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An artist's impression shows the giant spiral galaxy NGC 1365 as it collides and merges with a smaller companion galaxy, stirring up star formation and redistributing gas and heavy elements.
A new study used oxygen patterns in NGC 1365 to piece together the galaxy’s merger and growth history.
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New surveys reveal freshwater beneath Great Salt Lake, raising questions about dust control and hidden groundwater reserves.
Green ImpactScientists discover freshwater hidden beneath Utah’s Great Salt LakeRebecca Shavit
Antarctic ice reveals 3 million years of climate history, with cooling tied to only modest greenhouse gas changes.
Green ImpactThree million years of climate history, captured in Antarctic iceJoshua Shavit
The Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog 4.0, pictured, is a record of cosmic mergers detected between 2015 and 2024 by the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA gravitational wave observatories. Each panel is a time and frequency signature of an individual event — the merger of two black holes, two neutron stars, or one of each, somewhere out in the cosmos.
SpaceExpanding catalog of black hole collisions is rewriting the history of the universeJoseph Shavit
Study finds ChatGPT often answers research hypotheses correctly, but remains inconsistent and weak at spotting false claims.
AIScientists are rethinking how much we can trust ChatGPTShy Cohen
New research reveals how NR2F1 triggers lens scarring and cataracts, opening the door to non-surgical treatments.
HealthWhy do many patients develop scarring after cataract surgery?Mac Oliveau
Harvard study finds direct evidence that Earth’s plates were moving 3.5 billion years ago.
Green ImpactEarth’s tectonic plates were already shifting 3.5 billion years agoRebecca Shavit
The ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d is surrounded by the thickest layer of haze found on a planet yet, according to a new study that used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a deeper look at the “super-puff” planet.
SpaceThe haziest planet we’ve ever seen won’t give up its secretsJoshua Shavit
A UC Riverside study reports that casein and wheat gluten sharply reduced cholera’s ability to colonize mouse intestines, hinting at diet-based protection.
HealthMilk and wheat proteins identified as potent defenses against choleraMac Oliveau
New calculations suggest collapsing gas clouds can build galactic magnetic fields far faster than standard theory predicts.
SpaceScientists are rethinking how young galaxies formed their magnetic fieldsJoseph Shavit
A painted reconstruction of a bluntnose six-gill shark (or cow shark) scavenging on a tiny extinct right whale carcass during the Early Pliocene of the southern North Sea.
DiscoveriesWhale fossils reveal evidence of ancient shark attacksRebecca Shavit
A molecule in python blood that rises 1,000-fold after feeding and suppresses appetite in mice without the side effects of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic.
HealthPython blood suppresses appetite without the side effects of drugs like OzempicHannah Shavit-Weiner
An artist’s interpretation of a juvenile Doolysaurus huhmini. It is depicted alongside birds and other dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous in what is now South Korea.
DiscoveriesCT scans reveal a new species of baby dinosaur hidden in rock for 100 million yearsRebecca Shavit
Levitating matter with sound. Experimental setup with an acoustically levitated particle of silica.
DiscoveriesPhysicists solved a decades-old mystery about static electricityJoshua Shavit
Study suggests moons orbiting rogue planets could host liquid oceans for billions of years using tidal heating and hydrogen atmospheres.
SpaceRotation rate helps astronomers differentiate giant planets from brown dwarf starsJoseph Shavit
A new Allstate Foundation and Gallup survey finds 8 in 10 young people aged 12–25 have volunteered, but their service looks different than expected.
Global GoodThe quiet ways young people are showing up and giving backRebecca Shavit
The particle, known as the Ξcc⁺ (Xi‑cc‑plus), is a new type of heavy proton-like particle containing two charm quarks and one down quark.
DiscoveriesScientists at CERN discover new heavy-proton subatomic particleJoshua Shavit