This beautiful image shows the Large and Small Magellanic Cloud above the ESO’s Paranal Observatory and the four Auxiliary Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) Array. New research shows…
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Robot grippers could be used to remove space debris
Credit: NASA/Suni Williams Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a “capture cube” in this image from Feb. 4, 2025. The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection…
Cuttlefish ink may overwhelm sharks’ sense of smell
The main component of common cuttlefish ink — melanin — strongly sticks to shark smell sensors, possibly explaining why the predators avoid ink.
Astronomers find dark matter dominating in early universe galaxies
Rotation curves of distant galaxies. Data in red and blue remains relatively flat (i.e., high), similar to local massive disk galaxies at z~0 (dashed gray line) that need extended dark…
This bird’s eye view of a shark hunt won a photo contest
A school of hardyhead silverside fish (Atherinomorus lacunosus) flees from four blacktip reef sharks near the shore of the Maldives in this aerial photo. Behavioral biologists Angela Albi and August…
Seed oils are toxic, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – but it’s not so simple
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is expected to clear the final hurdles in his confirmation as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, and a host of health influencers have proclaimed that…
Common bacterial infection may trigger lung transplant rejection
Pseudomonas-induced antibody-mediated rejection of lung allografts in mice. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adu6563 A large team of surgeons and organ transplant researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the…
International collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics
No quantum exorcism for Maxwell’s demon (but it doesn’t need one). Credit: Reiko Matsushita Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights…
