Science and Tech

Science and Tech

sun red giant swallow planet
Many planets will eventually be devoured by their parent star. For the first time, we caught a star in the act, eating its innermost planet!
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The average age of cannabis users is increasing. Weed may fall out of fashion before it becomes legal everywhere.
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Nobody knows where the word "penguin" comes from.
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To protect yourself, you need an antifungal rather than an amulet.
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The conservation of energy is one of the most fundamental laws governing our reality. But in the expanding Universe, that's just not true.
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Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.
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It's not about fairness. It's about using every possible advantage.
jwst background galaxies
These high-mass, rapidly star-forming galaxies have called modern cosmology into question. But hi-res simulations show no tension at all.
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Neuroscientists hope to learn more in the hope of finding a way to reverse dementia.
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Laser-guided lightning isn't the only manmade way to create lightning.
dark energy accelerated expansion
All forms of energy affect the expanding Universe. But if matter and radiation slow the expansion down, how does dark energy speed it up?
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How do physicists solve a problem like entropy?
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Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
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The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.
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The best evidence for dark matter is astrophysical and indirect. Do new lensing observations point to ultra-light, wave-like dark matter?
How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
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Once the initial blaze of heat dissipated, the constituent particles of atoms were free to bind.
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Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
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As AI evolves — and more robotic warfare systems are deployed — the nature of conflict could change beyond recognition.
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Quantum uncertainty and wave-particle duality are big features of quantum physics. But without Pauli's rule, our Universe wouldn't exist.
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Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.
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Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.
JWST most distant galaxy proto-cluster
Finding out how the Universe grew up was the biggest science goal of JWST. This ultra-early proto-galaxy cluster is one amazing discovery.
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Ocean fertilization is extremely controversial, but if done correctly, it just might work.
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The LHC has a long, productive life ahead of it. An upgraded version, called the “High Luminosity LHC,” will be available in 2028.
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A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.