When a wildfire tears through a landscape, most life retreats or disappears. Plants burn. Animals flee. The soil itself is left dark, dry, and stripped of easy nutrients. And yet, within weeks, tiny fungi begin to appear.
Bright orange cups….

When a wildfire tears through a landscape, most life retreats or disappears. Plants burn. Animals flee. The soil itself is left dark, dry, and stripped of easy nutrients. And yet, within weeks, tiny fungi begin to appear.
Bright orange cups….

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With the sun rising on the second day of the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal, NASA is preparing the SLS for…

From Earth, the galaxy seems almost still. Stars shift only slightly, and the Milky Way drifts across the night sky, creating an illusion of quiet stability.
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If you imagine the earliest animals on Earth, you might picture something simple but sturdy. Maybe a sponge-like creature anchored to the sea floor, reinforced with tiny glass needles. That image turns out to be wrong.
According to a major…


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Photographers Chengcheng Xu and Tianyao Yang managed to capture the full Moon…

Current electrochemical theory does not adequately describe realistic platinum electrodes. Scientists at Leiden University have now, for the first time, mapped the influence of imperfect platinum surfaces. This provides a more accurate picture of…

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has now completed the first…