Church where Henry the Fowler died uncovered in Memleben

Archaeologists have uncovered traces of a church from the 10th century AD in the village of Memleben in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. According to a press statement from the State Office for…

Flexible multi-task computation in recurrent neural networks relies on dynamical motifs, study shows

Epic launches own app store, Fortnite back for iPhones in Europe

Epic Games is finally getting to go direct to consumers on mobile devices. Fortnite-creator Epic Games launched its own app store Friday that allows users to bypass the stores run…

What is ketamine, the drug involved in Matthew Perry’s death?

by Carla K. Johnson Actor Matthew Perry participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the mini-series “The Kennedys After Camelot” in New York on March 30, 2017. Credit: Photo…

Hubble rings in a new galactic view

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy LEDA 857074. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Chilingari The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is situated in the…

This spiky fossil shows what early mollusks looked like

An animal that could be mistaken for a spiky fruit is giving scientists a peek into what mollusks looked like around 500 million years ago. Fossils of an ancient invertebrate…

Why Are We Drawn to Events Focused on Death and Disaster?

Summary: Researchers have developed a new framework to understand why people are fascinated by events centered around themes of death, disaster, and suffering. These “dark events” include everything from historical…

Swiss propose expanding climate finance donors, academics urge new thinking

Switzerland pitches criteria to include China and Gulf States in the donor base. But experts recommend incentives not coercion As diplomats get ready to restart talks next month over the…

New research shows unprecedented atmospheric changes during May’s geomagnetic superstorm

Associate Professor and Crofton Faculty Fellow Scott England. Credit: Ben Murphy for Virginia Tech. On May 11, a gorgeous aurora surprised stargazers across the southern United States. That same weekend,…

Photon entanglement could explain the rapid brain signals behind consciousness