Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University report that they may have found a way to halt, or even reverse, the loss of cellular energy that comes with damage and aging. If future studies confirm the results, the discovery could lead to major…
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Yellowstone earthquakes rattle underground ecosystems
This is a view looking down at the famous Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. The spring gets its colorful hues from bacteria. A new study said that Yellowstone earthquakes, like the swarms in 2021, disrupt the underground… Continue Reading
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How did human consciousness evolve? Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin traces our sophisticated brains back to the first complex cells
“Consciousness,” although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one’s surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track your internal bodily states via interactions…
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Scientists Just Found Another Way Antarctica Is Falling Apart
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add 10 feet to global sea levels. Even considering how quickly humans are heating the…
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THIS planet has a name that invites chuckle. But its initial name stirred controversy
Uranus, the seventh planet in our solar system, is often mocked for its name. However, did you know that this was the first name it got? In fact, its initial name was deemed even more controversial. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the…
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NASA's Next Flagship Space Telescope Survives the Sounds and Shakes of a Simulated Launch – autoevolution
- NASA’s Next Flagship Space Telescope Survives the Sounds and Shakes of a Simulated Launch autoevolution
- NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Provide the Largest Ever Asteroseismic Dataset—A Game Changer for Astronomy The Daily Galaxy
- NASA’s next-gen…
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Warming Climate Worsens Plastic Pollution, Experts Warn
A new review published in Frontiers in Science is calling for urgent action to avoid irreversible ecological damage by stemming the tide of microplastics entering the environment.
Climate change conditions turn plastics into more…
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In conversation with Yong Cui
What drives a materials scientist to push the boundaries of what’s possible? We sat down with Yong Cui, one of our Materials Horizons editors, to explore not just the cutting-edge developments shaping the field, but the passion and…
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Did this star with an unnatural spin munch down on its own planet?
Scientists have found why Kepler-56, a red giant star, has a weird spin, and according to a new study, this is because it likely gobbled up one of the planets orbiting it. Takato Tokuno, a doctoral student in the Department of Astronomy at the…
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How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more dangerous
The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent,…
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