• NASA won't publish key climate change report online, citing 'no legal obligation' to do so
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    NASA will not host the U.S. government's primary climate assessment reports on its website after all, despite a White House claim that they would be available via the space agency.
  • Jumping spider's visual trickery can fool AI
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Some jumping spiders look so much like wasps that scientists named them for the predatory insects.
  • New study reveals how to stabilize cobalt catalysts for green hydrogen production
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Scientists have taken a major step toward solving one of the biggest challenges facing green hydrogen: the scarcity of iridium, a rare and expensive metal crucial to current production methods.
  • A Merger of the "Most Massive Black Hole Binary We've Observed" Is Revealed
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Discover Top Stories
    Learn more about LIGO, the observatory that detected two massive black holes merging, the largest in recorded history.
  • Study maps Bifidobacterium genes to guide personalized probiotic development
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Probiotics are emerging tools used by neonatal intensive care units to promote healthy outcomes and prevent intestinal diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis. Approximately one in ten of the youngest preterm infants in the U.S. are...
  • Smarter silicone bonding enables engineering of stronger soft devices
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    In a step forward for soft robotics and biomedical devices, Rice University engineers have uncovered a powerful new way to boost the strength and durability of silicone-based soft devices without changing the materials themselves. Their...
  • Gemini North Telescope Captures New Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com
    Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope at NSF’s International Gemini Observatory have captured 3I/ATLAS as it makes its temporary passage through our cosmic neighborhood. The post Gemini North Telescope Captures New Images of...
  • 'Project Hail Mary' author Andy Weir is 'really psyched' about the sci-fi film's epic 1st trailer (exclusive)
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    The fan favorite author of 'The Martian' admits, 'I'm really happy with how the film is turning out'.
  • Best cameras for kids 2025 — cheap, quality photos and videos
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    These are the best cameras for children interested in photography, shooting videos and content creation, as tested and rated by our experts.
  • A Medieval Preacher’s Meme Helps Solve a 130-Year-Old Literary Mystery
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Discover Top Stories
    Learn how a new reading of an 800-year-old medieval sermon has revealed fresh insights into the famous English poem 'Song of Wade.'
  • Magic Mushroom Compound Psilocybin May Have Anti-Aging Properties
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Discover Top Stories
    In a mouse study, psilocybin showed to have anti-aging properties. Learn more on what they could mean for age-related treatments in humans.
  • Satellite images track Grand Canyon wildfires burning across thousands of acres
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    Lightning-ignited Grand Canyon wildfires burn tens of thousands of acres, as NOAA’s GOES satellites continue to monitor the fires.
  • Decline in aerosols could lead to more heat waves in populated areas
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Heat waves are becoming more frequent around the world. And while rising temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions are part of the problem, the declining levels of aerosols—the small particles that make up smog and air...
  • Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths to which some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar—a taste for ants and termites.
  • These Ancient Dogs Have Pulled Sleds in Greenland for Nearly 1,000 Years
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Discover Top Stories
    Meet the Qimmit, Greenand's genetically diverse sled dogs that have been long-time Artic companions.
  • Dust devils on Mars leave 'fingerprints' that can guide future Red Planet missions
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    The high winds that birth dust devils can also revitalize robots by cleaning their solar cells.
  • Neanderthal Genes May Cause a Rare Brain Condition That Impacts Balance and Posture
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Discover Top Stories
    Learn more about Chiari malformation type 1, a rare brain condition that may be present in certain genes thanks to Neanderthals.
  • Study finds elites' offshore asset strategies shaped by home country governance
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Billionaires, oligarchs, and other members of the uber-rich, known as "elites," are notorious for the use of offshore financial systems to conceal their assets and mask their identities. Understanding the transnational offshore finance...
  • Tears seen as more honest when shed by those least expected to cry, study suggests
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A new study adds to evidence suggesting that people's perceptions of others' tears as sincere or manipulative likely depend on a variety of contextual factors. The findings suggest tears may be perceived as more honest when shed in...
  • Astronomers discover a cosmic 'fossil' at the edge of our solar system. Is this bad news for 'Planet 9'?
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a strange new body in a weird orbit at the edge of the solar system, which could be bad news for Planet Nine theories.
  • Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family's origins
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Where did Europe's distinct Uralic family of languages—which includes Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian—come from? New research puts their origins a lot farther east than many thought.
  • 2014 Nobel Prize idea used to reach super-resolution imaging, turning noise into data
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A new method turns noise into valuable data to enhance understanding of chemical reactions and material properties with unprecedented detail at the atomic level. The results of this research are now published in Nature.
  • Research finds chromosomes are covered in liquid-like coating to prevent stickiness and DNA damage
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    New research into mitotic chromosomes has found that they are covered in a liquid-like coating that could allow them to bounce off one another, like bumper cars, protecting them from being damaged during cell division.
  • Delicious but damaging invasive golden oyster mushrooms found decreasing fungal community richness
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A popular species of edible mushroom, golden oyster, has spread rapidly throughout the United States since escaping from cultivation into the wild. Now, a new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison shows these...
  • Astronomers find giant hidden molecular cloud fueling star birth in Milky Way
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our Milky Way galaxy. The Giant Molecular Cloud (GMC) is about 60 parsecs—or 200 light years—long.
  • Where did all the antimatter go? This mismatch in how subatomic particles behave could hold a clue
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    The first-known observations of matter–antimatter asymmetry in a decaying composite subatomic particle that belongs to the baryon class are reported from the LHCb experiment located at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. This effect,...
