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Less time sleeping may mean more time sitting down—and more weight gained, according to a new study. The research, published in Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, found that getting…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy…

Armchair art historians, rejoice: there’s a free online daily game just for you. Called Anthropeum, the game involves guessing where and when various artifacts from New York City’s Metropolitan Museum…

It seems that NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an overachiever. When NASA launched TESS in 2018, the satellite had one job: watch nearby stars for the tiny dips…

Some people remain mentally sharp even though their brains contain the biological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience suggests that the answer…

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The African Queen. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. There was a time when the modern blockbuster was synonymous with a…

A Nobel laureate claims his high‑pulse laser system could unlock safe, uranium‑free fusion and power hundreds of thousands of homes if prototypes succeed. Shuji Nakamura changed the world with one…

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the birth of a magnetar, an extremely magnetic, rapidly spinning type of neutron star. The breakthrough confirms that these exotic objects can power…

If potted plants always seem to die under your care, you can take solace in knowing that plantkind as a whole will probably survive for a very long time. In…

In a laboratory in Broomfield, Colorado, 98 atoms are suspended in mid-air, held in place by electric fields and cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero. Each atom is far…

Scientists have identified evidence of a previously unknown process that may explain how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The discovery, centered on a mechanism known…

House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 3 is all about how getting the Iron Throne doesn’t give you victory. Rhaenyra may control King’s Landing now, but she still doesn’t…

Participation in Company K, Blue Point, etc.Plasma current continuously supplied from outsidePlanning demonstration and verification of the concept of independent development technology 사진 확대 Jung Yun-ho’s CTO, CEO Kim Tae-kyung,…

Daddy longlegs, also called harvestmen, have been documented catching and consuming living frogs larger than themselves in South American rainforests. All without the use of venom. Previous literature has noted…

If you’re reading this on your phone, your device is almost certainly leaving a record of where it has been. Those records can reveal where you live and work, the…

A spectacular new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope offers a front row view of one of the universe’s busiest stellar nurseries. Brilliant blue and white stars sparkle against glowing…

If we could hear the cosmos, our lives might be filled with endless unease. We can’t, of course. Sound can only propagate through a medium with particles close enough to…

The universe has a flair for the unlikely. In 2020, astronomers found something baffling: A gas giant planet called WD 1856b, orbiting the burned-out core of a dead, sun-like star….

Recent research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that using alcohol to cope with stress in early adulthood may have lasting effects on the brain that do not disappear…

WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space to start work on the successor to a wind-monitoring satellite. ESA announced July 2 it authorized Airbus to…

General Atomics has received tax-credit funding from the state of California to design and develop a new facility in San Diego to test a key fusion reactor component that will…

A new rover prototype is teaching NASA scientists how to design robots that can think for themselves and navigate terrain that would leave old rovers stuck in the lunar or…

As more professionals begin to rely on artificial-intelligence tools in their work, could their hard-earned skills atrophy? That possibility is a growing concern for medical specialists, computer scientists and other…

A brilliant field of red, white, and blue stars sparkles across a new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, resembling a sparkler glowing against the night sky. NASA released the…

Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly strange ways to reproduce and care for their babies. Some moms, like crocodiles and sharks, can skip the whole sex thing, using…

(Photo credit: CGTN via Facebook) The world’s biggest superconducting magnet for a nuclear fusion reactor has passed final tests as part of China’s CRAFT (Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology)…

In a first, scientists recovered human DNA from ancient cave paintings, a breakthrough that could open new ways to investigate prehistoric human activity by enabling caves to act as “genetic…

A good night’s sleep does far more than leave you feeling refreshed. It also triggers the release of growth hormone, a key hormone that helps build muscle and bone, burn…

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