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Star formation plunged over 4.5 billion years, but cosmic neutral hydrogen barely changed, pointing to a different bottleneck.
Galaxies are making far fewer stars even though much of their atomic hydrogen reservoir remains surprisingly intact.
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Artist concept of Mars's warm southern interior. Mars’s southern mantle may be 200 to 400°C hotter than the north, revealing a deep divide beneath the planet’s surface.
SpaceMars’s mantle may be hundreds of degrees hotter beneath one hemisphereJoseph Shavit
Ghost archaic ancestry reveals DNA from two unknown human lineages still carried by people around the world.
HealthTwo unknown human ancestors still live in our DNAJoshua Shavit
NIST physicists John Bollinger and Matt Affolter adjust a laser system used to trap beryllium ions, creating crystals that could help uncover elusive dark matter.
InnovationsNIST scientists invent a quantum crystal detector to hunt for dark matterJoseph Shavit
A buried Wash volcanic complex may be the source of Kinnekulle ash spread across northern Europe 454 million years ago.
Green ImpactAncient English supervolcano blasted ash across northern Europe 454 million years agoJoshua Shavit
The LUX-ZEPLIN main detector, pictured here in a surface lab before installation underground at Sanford Lab, saw a surprising event in its search for dark matter.
DiscoveriesLUX-ZEPLIN detector makes surprising discovery in search for dark matterShy Cohen
The Tasmanian tiger’s unusual skull suggests it snapped at smaller prey rather than overpowering livestock like a wolf.
DiscoveriesCentury-old myth about the Tasmanian tiger may have been dangerously wrongRebecca Shavit
Air conditioning cuts heat-related mortality by 57% in the U.S., but Yale researchers find its protective benefits eventually level off.
HealthAir conditioning cuts heat-related deaths by more than half, but its protection has limitsJoseph Shavit
Scientists find that the brain tracks subtle differences in each breath, revealing a precise link between breathing and neural activity.
HealthEvery breath you take, every distinct pattern in the brain you makeJoshua Shavit
Researchers developed a small-molecule drug that tricks cancer cells into burning more sugar while blocking their backup fuel source.
HealthExperimental drug turns cancer’s sugar hunger against tumorsJoshua Shavit
First author Philip Leindecker looks into the ultrahigh-vacuum chamber of a quantum computer at PSI that operates with trapped ions.
DiscoveriesStrange behavior in focused laser light could change how quantum computers control qubitsJoseph Shavit
Bar-Ilan University researchers found declining physics searches worldwide, suggesting students are shifting toward AI tools like ChatGPT.
AIStudents turn to AI as physics searches decline worldwideShy Cohen
El Niño variability in the eastern Pacific has increased by about 36.5% compared with the pre-industrial era, according to a 1,000-year coral record from the Galápagos Islands.
Green ImpactEl Niño is stronger than at any point in the past 1,000 years, coral records revealJoshua Shavit
Experiments show strong stellar magnetic fields can stop coronal mass ejections, helping explain why astronomers rarely detect them.
SpacePowerful magnetic fields could be trapping giant stellar eruptions before they escapeJoseph Shavit
Fossilized animal waste may have recycled nutrients and helped complex marine ecosystems flourish during the Cambrian Explosion.
DiscoveriesAncient animal feces may have helped transform Earth’s oceans 540 million years agoJoseph Shavit
SpaceNASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to map billions of galaxies and hunt distant worldsJoseph Shavit
Drops can become electrically charged as they slide across surfaces. If they then fall onto a coating—such as on a car—the coating can be corroded by the drop’s electrical discharge and permanently damaged.
Green ImpactScientists discover why rain drops can damage metal protective coatingsJoshua Shavit