Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a team of Chinese astronomers has detected a…
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No simple answer for why people believe in conspiracy theories, says new study
People can be prone to believe in conspiracy theories due to a combination of personality traits…
Ancient katydid fossil reveals muscles, digestive tract, glands and a testicle
50 million years ago in what is now northwestern Colorado, a katydid died, sank to the…
Humans' evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago
Researchers from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have identified the oldest decisive evidence of…
Montreal has worst air of any major city as wildfires rage: monitor
Forest fires in Canada left Montreal blanketed with smog on Sunday, giving it the worst air…
Ecological doom-loops: Why ecosystem collapses may occur much sooner than expected
Around the world, rainforests are becoming savanna or farmland, savanna is drying out and turning into…
Unicorns in southern Africa: The fascinating story behind one-horned creatures in rock art
One-horned creatures are found in myths around the world. Although unicorns in different cultures have little…
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming
When a hurricane hits land, the destruction can be visible for years or even decades. Less…
Our galaxy's black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers
The supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is not as…
Microsoft claims to have achieved first milestone in creating a reliable and practical quantum computer
A team of researchers at Microsoft Quantum has reportedly achieved a first milestone toward creating a…