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An Object From Another Star System Just Passed Through Ours
In 2025, astronomers detected 3I/ATLAS -- only the third object ever identified as having originated outside our solar system. Like its predecessors, 'Oumuamua in 2017 and Borisov in 2019, it was spotted moving through our solar system on a trajectory that could not...
New Fremont, California Pedestrian Accident Study
Fremont, a city known for its amusing history and beautiful vistas, has many walkable neighborhoods. Nevertheless, pedestrians in the city are still at risk of accidents, especially when crossing busy intersections, because of careless drivers. A recent study takes a...
CRISPR Gene Editing Study Demonstrates How Hox Genes Impact Appearance
Lots of scientists know of the “McGinnis experiment”, which William McGinnis undertook in 1990 to examine how high-level control genes, known as Hox genes, determine our physical characteristics. He investigated whether proteins encoded by the human or mouse Hox gene...
Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
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Scientists find clues that a new tectonic plate boundary is forming
Sub-Saharan Africa could split up in a few million years, and scientists believe they might be witnessing the early stages of this geological process.The split would occur along the Kafue Rift, which is part of a roughly 1,500-mile-long (2,500-kilometer) rift line...
Timely rain helps EU grain crops after dry start to spring
By Gus Trompiz and Michael HoganPARIS/HAMBURG, May 13 (Reuters) - Rain this month has brought relief to grain crops in Western and Central Europe after a very dry start to spring, reducing the risk of widespread yield losses ahead of this summer's harvest.A parched...
Lasers shine a new light on the space junk air pollution problem
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Scientists are using a new technique to study incoming space debris and its effects on Earth's atmosphere.Observational evidence is being gathered that the ablation...
The Whirlpool Galaxy comes alive | Space photo of the day for May 13, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A section of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. | Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Pedrini, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST teamThe Whirlpool...
Robusta crop in Brazil’s Espirito Santo state expected to dip, Cooabriel says
By Oliver GriffinBrasilia, May 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's robusta coffee harvest is just starting in the state of Espirito Santo, where cooperative Cooabriel expects crop output slightly below the previous season but with better quality, said Luiz Carlos Bastianello,...
A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat
LOLA YA BONOBO, Congo (AP) — Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so.The 1-year-old's chances are good, with motherly affection, milk from a bottle and frequent play with other...
SpaceX’s Starship V3 megarocket finally has a debut launch date. Here’s when it will fly
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.SpaceX's advanced new Starship megarocket will fly for the first time a week from today, if all goes to plan.SpaceX is targeting May 19 for the debut launch of its...
What the (rather brief) history of hantavirus reveals about its spread
Scientists think the hantavirus, the deadly pathogen that has infected 11 passengers on a Dutch cruise ship, could be as old as humans. But much of their understanding of human cases comes from a handful of outbreaks within the past century.The first known outbreak...
Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Could Uranus and Neptune be full of rocks? One new study thinks so.Uranus and Neptune are two planets that have historically been classified and thought of as "ice...
Cowboy Space raises $275 million to launch AI data centers on brand-new rocket
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Cowboy Space Corp. has raised $275 million for a satellite "stampede" ahead of its first planned launch later this year.The company itself isn't new, but its name is;...
‘Cannibal stars,’ AI and the Rubin Observatory could shed light on the mystery of dark energy. Here’s how
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Using artificial intelligence and data from the groundbreaking Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists are reconsidering our knowledge of "standard candles" in the...
DNA reveals identities of 4 sailors from doomed 1845 Franklin expedition
Researchers have identified the remains of four members of a doomed 19th century expedition in the Arctic by matching DNA to the sailors’ living descendants — and solved a case of mistaken identity along the way.The four sailors were part of Sir John Franklin’s 1845...