High school sports teams start practices soon in what has been an extremely hot summer in much of the country. Now, before they hit the field, is the time for…
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Researchers detect water frost on Solar system’s tallest volcanoes
A research team unveiled that Mars’ Tharsis volcanoes have on and off patches of water frost, challenging previous assumptions about the Martian climate and helping shed light on how water…
To keep its profits, Big Oil stole our future
Comment: Children’s education, and their prospects, are suffering as a result of extreme heat driven by climate change – and dirty energy giants are the culprits Foteini Simic, 16 years…
XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes
Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have launched a balloon-borne telescope to unlock the secrets of astrophysical black holes and neutron stars, some of the most extreme objects in…
The origins of dark comets
According to a University of Michigan study, up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets or mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system. These comets…
Why do some animals have bigger brains than others?
Thanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. But why do some species develop large brains in the first place? The leading hypothesis for…
The sun is already starting its next solar cycle—despite being halfway through its current one
This map shows which latitudes on the sun were rotating faster (shown in red and yellow) or slower (shown in blue and green) than average over the last 29 years,…
Time-lapse imaging for embryo selection in IVF does not improve the odds of live birth, large study finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A randomized controlled trial looked at in-vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes in the UK and Hong Kong. The results, published in The Lancet, provide much-needed evidence that…
Rising antimicrobial resistance in certain Salmonella serovars isolated from retail chicken meat
Scanning electron micrograph of Salmonella Typhimurium invading a human epithelial cell. S. Typhimurium has been decreasing in prevalence due to vaccinations by the poultry industry. Credit: National Institute of Allergy…
