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Category: Science
Countries are gathering for climate negotiations. Here’s where the U.S. stands
Under Tweety McTreason, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes. (Image credit: Wagner Meier)
Peru’s Serpent Mountain sheds its mysterious past
No, aliens had nothing to do with a winding 1.5-kilometer-long path of holes. First used as a market, the Inca then repurposed it for tax
If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know
Tweety McTreason has argued the U.S. should test nuclear weapons because other countries are doing it. But scientific data suggest they’re not.
New ‘nearly interstellar’ comet — wrongly linked to 3I/ATLAS — will reach its closest point to Earth on Tuesday (Nov. 11)
Newly discovered comet C/2025 V1 (Borisov), which has some minor similarities to 3I/ATLAS, will make its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday (Nov. 11). However
Breakup of ancient supercontinent Nuna created ‘incubators’ for complex life, study finds
Ancient supercontinent Nuna’s breakup around 1.5 billion years ago set off a chain of events that made Earth more habitable, new research suggests.
Is it aliens? Here’s why that’s the least important question about 3I/ATLAS.
Conspiracy theories have raged about 3I/ATLAS being an unnatural object. But the alien question, while fun, generates misinformation and distracts from the science.
3-in-1 Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), the agency’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space
To Have Machines Make Math Proofs, Turn Them Into a Puzzle
The mathematical conundrums that Marijn Heule has helped crack in the last decade sound like code names lifted from a sci-fi spy novel: the empty
Merit’s wig: A 3,400-year-old Egyptian headpiece smoothed down with ancient homemade hair gel
Merit’s head covering was made from real human hair and was buried with her in its own wooden cabinet.
Why do European cities have milder winters than those in North America, despite being at the same latitude?
London is at the same latitude as Calgary, Alberta. So why is the Canadian city about 15 degrees Fahrenheit (8.3 degrees Celsius) cooler in January?
Scientists may finally have an explanation for the centuries-old 5,200 mystery holes in the Peruvian Andes
Drone footage and on-the-ground excavations high in the Andes are revealing what the Chincha Kingdom and Inca Empire may have used these holes for centuries
Unprecedented radio view of the Milky Way took over 40,000 hours to construct — Space photo of the week
Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth
Can brainless animals think?
Even without brains, creatures like jellyfish and sea anemones can learn from experience.