Sci-Tech
Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab to Study the Elusive Hawking Radiation
A synthetic analog of a black hole could tell us a thing or two about an elusive radiation theoretically emitted by the real thing. Using a chain o…
Health
Mycologist Infected by Plant Fungus in First Reported Case of Its Kind
Silver leaf disease is a curse for a variety of botanicals, from pears to roses to rhododendron. Infecting their leaves and branches, the fungus Chon…
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Scientist Discovers New Species Living Underwater During 100-Day Record Attempt
A scientist who has been living underwater for the last 30 days claims to have discovered a new species. Former naval officer Dr Joseph Dituri is att…
Culture
Mexico reclaims rare Olmec statue 'Earth Monster' from the US
The recovered statue. (Marcelo Ebrard C./Twitter) Mexico has recovered from the United States a giant stone statue known as an "Earth monster&qu…
Sci-Tech
Elon Musk's Plan for a Million-Person City on Mars, But is it feasible?
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to have a city of a million people on Mars by 2050. That may sound astronomically ambitious considering humans have never …
Sci-Tech
Plants Communicate through Ultrasonic Sounds, Groundbreaking Study Shows
In new research, biologists at Tel Aviv University recorded ultrasonic sounds emitted by tomato and tobacco plants inside an acoustic chamber, and in…
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New Discovery Reveals Significant Water Reserves on the Moon
We know there's water on the Moon, but questions remain about how it got there, where it's stored, and how it moves around. In a new study,…
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How Your Native Language Shapes Your Brain's Information Processing Network
A person's native language may shape how their brain builds connections between different hubs of information processing, a new brain scan study …
Culture
Astrological Surprises in Ancient Egyptian Art: The Temple of Esna Zodiacs
Looking to the stars for constellations that preside over birth and life has a long and complex history, and archaeologists have just uncovered a sma…
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Scientists want to clone a Siberian bison extinct around 8,000 years ago
Researchers in Russia recently completed a necropsy, or animal autopsy, on a stunningly intact extinct bison that was unearthed from Siberian permafr…
Culture
Beethoven's DNA Analysis Sheds Light on his Mysterious Death
The world renowned composer Ludwig van Beethoven was infected with hepatitis B when he died, according to the first ever DNA analysis of the deaf m…
Sci-Tech
Metallic Cockroach Species Found Preserved in Unique Late Cretaceous Amber
Alienopterix santonicus was found preserved in a piece of ajkaite, a unique Late Cretaceous type of amber from western Hungary. “Cockroaches are o…
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Stunning Images of Rare Circular Sand Dunes Captured on Mars by NASA's MRO
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured stunning images of almost perfectly round sand dunes on the surface of the Red Planet. Whil…
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Reevaluating the Size of Dunkleosteus Terrelli: A Chunky Superpredator of the Devonian Period
Dunkleosteus terrelli, an armor-plated fish that lived in the shallow subtropical waters of the Devonian period, about 360 million years ago, is one …
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Triple Quasar Merger Results in 300 Billion Solar Mass Ultramassive Black Hole
Glimpsed only occasionally at the hearts of massive clusters of galaxies, ultramassive black holes are some of the largest and most elusive objects i…
Economy
Silicon Valley Bank: Finance expert explains the impact of largest US bank failure since 2008
Silicon Valley Bank, which catered to the tech industry for three decades, collapsed on March 10, 2023, after the Santa Clara, California-based len…
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Controlling the State of Quantum Light could be the Key to Unlock New Frontiers in Science
The world we observe around us can be described according to the laws of classical physics, but once we observe things at an atomic scale, the strang…
