Mystery of the sun’s mind-bogglingly hot atmosphere may finally be solved
Scientists have spotted elusive “magnetic waves” in the sun’s atmosphere that may explain why the sun’s corona is much hotter than its surface.
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2,000-year-old Celtic teenager may have been sacrificed and considered ‘disposable’
Archaeologists have recovered three unusual burials of Celtic women and girls who may have been sacrificed in England.
Why don’t teeth count as bones?
Teeth and bones may appear alike, but they actually have more differences than similarities.
An Alzheimer’s pill appears to protect some in a high-risk population
A new study is reviving hope that a twice-daily pill can slow down Alzheimer’s in people whose genes put them at high risk for the
Some planets might home brew their own water
Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.
Black holes are encircled by thin rings of light. This physicist wants to see one
Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.
Gene on the X chromosome may help explain high multiple sclerosis rates in women
A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are higher in women
Humanoid robots could lift 4,000 times their own weight thanks to breakthrough ‘artificial muscle’
Researchers have developed a chemical structure for an artificial muscle that can lift up to 4,000 times its weight, and they say it could be
Exceptionally rare iron saber, arrowheads and jewelry discovered in seventh-century warrior’s tomb in Hungary
Archaeologists in Hungary have found the 1,300-year-old burial of a warrior who was buried with a rare iron saber.
Looking Forward to the Moon
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems’ Program Manager Shawn Quinn captured this image of the Hadley–Apennine region of the moon including the Apollo 15 landing site (very
Diagnostic dilemma: A baby suddenly started to smell of rotting fish
A boy would stink of fish after eating certain dishes, and doctors found that the noxious odor likely stemmed from a rare genetic quirk.
Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969
Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet.
Glowering ‘skull’ stares upward from a giant volcanic pit in the Sahara — Earth from space
A 2023 astronaut photo shows off an unusual cranium-like structure appearing to stare up into space from the floor of a large volcanic caldera in
Deep Antarctic waters hold geometric communities of fish nests
Scientists found thousands of patterned fish nests in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, boosting calls for marine protected areas.