What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers
In ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ Peter Parker devises a superpower inhibitor based on a real therapy using RNA.
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Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Arabian desert 55,000 years ago, farther south than experts thought possible
Neanderthals may have trekked deep into the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula around 55,000 years ago, a new study of stone tools suggests. The research
‘Beyond human intuition’: AI designs chip components 500 times smaller than what engineers could ever imagine
Photonic microchips are around the size of a penny. This close-up shows computer-designed nanostructures, wavelength splitters, mode sorters and mirrors, while the illustrations on the
The pace of climate change matters more than overall heat in the race to save key Atlantic currents, study finds
Atlantic Ocean currents that regulate the global climate can adapt to rising temperatures, but the sheer pace of warming may cause the catastrophic collapse of
Giant underwater plume blasts into swirling cloud ‘street’ in the East China Sea — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Jeju Island, South Korea, in the East China Sea [33.37671270, 126.46997496] What’s in the photo? A “street” of swirling clouds
‘They don’t deserve this beauty and this breathtaking fragility’: Former Antarctic tour guides told researchers why they quit the troubling industry
Despite being one of the remotest places on Earth, more than 100,000 people journey to Antarctica every year. And within the next few years, the
Do you think social media bans will protect children?
Concerns about young people’s social media use are growing, with governments, parents and schools looking for ways to protect children from potential harms , such
Explosive ‘Mountain of God’ spits out world’s fastest-flowing lava — Earth from space
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania [-2.7734503796, 35.91519798] What’s in the photo? The lava-stained slopes and ash cone of a highly active
Colorful Collage of Tarantula Nebula
Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous star-forming nebula from NASA space telescopes.
Theory of Fluids Enters the 21st Century
In the second half of the 20th century, a conceptual tsunami swept through physics. The discovery that our world emerges from a microscopic world of
1,700-year-old church discovered under a lake in Turkey may be the location of the First Council of Nicaea — but other experts disagree
Archaeologists say they have discovered the site where the First Council of Nicaea was held, an important gathering of Christian bishops in A.D. 325, according
Strange ‘magnetoelastic’ tent generates electricity from wind, body movement and sound to power small devices
Researchers have developed a tent that harvests energy from its own motion — a process that could one day power small devices in shelters, disaster
AI chip mimics the human brain’s capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations
Scientists have developed a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) chip that mimics the human brain’s aptitude for instinctive motor responses. Modeled after the cerebellum
Snail slime does many jobs thanks to calcium
Snails have five distinct types of mucus, each with its own job. The mollusks tweak calcium secretions to get the chemical mixture just right.