Rewriting the Rules: Scientists Tinker With the “Clockwork” Mechanisms of Life
Scientists recreated molecular switches that regulate biological timing, aiding nanotechnology and explaining evolutionary advantages. Living organisms monitor time – and react to it – in many different ways, from detecting light and sound in microseconds to …
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These are the space stocks to watch in 2025 — SpaceX, Boeing and far beyond
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Musk is standing in the way as Bezos reaches for orbit
Though the Amazon founder has ground to make up, he is unlikely to be short of customers for his space project
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How to Watch the Spectacular Quadrantids Meteor Shower Tonight
The first meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of January 2–3. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the many other showers that will appear in 2025.
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How AI is Unlocking Ancient Texts
AI is unlocking ancient texts previously thought unreadable, potentially revolutionizing historical research, according to a Nature article. Neural networks have successfully decoded burned Roman scrolls from Herculaneum, deciphered ancient Chinese oracle bon…
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Health: Drug dealing or use reported across five health trusts
All regional health trusts in Northern Ireland have told BBC News NI they have recorded drug dealing or drug usage at their sites.
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Ring In 2025 With A Meteor Shower, An Eclipse And A Brilliant Planet In Just 24 Hours
Here's everything you need to know to kick off 2025 with a celestial spectacular — including an option to see each one online.
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To boost fitness, try this simple, science-backed trick
‘Fartleks’ are an effective way to add intensity to activities, which a growing body of science indicates can make your workouts more beneficial.
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Do crabs feel pain?
A growing body of research suggests crabs, lobsters and other animals caught for seafood can feel pain. Scientists are pushing for legal protections to ensure they are treated humanely.
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Rujm el-Hiri mystery deepens: Golan Heights site not what previously thought, research indicates
A theory of the site was that its walls and entrances aligned with astronomical bodies, but as the site has shifted from its original position, it does not correspond to celestial observations
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'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England
Researchers in England have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years
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Scientists Re-Create the Microbial Dance That Sparked Complex Life
Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab.
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Dark energy camera captures the glittering galaxies of the Antlia Cluster
NSF NOIRLab rings in the New Year with a glittering galaxyscape captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory…
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People left 'terrified' of deep sea after seeing prehistoric creature in eerie underwater footage
This whopper of a creature caught on camera looks like something out of a sci-fi film
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Scientists Use Ancient Genes to Estimate Contact Between Humans, Neanderthals
A new study used ancient genes to look into interactions between Neanderthals and modern humans. Results of two recent studies estimate the two groups likely met and began mating about 45,000 years ago. The team noted the contact likely had a major influence …
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SpaceX launch surge helps set new global launch record in 2024
The world set another record for orbital launches in 2024 in a continuing surge of launch activity driven almost entirely by SpaceX.
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Every human being originated from this one African country
Fossil evidence, along with genetic analysis, points to this Northeast African country as the starting point for human evolution.
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Scientists Trace Fast Radio Burst to Surprise Source For First Time
When a magnetar within the Milky Way galaxy belched out a flare of colossally powerful radio waves in 2020, scientists finally had concrete evidence to pin down an origin for fast radio bursts.
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Yellowstone’s volcanic activity could be shifting northeast, study finds
The basalt regions within the caldera are slowly shifting to the upper crust, where heat is being diffused northeast.
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