Volunteers search for meterorites in February 2023 in Angiens, France. With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth’s atmosphere and sent…
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Project is restoring Costa Rica’s mysterious stone spheres
A joint team of specialists from Costa Rica and Mexico are restoring three stone spheres at the Finca 6 Museum Site in Palmar de Osa. To date, over 300 stone…
AI Reveals Bitter Taste Receptors’ Hidden Role in Gut-Brain Health
Summary: Researchers used AlphaFold3, the latest AI-based protein modeling system, to predict the structures of all 25 known human bitter taste receptors (T2Rs). Compared with AlphaFold2, AF3 consistently generated more…
Floating wind power sets sail in Japan’s energy shift
Floating turbines are particularly well suited to Japan as its deep coastal waters make fixing them to seabeds tricky. Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim…
Boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring—it’s mental health
Credit: Rodolfo Clix from Pexels Ricky Hatton’s death has reignited an all-too-familiar conversation about mental health in sport. Hatton had spoken openly about his long battle with depression, as well…
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast (video)
SpaceX launched its 119th Falcon 9 mission of the year today (Sept. 21), sending another batch of its Starlink internet satellites aloft from Florida’s Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket…
Inscription sheds light on First Emperor’s quest for immortality
China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, was born in 259 BC in Handan, the capital of Zhao. He was originally named Ying Zheng, or Zhao Zheng, with ‘Zheng’ drawn from…
Why mosquitos might be attracted to you
Researchers in the Netherlands turned a major music festival into an unexpected laboratory to investigate a question that has long puzzled scientists and bug-bitten individuals alike: What makes some people…
Americans would dominate board of new TikTok US entity: W.House
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping discussed the US-China TikTok deal and trade during a call on September 19, 2025. A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing…
