A study of fossil meteorites suggests that a distant asteroid collision once sent Earth into an…
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A technological 'leap' in the Edomite Kingdom during the 10th century BCE
During the late 10th century BCE, the emerging Edomite Kingdom of the southern Levant experienced a…
Shape-shifting robot built from 'smarticles' shows new locomotion strategy
Building conventional robots typically requires carefully combining components like motors, batteries, actuators, body segments, legs and…
Learning to read boosts the visual brain
How does learning to read change our brain? Does reading take up brain space dedicated to…
Rethinking scenario logic for climate policy
Current scenarios used to inform climate policy have a weakness in that they typically focus on…
Actions to save coral reefs could benefit all ecosystems
Scientists say bolder actions to protect the world’s coral reefs will benefit all ecosystems, human livelihoods…
Six galaxies undergoing sudden, dramatic transitions
Astronomers observed six mild-mannered LINER galaxies suddenly and surprisingly transforming into ravenous quasars — home to…
Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama
Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can’t plug the…
A stargazer's guide to the equinox and how Earth moves around the sun
As the September equinox falls, we begin a new astronomy series with all you need to…
Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?
Imagined Life, a riveting update of what we know about the planets beyond our solar system,…