NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun
How they did it To prove DART had a detectable influence on both asteroids — not just on…
Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research
This article was originally published at The Conversation. Going to space is harsh on the human body, and…
Wild monkeys don’t abandon their infants. Why did baby Punch’s mother?
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
World’s largest clutch of 47 Mesozoic crocodile eggs found in Brazil
In a famous fossil bed in Brazil, researchers have discovered a new treasure of three egg clutches. These…
The LLMs ‘willing to commit academic fraud’; ‘peer replication’ instead of review; a ‘spam filter’ for predatory journals – Retraction Watch
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Japanese supercomputer upends 45-year-old theory about sun-like stars
For nearly half a century, astronomers have believed that stars like our sun eventually change the way they…
Which animal would you be for a day?
Beaver Beavers are the largest rodents (gnawing animals) in North America and the second largest in the world,…
Solar storms, AI forecasts, and the future of safe flight on Earth and in space
In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sit down with Dr. Lulu Zhao, an assistant professor of climate…
60 years since humans touched the surface of another planet • The Register
It is 60 years since humanity first got up close and personal with another planet, with the impact…
Deadly storms and tornadoes strike US state of Michigan
Onlookers captured footage of the moment a tornado swept through Union City in the US state of Michigan,…
Barbary lion: Two of the world’s rarest lions put to sleep at zoo
They were previously housed at Port Lympne Zoo in the south of England. In a statement, the zoo…
Physicists finally see strange magnetic vortices predicted 50 years ago
Materials can behave in surprising ways when they are thinned down layer by layer until they are only…