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One of the Twelve Apostle sea stacks.
New research traces how tectonic uplift and later erosion created Australia’s Twelve Apostles.
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Study finds ancient regulatory DNA tied to human language, with effects that predate the split from Neanderthals.
DiscoveriesHumans and Neanderthals share ancient DNA linked to human languageJoshua Shavit
Teleportation may be possible in physics, but it raises a disturbing question about identity, death and perfect copies.
DiscoveriesTeleportation is possible, according to physics, but would you survive?Joseph Shavit
Eccentric exercise may build strength and health without exhausting workouts or major muscle soreness, a new review argues.
HealthYou don’t need exhausting workouts to build strength and health, study findsRebecca Shavit
Mars has almost no breathable oxygen. Here’s why that matters, and how NASA’s MOXIE could help future astronauts survive.
SpaceMars has air, but almost none of it can keep you aliveJoseph Shavit
Two Nature studies link healthier adult thymus tissue to longer life and better cancer immunotherapy outcomes.
HealthPreviously irrelevant organ could be key to longer life and better cancer outcomesMac Oliveau
In 2019, LIGO and Virgo detected GW190521—a mysterious gravitational wave that could mark either the colossal merger of two black holes or the tantalizing possibility of a wormhole echo from another universe.
SpaceBlack hole GW190521 may be a wormhole from another universeJoseph Shavit
The picture shows the dynamic environment around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center, featuring the newly discovered gas cloud G2t alongside previously known clouds G1 and G2, whose similar orbits suggest a common origin from the star system IRS16SW.
SpaceMassive binary star system may be feeding the Milky Way’s central black holeJoseph Shavit
SpaceNASA cleanroom fungus could survive a trip to Mars, raising contamination concernsJoshua Shavit
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries deuterium-rich water, pointing to a far colder birthplace than our solar system.
SpaceInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS points to a far colder planetary birthplaceJoshua Shavit
A sketch of the giant octopus.
DiscoveriesGiant octopuses were the ocean’s apex predators 100 million years agoHannah Shavit-Weiner
Artist's impression of the planet Epsilon Indi Ab, with water clouds atop its ammonia-dominated atmosphere.
SpaceAstronomers find thick water-ice clouds on Jupiter-like exoplanet Epsilon Indi AbJoseph Shavit
These discoveries hint that the area was once submerged, strengthening theories that the site could be linked to the biblical vessel.
DiscoveriesNew scan data of Turkish formation is reviving the Noah’s Ark debateRebecca Shavit
MIT researchers say classical least action can exactly reproduce key quantum behaviors in a new mathematical framework.
DiscoveriesThe strange connection between falling balls and quantum weirdnessShy Cohen
Why walls stop visible light but often let Wi-Fi through comes down to how electrons absorb energy.
DiscoveriesStrange Physics: Why Wi-Fi and radio waves can pass through walls but light can’tJoseph Shavit
On Oct. 25, 2020, NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped a selfie after drilling into a rock called “Mary Anning.” Years later, that sample has delivered the richest mix of organic molecules ever detected on Mars.
SpaceNASA’s Curiosity rover detects never-before-seen organic compounds on MarsJoshua Shavit
In experiments with rice seeds submerged in water, MIT researchers found that the sound of falling droplets shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate more quickly than seeds that were not exposed to the same sound vibrations.
Green ImpactSeeds can sense the sound of falling raindrops, MIT study findsRebecca Shavit