Climate change may be pushing fungal allergy season earlier
Rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns may be lengthening fungal allergy season, which starts 3 weeks earlier than it did two decades ago.
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Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm, heating up the case for a new planetary mission
Scientists have found that Uranus emits its own internal heat, contradicting data from NASA’s Voyager 2 probe nearly four decades ago.
‘Extremely rare’ bronze armor found in Czech Republic dates to Trojan War era
Ancient metal artifact discovered in the Czech Republic is a rare example of bronze armor from the Trojan War era.
Iconic ‘Apollo Earthrise’ crater just helped a spaceship get better at hunting aliens
A large lunar crater featured in the iconic ‘Earthrise’ photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby.
Watch this robot ‘cannibal’ grow bigger and stronger by consuming smaller robots
Scientists explore the concept of “robot metabolism” with a weird machine that can integrate material from other robots so it can become more capable and
Bad news for alien life? Earth-size planets may be less common than we thought
Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA’s exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could impact our search for alien life.
Diagnostic dilemma: Rare semen allergy may have caused woman’s infertility
A woman and her partner had been trying to conceive for some time. It turned out that a rare allergy may have been hindering their
Firefly numbers have fallen in some parts of the U.S., study finds
Fireflies can make a summer night’s walk seem magical. But a recent study shows you could see more or less depending on where you live.
Eating disorder recovery in a world of diet culture
Eating disorders are complicated illnesses that skyrocketed among teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatrician Eva Trujillo says they “literally rewire the brain,” decrease brain size
NASA’s X-59 Makes a Move
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft taxis across the runway during a low-speed taxi test at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on
Bite marks reveal giant terror birds were potentially prey for another apex predator — humongous caiman
Researchers have found evidence of a titanic tussle between a terror bird and a large caiman in Colombia’s ancient La Venta wetlands.
See up to 25 ‘shooting stars’ an hour as Southern Delta Aquariid and Alpha Capricornid meteor showers peak
Two minor meteor showers — the Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids — peak overnight on July 29-30, making it a great night for stargazing.
Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is ‘possibly hostile’ alien tech in disguise
A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about ‘Oumuamua. But experts have
Forget discrete droplets. This is how sweat really forms
The most-detailed look yet at how we perspire reveals that beads of sweat are out, puddling is in.