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.
Category: Science
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.
The COVID-19 vaccine may offer brain cancer patients a surprise benefit
A recent shot of the COVID-19 vaccine doubled survival time in glioblastoma patients who had undergone tumor biopsy or surgery.
Skeleton with 167 fractures discovered at Scottish castle may have been first victim of Edward I’s ‘War Wolf’ trebuchet
BERLIN — A 14th-century skeleton riddled with fractures may be the oldest known evidence of a death by trebuchet, or “siege engine,” new research finds.
Fire-flame vessel: An exquisitely crafted 4,500-year-old pot from a mysterious culture in Japan
This ceramic vessel from prehistoric Japan may be decorated with flames, but archaeologists are unsure about their meaning. (Image credit: Cleveland Museum of Art; Public
Elon Musk and Sam Altman claim we’ve reached the AI singularity. But how would we even know that happened?
Artificial intelligence (AI) may have already reached the “singularity” — the long-theorized threshold beyond which humans cannot predict the technology’s advancement, prominent AI executives such
NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse Nebula
Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) directly measured the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to
‘There’s a sense that these algorithms are objective and they get to know you’: How social media warps our understanding of healthcare
Social media has upended how people engage with healthcare, as it provides a platform for people to share their experiences, find support groups, and learn
Astronomers find water in the harsh environment near the Milky Way’s black hole — Space photo of the week
A view of the Milky Way galaxy. (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, F. Peißker, J. Lu, F. Yusef-Zadeh, N. B. Sabha, C. Chan) Quick
Which building blocks of life have been found in space, and which haven’t?
Scientists have discovered the basic ingredients for life in asteroids and meteorites , on Mars , and around young stars . All of those findings