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Horses whinny with two pitches at once, by vibrating vocal folds and whistling inside the larynx.
A horse’s whinny carries two pitches, one from vocal folds and one from a laryngeal whistle, the study finds.
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The oldest stars in the Milky Way provide information about the age of the universe.
SpaceAncient Milky Way stars challenge the age of the universe and the Hubble tensionJoseph Shavit
Engineers develop magnetic cloaks for complex shapes using superconductors and ferromagnets.
InnovationsResearchers create an invisibility cloak by bending magnetic fields around real-world objectsShy Cohen
Section of the Line Intensity Map created by charting the distribution and concentration of excited hydrogen via the Lyman alpha wavelength in the universe 10 billion years ago.
SpaceAstronomers built the largest and most accurate 3D map of the ultraviolet universeJoshua Shavit
A Yale-led study finds many older adults improve in cognition or walking, and positive beliefs about aging predict those gains.
HealthNearly half of older adults improve in cognition or walking over timeRebecca Shavit
ESA orbiters watched a May 2024 solar superstorm flood Mars’ upper air with electrons and trigger spacecraft glitches.
SpaceESA orbiter reveals strange behavior within Mars’ upper atmosphere during a solar superstormJoseph Shavit
A good sign: Bone-forming cells (light blue) with nuclei (purple) have already colonized a hydrogel that has been structured like bone.
HealthNew hydrogel prints bone-like implants at record speedMac Oliveau
Purdue’s IZUMO1 vaccine cut fertility in mice, aiming for humane control of feral horses, deer, and other wildlife.
HealthNew contraceptive vaccine sharply reduces fertility enabling humane wildlife managementHannah Shavit-Weiner
A Science study using 300,000 fossils finds east-west coastlines trapped species at one latitude, raising extinctions over 540 million years.
Green ImpactHow ancient shorelines played a crucial role in the survival of early sea creaturesRebecca Shavit
Ryugu asteroid samples preserve magnetic signals from the early solar system, revealing clues about the solar nebula.
SpaceAsteroid Ryugu fragments carry a magnetic record from the birth of the solar systemJoseph Shavit
The microspheres (green), hepatocytes (magenta), and supporting fibroblasts (orange) assemble and reorganize into engineered liver grafts over time. Image shows a comparison of day zero (left) and day fourteen (right) of the grafts cultured in the laboratory.
HealthMIT engineers built injectable ‘satellite livers’ as an alternative to liver transplantsJoshua Shavit
New research suggests there is no single perfect sprint technique. Speed emerges from each athlete’s unique body and coordination.
DiscoveriesFrom Usain Bolt to Gout Gout – why elite sprinters run so differentlyAmyn Bhai
A digital rebuild of Little Foot’s face suggests unexpected ties to East African fossils and hints at selection around the eyes.
Discoveries3.67 million year old fossil provides new insight into the evolution of the human faceRebecca Shavit
A $100 million donation promises long-term financial security for U.S. Olympians and Paralympians starting with the 2026 Winter Games.
Good NewsHow a $100 million donation is changing Team USA athletes’ livesAmyn Bhai
Physicists observe nearly perfect ballistic transport in a one-dimensional ultracold rubidium gas.
DiscoveriesPhysicists build a quantum Newton’s cradle where energy flows without resistanceShy Cohen
A Swiss study found teens slept 45 minutes longer when they could choose a later school start.
HealthThe hidden cost of early morning classes on teen student brainsMac Oliveau
Brooklyn College Professor Stephen Chester (center) points out dental features on an enlarged model of an extinct mammal to undergraduate research assistants (left to right) Aisha Amir, Aidan Smith, Todd Skahill, and Shruthika Srinivasan) at his lab on campus.
DiscoveriesNew fossil findings help clarify the history of primate evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner