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Children's Mathematical Abilities Tied to Three Specific Genetic Variants, Researchers Say
Mathematical ability is moderately heritable, and it is a complex trait which can be evaluated in several different categories. A few genetic studies…
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Dark energy could reset the universe, new research suggests
In a study that attempts to define the nature of dark energy — a mysterious phenomenon thought to be causing the universe to expand faster and faste…
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Webb's Discovery of Massive Galaxies Challenges Early Universe Theories
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have observed six candidate galaxies with stellar masses as high as 1011 solar masses …
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Physicists Measure Quantum Effects in Energy Structure of Antihydrogen
In 1947, American physicist Willis Lamb and his colleagues observed an incredibly small shift in the energy levels of the hydrogen atom as the atom…
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Lifeforms on Mars Could Evade Detection by Current Instruments, New Study
Lifeforms on Mars could be evading detection by the instruments currently on the planet, scientists have warned. Probes currently being used using to…
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New study reveals spinosaurs' fishing ability is an ancestral trait
Semi-aquatic dinosaurs which roamed southern England 125 million years ago inherited the brain capacity from their ancestors to catch the fish they s…
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Cloning Helps the World's Deadliest Mushroom Invade California, Research Finds
The world's deadliest mushroom has been invading California by cloning itself, new research finds. The poisonous "death cap" mushroom …
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Physicists proposed a new multiverse theory to explain Higgs boson's unexpected mass
The Higgs boson is a neutral spin-zero boson that was hypothesized in 1964 by Peter Higgs. Its discovery in 2012 was a landmark in the history of phy…
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Stunning Newly-discovered Species of Treefrog Found in Ecuador
A magnificent new species of stream frog from the Andes of Ecuador was named after J. R. R. Tolkien, creator of Middle-earth and author of famous fan…
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Dark Photons Could help Solve a Grand Challenge Facing Modern Physics
Dark photons are hypothetical particles that could account for observations that cannot be explained by the Standard Model of particle physics . “We …
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Scientists find first evidence that black holes are the source of dark energy
Supermassive black holes could be the engines driving the expansion of the universe, according to research that proposes a solution to "one of…
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Cosmological Coupling Observed for the First Time by Astrophysicists
Cosmological coupling — a newly-predicted phenomenon in Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity — allows black holes to grow in mass without consuming…
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Da Vinci’s Visualization of Gravity was Centuries Ahead of His Time
Leonardo da Vinci , who lived from 1452 to 1519, was well ahead of the curve in exploring the concept of gravity. It wasn’t until 1604 that Galileo G…
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A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland reconstructed by environmental DNA
Reconstruction of the Kap København Formation ecosystem 2 million years ago. Image credit: Beth Zaiken. The Kap København Formation is located in P…
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Are we living in a computer simulation? Physicists suggests a possible way to find out
Physicists have long struggled to explain why the Universe started out with conditions suitable for life to evolve . Why do the physical laws and co…
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The Universe Could 'cyclic' For Eternity. But It Still Had to Start Somewhere
For a few physicists, the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning of the universe. Rather, they say, the universe existed before that point, stretching forever…
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Highly Interactive Particle Relic Is The New Dark Matter Candidate, Says Physicists
Dark matter is the mysterious substance that makes up roughly a quarter of the Universe. There is strong indirect evidence for its existence from mea…
