Astronomers map unusual inner workings of a jellyfish galaxy with ‘bunny ears’

A Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4858, showing the stellar tendrils extending north from the barred spiral disk. The cold molecular gas in NGC 4858, seen by the ALMA…

Salvage project reveals 500 years of Veracruz history

An archaeological salvage project in Veracruz, Mexico, has uncovered more than five centuries of the city’s urban development and everyday life. The project, led by the Veracruz City Council in…

Deep-sea geoengineering set for scrutiny with High Seas Treaty

A new treaty to protect oceans, now close to taking effect, would make it harder to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere through controversial geoengineering techniques like sinking seaweed and…

IVF is big business. But when patients become customers, what does this mean for their care?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Monash IVF CEO Michael Knaap has resigned after one of the company’s Melbourne clinics mistakenly transferred the wrong embryo to a patient. The patient wanted her…

Can AI help you identify a scam? An expert explains

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Imagine that you’ve received an email asking you to transfer money to a bank account. Some of the details look right, but how can you be…

Older adults with dementia misjudge their financial skills – which may make them more vulnerable to fraud, new research finds

Older adults diagnosed with dementia lose their ability to assess how well they manage their finances, according to a recent study I co-authored in The Gerontologist. In comparison, people of…

June full moon shines on SpaceX Dragon photo of the day for June 12, 2025

The month of June hosted some stunning moon watching in the night sky, as this photo from SpaceX shows. What is it? On June 11, 2025, SpaceX’s X account posted…

Adolescents who smoke or vape may believe tobacco’s perceived coping benefits outweigh accepted health risks

Tobacco use in a variety of forms is common in adolescent life today, with over 2.25 million youth using. Huge progress has been made over the past few decades in…

Negative Surroundings Skew Emotions in People with Depression

Summary: People with depressive symptoms are more likely to interpret neutral images as negative when those images are surrounded by unrelated negative visuals. This emotional “spillover” effect shows how peripheral…

Researchers achieve record-breaking RF GaN-on-Si transistor performance for high-efficiency 6G power amplifiers

Cross-sectional TEM image of the gate structure in imec’s GaN-on-silicon transistor. The image shows the finely etched gate region that enables the device’s e-mode operation. Credit: imec Imec researchers have…