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Inspired by bats, a new ultra-low-power sensing system enables tiny drones to navigate through darkness, smoke and dust, where cameras and other light-based sensors fail.
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 11 hours agoEarly humans may have survived a brutal ice age by hiding out in mountain caves located in what's now Serbia.
Retraction Watch - 1 day 11 hours agoIn a paper published last month in the Journal of Documentation, a team of researchers in journalism, social science and data explore how and why journalists report or don't report on scientific retractions. The investigators performed an analysis on news coverage of "high-attention retracted articles" identified from the Retraction Watch database and other … Continue reading Why don't journalists circle back to cover retractions? A conversation with Malgorzata Iwaniec-Thompson...
Rescuers used boats and excavators to try to guide 10-metre long sea mammal to deeper waters A humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast since early this week has freed itself and swum into deeper waters, rescuers said on Friday. A flotilla of vessels were following the weakened animal at a distance, hoping to help guide it into the North Sea and toward the Atlantic Ocean, its natural habitat. Continue reading...
The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuatio n earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station. Four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he was eating dinner on Jan. 7 after prepping for a spacewalk the next day...
Freezing a brain and bringing it back online is no longer just the stuff of fiction at least for mice. German researchers report they've chilled slices of brain tissue from the rodents to about minus 196 degrees Celsius, thawed them days later, and found the neurons still firing and talking...
Hundreds of millions of people live close enough to data centres used to power AI to feel warmer average temperatures in their local area...
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 16 hours agoA new study shows evidence of "evolutionary rescue" a kind of rapid evolution in which organisms genetically adapt to severe conditions in monkeyflower populations found throughout western North America.
Popular Mechanics - 1 day 17 hours agoSome clouds in North Dakota may have caused nuclear armageddon if not for Stanislav Petrov.
A chemical signature in a lunar rock offers new insights into what early oxygen conditions were like on the Moon.
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The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet...
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A new spacecraft concept called NOVA could keep asteroids from hitting our planet by using a huge magnet to gradually pull them apart while shifting their trajectories...
That's good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the next 5 billion years.
Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies and treat new casualties of war.
A long-overlooked area of the penis has been found to have the highest concentration of nerve endings and sensory structures in the organ, suggesting that it is the "male G-spot"...
A new study reveals that high doses of antioxidants often seen as harmless or beneficial may actually impact future generations. Male mice given common supplements like NAC produced offspring with subtle but significant facial and skull changes. Researchers believe this is tied to altered sperm DNA, even though the fathers showed no outward health issues.
Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 21 hours agoMany years ago, I wrote the following post after encountering the incredible amount of snails in our garden. In the intervening years, the snails have vanished. Now, my youngest son and I look forward to a particular patch of succulents on the walk to school that, when spring comes, turns into Snail City. It’s been […] The post Snail Season appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Australian Geographic - 2 days 3 hours agoWelcome to Blue Horizons, a monthly dive into ocean news, discoveries and adventures proudly supported by Coral Expeditions, Australia's pioneering cruise line. The post Blue Horizons Vol. 2 appeared first on Australian Geographic .
Nature - 2 days 5 hours agoMothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.
Nature - 2 days 5 hours agoLow levels of radioactive strontium and caesium are emanating from a pipe on the wreck of the Komsomolets.
Nature - 2 days 5 hours agoAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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