish...

The Independent - 2 days 2 hours ago
The discovery was made at the National Trust-owned Knoll Beach at the end of January...

Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 3 hours ago
There is an Asian elm tree that I can see out of my office window. In the winter, its branches trace intricate lines against the pale sky. Every few years, an arborist casts ropes through the branches and climbs up to trim the tree. One year, he pointed out a fork in the trunk with […] The post I Can See Clearly Now/The Rain appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

The Independent - 2 days 5 hours ago
Researchers say test can help develop therapies to prevent or slow onset of dementia...

Nature - 2 days 12 hours ago
The United Kingdom and Brazil have issued warnings about a possible link between GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and pancreatic inflammation, but the connection is murky.

Nature - 2 days 12 hours ago
Complex 3D structures of cells called organoids could be used to test treatments for spinal-cord damage that can lead to paralysis.

Nature - 2 days 12 hours ago
After a century of study, physicists have theories but they're still not 100% sure.