Scientists made human egg cells from skin cells
More work needs to be done to create viable human embryos, but the method might someday be used in IVF to help infertile people and
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Tutankhamun quiz: How much do you know about the famous boy king from ancient Egypt?
King Tut’s tomb has captivated people worldwide since its discovery in 1922. But how much do you actually know about the boy king? Take our
Stars that brush past black holes live longer, stranger lives after their close encounters with death
A new study shows survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way’s
James Webb telescope spies a ‘farting’ dwarf planet with fluorescent gas in the outer solar system
New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure if the gas is contained within a
12,000-year-old rock art hints at the Arabian Desert’s lush past
Newly found engravings of animals on rock outcrops in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud desert show nomads lived there thousands of years ago.
Microsoft unveils new liquid-cooled computer chips — they could prevent AI data centers from massively overheating
Microsoft engineers have developed a microfluidics chip-cooling technique that removes heat more efficiently and could ratchet down heat generated by AI workloads.
Sea of Saharan ‘star dunes’ clashes with otherworldly terrain where 2 countries meet — Earth from space
A 2017 satellite photo shows the stark contrast along the boundary between a giant field of golden “star dunes” and a barren rocky wilderness in
Citation cartels, ghost writing and fake peer-review: Fraud is causing a crisis in science — here’s what we need to do to stop it
Thousands of scientific papers are retracted every year because of fraudulent activity, with both authors and journals gaming a system to gain academic acclaim through
Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the nebula LMC N44C.
How the Brain Balances Excitation and Inhibition
From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs. Now-famous drawings by the neuroanatomist in the late 19th and early 20th
What may be one of Earth’s earliest animals has a punk rock vibe
Squiggly markings like a punk rock hairdo led researchers to identify the remains as spongelike animals that may have lived around 560 million years ago.
More young U.S. adults report trouble with memory and focus
From 2013 to 2023, the prevalence of self-reported difficulties with memory, concentration and decision-making nearly doubled among young adults.
James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the week
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s most enormous star-forming cloud.
Ancient Egyptian statue of ‘Messi’ found at Saqqara necropolis is ‘only known example of its kind from the Old Kingdom’
A unique statue dating back to the fifth dynasty of ancient Egypt has been discovered at the necropolis of Saqqara.