  • Shapeshifting liquid crystal can form emulsions, then change back
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Cornell researchers have developed a two-phase liquid crystal system that can rapidly change—and hold—its shape, transforming from a transparent thin liquid film to an opaque emulsion, and then back again, all with a brief jolt of a...
  • Holographic precision, super-resolution vision: Scientists reveal hidden world of vital cellular structures
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A team of NYU chemists and physicists are using cutting-edge tools—holographic microscopy and super-resolution imaging—to unlock how cells build and grow tiny, dynamic droplets known as biomolecular condensates.
  • Tiny gene ensures survival of male birds
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Birds have developed a unique evolutionary solution to ensure the survival of males—a powerful microRNA. This tiny gene allows male embryos to survive despite a genetic imbalance between the sexes by balancing the activity of the sex...
  • Why some elephants take more risks around people than others
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Elephants that live near farms are more daring than their deep-forest counterparts, and that behavior could be the key to helping people and elephants get along.
  • Tiny crystals hold the key to Augustine Volcano's dramatic 2006 eruption
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Samples of extremely small crystal clots, each polished to the thickness of a human hair or thinner, have revealed information about the process triggering the major 2006 eruption of Alaska's Augustine Volcano.
  • The largest Mars meteorite on Earth has sold for $4.3 million
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    Sotheby's in New York City auctioned off a giant chunk of Mars found in Africa. It sold for $4.3 million.
  • Fossil discovery reveals ancient giant marine reptile relied on stealth while hunting in darkness
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters—much like owls on land today.
  • What makes us persist toward long-term goals?
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    At any one time, most people are pursuing multiple goals: answering email, doing the laundry, choosing how to invest retirement savings, helping a child with their math homework. When confronted with such variety, how do we choose which...
  • Astrophotographer captures galactic fireworks near the Seahorse Nebula in eerie deep-space photo
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    10 supernova explosions have been seen brightening the Fireworks Galaxy over the past century.
  • Best binoculars by price — Find the perfect pair for your budget
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    Bring the universe closer — here’s our round-up of the best binoculars by price for those looking for something cheap, looking to invest a little more or those 'forever home' binoculars
  • Videos from the Amazon reveal ocelots and opossums seeming to team up for hunting
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    New York Times: 'Like two old friends walking home from a bar' a researcher said of video.
  • Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms—with 98% accuracy
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Dogs trained to detect Parkinson’s disease using scent have shown remarkable accuracy in new research. In a double-blind trial, they identified skin swabs from people with Parkinson’s with up to 80% sensitivity and 98% specificity, even...
  • Can’t sleep, can’t focus, can’t thrive? ADHD and insomnia may be a vicious cycle
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Struggling to sleep might be the hidden reason why adults with ADHD traits often feel less satisfied with life. New research reveals a strong link between insomnia and reduced well-being in people with ADHD symptoms, suggesting a vicious...
  • SpaceX launch adds dozens of satellites to Amazon’s broadband network
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband network got a literal boost from SpaceX Wednesday as a Falcon 9 rocket put several Kuiper satellites into orbit.
  • Harmful algae blooms have secret to success over other algaes—manipulating its environment
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    An alga that threatens freshwater ecosystems and is toxic to vertebrates has a sneaky way of ensuring its success: It suppresses the growth of algal competitors by releasing chemicals that deprive them of a vital vitamin.
  • A transatlantic communications cable does double duty
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    Monitoring changes in water temperature and pressure at the seafloor can improve understanding of ocean circulation, climate, and natural hazards such as tsunamis. In recent years, scientists have begun gathering submarine measurements...
  • JWST finds unusual black hole in the center of the Infinity Galaxy: 'How can we make sense of this?'
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from SPACE.com
    Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the 1st evidence of a "direct collapse" black hole.
  • Researchers observe early state of planet formation beyond Earth's sun
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    A group of international researchers said on Wednesday they witnessed some of the earliest stages of a planet beyond the sun beginning to form.
  • Flying with hands: The evolution of bat wings
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    The dream of flying has always fascinated humanity. In evolutionary history, the ability to fly has emerged independently only three times: in birds, pterosaurs, and, uniquely among mammals, in bats.
  • Bear that bit man in Norway roams free after hunt in which wrong animal shot
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    Search for female and her cubs on hold to campaigners’ relief after court had quashed injunction against cull The hunt for a brown bear that bit a man on the elbow has been put on hold, the Norwegian environment agency has announced, in...
  • 'ProPublica' climate reporter calls Texas floods an 'early warning' of future chaos
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Abrahm Lustgarten says the undermining of science, and cuts to FEMA and NOAA, at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common, should be "extraordinarily concerning" to us.
  • Reform-led Durham county council scraps climate emergency declaration
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    Durham is thought to be first UK local authority to rescind its statement, in a move condemned as a ‘very dark day’ A Reform-led council is thought to have become the first in the UK to rescind its climate emergency declaration, a move...
  • Strange Dolphin Hunting Aid: a Sponge
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor: They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose. Using the sponge to protect from sharp rocks, the dolphins swim with their beaks covered,...
  • Google inks $3bn US hydropower deal as it expands energy-hungry datacenters
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    The tech giant will buy 3GW of US hydropower in deal to fuel AI and data center growth across eastern states Google has agreed to secure as much as 3GW of US hydropower in the world’s largest corporate clean power pact for...
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