As we get closer to the New Moon, there’ll be less to see on the surface of the moon each night. For now, however, there’s still enough lit up that we can spot a few features. Keep…
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Translocating Nanoplastics in Zebrafish
KNOXVILLE, TN, December 14, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ — Scientists from the City University of Hong Kong have found that nanoplastics can enter zebrafish via two pathways: waterborne exposure and dietary exposure. These tiny particles can cross…
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For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.
Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal…
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Without quantum physics, you wouldn’t be reading this. Scientist explains the mind-blowing concept that underpins all our lives
Quantum physics sounds like a scary concept for many people, even if you’re an avid lover of science.
It’s one of those topics many of us wish we knew more about, but which seems impenetrably difficult to understand.
Entanglement, superposition,…
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Single-array measurements reveal non-uniform, mosaic-like chemosensory arrays in bacteria
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Matilla, M. A. & Krell, T. The effect of bacterial chemotaxis on…
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Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites before making 550th SpaceX landing
Almost 10 years to the day since it successfully landed its first rocket stage, SpaceX today (Dec. 14) recovered its 550th Falcon 9 booster.
The touchdown came after the rocket’s first stage had lofted 27 Starlink satellites into space, lifting…
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Distinct information flows for different whole-body actions across LOTC subdivisions
Downing, P. & Kanwisher, N. A cortical area specialized for visual processing of the human body. J. Vis. 1, 2470–2473 (2001).
Marrazzo, G., Vaessen, M. J. & de Gelder, B. Decoding the…
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New quantum antenna reveals a hidden terahertz world
A research team from the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies at the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw has introduced a new way to measure hard-to-detect terahertz signals using a “quantum antenna.” In…
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New quantum antenna reveals a hidden terahertz world
A research team from the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies at the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw has introduced a new way to measure hard-to-detect terahertz signals using a “quantum antenna.” In…
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