
Ars Technica - 1 day 5 hours ago
Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 6 hours ago
Our universe emerged when spacetime's building blocks "crystallized" into being, according to a controversial theory.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 7 hours ago
Morris and Lona Cohen began spying for the USSR at the beginning of World War II and went virtually undetected across two decades of espionage.

The Conversation - 1 day 7 hours ago
With the help of thunderstorms and everyday fiber-optic cables, these scientists are revealing a hidden world underground.

Retraction Watch - 1 day 9 hours ago
A trial date has been set in a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier that alleges the company published what plaintiffs say was a manipulated study about an air purifying technology over objections from peer reviewers. The case has already cost Elsevier a $10,000 sanction from a judge. Global Plasma Solutions (GPS), which makes air … Continue reading Defamation suit demanding Elsevier retract paper heads closer to trial...

Newser - 1 day 12 hours ago
Astronauts' stubborn bowels are finally getting a scientific explanation and it's about more than bathroom inconvenience. In a NASA-funded study of more than 400 blood samples from 52 astronauts who spent at least two months on the International Space Station, researchers found that life in microgravity appears to slow the...

The Conversation - 1 day 13 hours ago
With location regulations no longer in force, fishing boats are harvesting thousands of tons of krill from very few areas, increasing competition with penguins, seals, whales and other marine life.

New York Times - 1 day 13 hours ago
The Major Oak at Sherwood Forest Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire, England, in May.

GeekSpin - 1 day 13 hours ago
When you think about the phrase “Mega-Earth,” your mind probably jumps straight to a sci-fi blockbuster movie poster or a comic book alternate dimension. But astronomers just proved that huge, rocky monster worlds are not just a Hollywood fantasy. They are real, and one very weird specimen is turning planet-formation science entirely upside down. Astronomers […] Read the original article here: NASA’s newest planet discovery is unlike anything seen before...

Mother Jones - 1 day 15 hours ago
As Stephen Young stepped into the woods about an hour drive from Mt. Lassen volcano in northeast California, the forest began communicating to him in an unspoken language learned from his years collecting plants. The tree-shaded March air felt cool against his cheek, and he could sense the moisture of the forest's understory hanging in […]...

Wired - 1 day 15 hours ago
"People have talked about the Colorado River crisis for decades we're now in it," says one expert. "Everyone you talk to is like, Shit, man.'"...

The Independent - 1 day 16 hours ago
Advanced radar has exposed an extensive complex just three feet below the surface...

Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 17 hours ago
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The Independent - 1 day 19 hours ago
Patients who received treatment performed better on a six-minute walking test...

The Independent - 1 day 21 hours ago
Snake is already under threat from industries like coffee farming and mining, researchers say...

Nature - 2 days 1 hour ago
Seismologists measured the varying speeds of a thunderquake' to survey an area with little seismic activity.

Nature - 2 days 1 hour ago
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Nature - 2 days 1 hour ago
Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.