
Ars Technica - 1 day 11 hours ago
Explaining the Great Unconformity, where Cambrian deposits sit on top of older rocks.

New York Times - 1 day 12 hours ago
Daniel K. Biss earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at M.I.T. and taught math at the University of Chicago before moving to politics, first as an Illinois state legislator and, since 2021, as the mayor of Evanston.

GeekSpin - 1 day 15 hours ago
It is safe to say we usually think of life as an all-or-nothing package. An animal is either a complete and functioning organism, and if one part is cut off, it dies. And that is if the animal survives the injury that led to the loss of parts of its body. Well, that was the […] Read the original article here: This creature could hold the secret to human limb regrowth...

The Atlantic - 1 day 16 hours ago
El Ni o is driving whole tropical ecosystems north.

Newser - 1 day 16 hours ago
Chihuahuas may look like pure lap dogs, but their DNA says there's a ghost of the wild in there. Using new software to finely parse animal ancestry, Stanford researchers uncovered tiny stretches of coyote DNA in modern Chihuahuas about one-tenth of 1% of their genome, per research published in the...

IEEE Spectrum - 1 day 16 hours ago
Last August, looking up from the edge of an ancient river delta on Mars, the Perseverance rover 's electronic eye spied an oblong shadow crossing the distant, glowing Sun. Phobos , the Martian moon named for the Greek god of fear and panic, was transiting the solar disk. Too small to darken the pale, dust-tinged sky, but orbiting close enough to eclipse a significant fraction of the Sun, Phobos passed in less than a minute. NASA's Perseverance rover captured Phobos passing in front of the...

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 17 hours ago
A modern psychopathy test, applied to a 1629 shipwreck, uncovers the dark origins of toxic bosses.

Ars Technica - 1 day 18 hours ago
Interstellar Technologies announces more government funding for the Japanese Zero rocket.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 18 hours ago
New dating puts Ubeidiya alongside the oldest known Eurasian settlements and hints that early humans arrived in waves.

GeekSpin - 1 day 18 hours ago
A radio signal from a star 238 light-years away briefly looked like it might be a sign of alien life, but the astronomers who found it say it’s more likely coming from somewhere on Earth. The signal turned up in data from China’s FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope), the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, which […] Read the original article here: China detects rare radio signal from distant star system...

Smithsonian - 1 day 19 hours ago
Don't think of all Mesozoic mammals as meek and tiny alongside the terrible lizards, some were giants in their own right...

Smithsonian - 1 day 19 hours ago
The images from Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show the mammalian species and their twitching noses at their cutest...

Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 22 hours ago
Once you know something, it's easy to forget that you used to not know it, and that other people still don't. Here's how to recognize and overcome the CURSE of KNOWLEDGE. The post The Curse of Knowledge appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

Australian Geographic - 2 days 7 hours ago
For active, outdoor-loving travellers, Victoria's High Country is the perfect place to spend some time in the wild. Let's go! The post Escape to Victoria's High Country this summer appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Nature - 2 days 7 hours ago
Hundreds of engravings were spotted in a widely visited cave some include signs of animation.

Nature - 2 days 7 hours ago
Artificial intelligence could take the field into new territory, but researchers must create the rules and institutions that keep humans at its centre.

Nature - 2 days 7 hours ago
A team of artificial-intelligence agents simulates a laboratory of robots and instruments to ensure that the physical workspace functions smoothly and then directs that workspace's operations.