Death Valley’s ‘world’s hottest temperature’ record may be due to a human error
A new analysis of July temperatures in Death Valley between 1923 and 2024 suggests the world record near-surface air temperature of 134 F measured in
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Ancient DNA reveals China’s first ‘pet’ cat wasn’t the house cat
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese
Ancient southern Africans took genetic evolution in a new direction
An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.
Waxing Gibbous Moon
The waxing gibbous Moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above a
When an AI algorithm is labeled ‘female,’ people are more likely to exploit it
People who played the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” were less likely to cooperate when the other player was a male human or AI, and exploited female players.
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman got a rare parasitic lung infection after eating raw frogs
In an unusual case, a woman developed a parasitic infection in her lungs, when more typically, the parasite stays just under the skin.
James Webb telescope spots strange ‘super-puff’ planet frantically chasing its own atmosphere through space
New James Webb telescope observations of the ‘super-puff’ planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet’s runaway atmosphere is frantically escaping into space.
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See the last Supermoon of the year with these Cyber Monday skywatching deals
The Cold Moon will be lighting up the sky on December 4, and it’s the last supermoon of the year — shop the best skywatching
Twisted stacks of 2-D carbon act like a weird type of superconductor
“Magic-angle” graphene may provide new clues into poorly understood unconventional superconductors, which operate at higher-than-normal temperatures.
Anacondas became massive 12 million years ago — and it worked so well, they haven’t changed size since
The snakes stayed large and thrived even when cooling temperatures and shrinking habitats killed off other giant reptiles millions of years ago.
Law of ‘maximal randomness’ explains how broken objects shatter in the most annoying way possible
A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the distribution is the same for everything from bubbles
Elaborate 2,700-year-old tomb in Greece contains burial of a woman with an upside-down crown
A lavish tomb of a noblewoman discovered in ancient Greece includes a mysterious symbol of lost power.