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Simulations suggest water and rocky worlds may have appeared within 300 million years of the Big Bang, opening an earlier window for life.
Water-rich worlds may have begun forming only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, far earlier than once expected.
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Fossil teeth from Egypt reveal seven shark species that hunted in a nutrient-rich tropical sea during the Late Cretaceous.
Discoveries‘Shark graveyard’ in Egypt’s Western Desert reveals a lost tropical sea from the age of the dinosaursHannah Shavit-Weiner
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has developed an implantable, battery-free pacemaker that’s charged by a patient’s heartbeat.
HealthHeartbeat-powered pacemaker could eliminate the need for battery replacementsJoseph Shavit
Reconstruction of Purussaurus neivensis attacking Pericotoxodon platignathus.
DiscoveriesGiant crocodylians may have ruled South America’s food chain 12 million years agoJoshua Shavit
NASA’s Roman telescope will map billions of cosmic objects while probing dark energy, black holes and distant worlds.
SpaceNASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to open a vast new window on the universeJoseph Shavit
An artist’s impression of a mysterious “little red dot,” a bright, compact object nestled within a faint galaxy in the early universe.
SpaceJWST’s mysterious ‘little red dots’ may hide early black holes inside tiny galaxiesJoseph Shavit
NASA’s HOEE concept pairs a giant orbiting starshade with ground telescopes to directly image nearby Earth-like exoplanets.
SpaceNASA’s giant space ‘starshade’ could help ground telescopes photograph another EarthJoshua Shavit
Left: Slash’s groundsnake, Lielaphis slashi, in New Guinea. Photo credit: Chris Austin. Right: Slash and Sara Ruane at the Field Museum, with Sara’s copy of Reptiles Magazine featuring Slash on the cover.
DiscoveriesGuns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has a newly discovered snake named after himHannah Shavit-Weiner
A new modeling tool can estimate the age of zebra sharks, which can live up to 30 years, within about two years.
DiscoveriesFirst epigenetic DNA clock can reveal a zebra shark’s age from a blood sampleJoseph Shavit
A compact magnetic platform creates paired radio-frequency waves without bulky cryogenic equipment.
InnovationsMIT device creates linked microwave signals at room temperature without extreme coolingShy Cohen
Smartphone navigation for blind people gets a boost from Mobilio, which combines sensors, AI and personalized audio guidance.
AISmartphone app helps blind users navigate faster and avoid obstaclesJoshua Shavit
The UC-30 submarine sank in 1917, but its explosives are still affecting the surrounding marine environment.
Green ImpactOld World War wrecks are still leaking TNT into the North SeaJoshua Shavit
A runaway supermassive black hole is leaving a vast trail of newborn blue stars in its wake, dating back to when the universe was about half its present age.
SpaceRunaway supermassive black hole may be the result of a violent cosmic collisionJoseph Shavit
An ADN green rocket thruster ignited electrically at room temperature, eliminating the need for a preheated catalyst bed.
SpaceScientists develop a greener, catalyst-free, rocket thruster to power the next generation of spacecraftJoseph Shavit
The Apophis 2029 flyby could reveal asteroid surface shifts, spin changes and new lessons for planetary defense.
SpaceApophis will zoom past Earth in 2029, turning a rare flyby into a planetary defense testJoseph Shavit
A nationwide database reveals where landslides threaten millions of Americans and highlights deep urban and rural divides in risk.
Green ImpactUW researchers create the first building-level map of landslide risk across the United StatesJoseph Shavit
This cookie is made using waste plant materials and plastic and could feed humans everywhere from submarines to spaceships.
Green ImpactScientists recycle plastic bottles and corn waste into protein-rich cookiesJoshua Shavit