Category: 7. Science

Introduction

Worldwide, the estimates for the prevalence of persons with intellectual disabilities, an IQ below 70, vary between 1% and 3% [-], which is 80-234 million people. In the Netherlands, 2.3% of the population (around 400,000 out of 17.4…

In a forest, death feeds life. A fallen tree doesn’t end a story – it starts another. Beneath damp bark and soft moss, fungi grow, feed, and connect.

Scientists at Kobe University discovered that these fungi don’t just recycle wood; they…

Scientists studying clam and cockle shells have found signs that the currents in the Atlantic Ocean may be approaching a “tipping point”, which could have significant consequences for climate patterns.

The researchers studied the layers of 

An unexpected deep-sea deposit may be the smoking gun from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova in the relatively recent past.

Earlier this year, a team of scientists in Germany discovered a strange spike in beryllium-10 in the seafloor…

An amazing new video shows flashes of sunlight sparkling off a batch of SpaceX satellites, with a green aurora glowing just below.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an accomplished amateur photographer, captured the stunning “train” of SpaceX Starlink…

Ben Jones, associate professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named to the 2025 cohort of…