A no-contact thermometer, stethoscope and a calendar are seen at the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. Credit: AP Photo/Annie Rice With one-fifth…
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International Dark Sky Week 2025: See these 10 night sky sights to celebrate
April 21 – 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations and people take action to raise awareness of an inevitable…
Animals have developed a mind-boggling variety of ways to become male or female.
[S]o far, researchers have uncovered a dizzying array of exceptions to the XX/XY “rule:” birds and butterflies that use the ZW system, in which males have a matching pair of sex chromosomes (ZZ)…
Multi-spacecraft radio observations trace the heliospheric magnetic field
Overview of a type III burst observed by four spacecraft. (a) Dynamic spectra. (b) Time profiles at four frequencies with intensity scaled to 1 au. (c) Intensity peaks from panel…
Ancient underground chamber discovery in Cnoc Ard
A construction project in Cnoc Ard (Knockaird) on the Isle of Lewis has revealed a stone-built underground chamber, later identified by archaeologists as a Late Iron Age souterrain. Souterrain, derived…
‘Zombie’ skin cells may be harmful or helpful, depending on their shapes
Skin-related fibroblasts with nuclei stained green and f-actin stained red. Credit: Jude Phillip, Johns Hopkins University Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their…
Trump backs Canadian deep-sea mining, risking international clash
President Donald Trump’s move on Thursday to kickstart deep-sea mining could be a lifeline for the Canadian company that is pushing to be the first to supply strategic minerals from the ocean floor. The…
What to know about processed and ultra-processed food
Amy Fletcher, Pilot Plant manager, and Reid Waterman, third-year food science major, start the ice cream maker in the pilot food processing facility on the UC Davis campus. Store-bought ice…
