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…
Solar in poor countries is creating a huge lead hazard
Solar panels have become incredibly cheap. This has been overwhelmingly good for the world, but skeptics continue to…
Fossil shows early vertebrates had four eyes
A 518-million-year-old fossil has revealed that some of the earliest vertebrates possessed four image-forming eyes instead of two.…
I Thought These Takeout Containers Were Recyclable. An Expert Explains Why They’re Not
Recycling isn’t as simple as filling that blue bin each week. While the impulse to recycle is good,…