For years, the archetype of the American gun owner has remained remarkably consistent: largely white, conservative, and rural. But in the fractious political climate following the 2024 presidential ...

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Following graduation, Nicola was employed at the Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA), working on small and large ...

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Using high-resolution imagery from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the AI analyzed the bedrock and boulder fields. It processed the same data humans use, but it worked faster, stringing together ...

According to the research, lead levels in human hair from residents of the Greater Salt Lake City region have plummeted by nearly 100-fold since the 1970s. The driving force behind this precipitous ...

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Scientists have long suspected that high salinity levels in the deep ocean were responsible for keeping carbon dioxide locked ...

Waitomo is a region on New Zealand famous for glittering glowworms that hang from caves. But deep inside a jagged crevice ...

"Sushi-rolled" fiber chips are turning ordinary clothing into powerful, durable computers capable of image recognition and ...

Essentially, the quantum metric creates a “geometric” drag on the electrons. When the magnetic field is applied, it breaks the time-reversal symmetry, revealing this hidden geometry by causing the ...

After a 15-year investigative odyssey, a study published in Cell has finally found the molecular messenger behind this mystery. It turns out that peripheral cancers (tumors in the lungs, prostate, or ...