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Draft dark skies guidance drawn up for the Highlands
Highland Council has developed draft guidance to reduce light pollution in the region, supporting dark sky sites and offering environmental and economic benefits including lower carbon emissions and energy costs.
Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks
Physicists at RHIC discovered evidence that gluons, not quarks alone, may carry baryon number through a Y-shaped junction structure, potentially overturning decades of textbook assumptions about proton composition.
Scientists discover a natural Arctic cloud factory missing from climate models
Scientists have identified a previously unknown natural process in the Arctic that produces cloud-forming particles, with implications for climate models and Arctic warming.
Plantwatch: Cities make a surprising refuge for threatened UK wildflowers
UK cities are emerging as unexpected sanctuaries for threatened wildflowers, offering specialized habitats and low-fertility soils where native plants can flourish amid urban environments.
Tiny quantum engines reveal useful energy hiding in “waste heat”
Researchers at the University of Basel developed a theoretical framework reconciling quantum physics and thermodynamics to identify useful work hiding in light emissions from tiny quantum engines.
Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears
A decades-long study finds giant whales including humpbacks, minke, and fin whales are moving into previously ice-locked coastal waters off East Greenland as sea ice disappears due to climate change.
Black holes keep tearing these stars apart, but they survive
Researchers explain why some stars repeatedly torn apart by black holes produce progressively fainter light bursts—their rapid pre-encounter rotation prevents additional acceleration during subsequent passages.
Artemis II crew to receive top US space medal for historic lunar journey
The Artemis II crew will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on August 28 for their historic lunar flyby mission that set a new distance record from Earth.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
Archaeologists discovered an earlier, simpler version of Stonehenge about 3 miles away consisting of two wooden post holes aligned with solstices, predating the famous monument by 500 years.
16 mummies and a dog reveal a hidden order inside an ancient Egyptian tomb
Spanish researchers studying an ancient Egyptian tomb discovered 16 mummified humans and a dog arranged in a sophisticated spatial pattern, revealing how burial practices evolved over centuries of reuse.
This 23-foot crocodylian may have ruled South America’s food chain
Research indicates that Purussaurus neivensis, a 23-foot crocodylian from South America’s Miocene period, was the region’s dominant predator, shaping herbivore populations across the ancient ecosystem.
Archaeologists discover mysterious 400-year-old Indigenous pot in Florida
University of Florida students excavated a completely intact 400-year-old clay pot made by the Indigenous Potano-Timucua tribe at a former Spanish mission site in Gainesville, a rare find that archaeologists believe was purposefully buried.
JWST finds early galaxies may be 4 times more massive than thought
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered that early massive galaxies contain far more small stars than previously thought, making them up to four times more massive than earlier estimates.
This frozen fiber makes light and sound interact 1,000x more strongly
Researchers froze liquid inside optical fibers, enabling light and sound to interact over 1,000 times more strongly than in standard fibers, potentially advancing photonic computing technology.
‘A mouse can’t tell us what works’: UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing
UK scientists will grow miniature human organs from NHS patients’ cells to test drugs more accurately and reduce animal testing in research and development.
Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever
Einstein’s cosmological constant, which he dismissed as his greatest blunder, has reemerged as crucial to modern cosmology after observations in 1998 revealed the universe’s expansion is accelerating rather than decelerating.
Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty
Scientists studying a magnetar may have detected vacuum birefringence, a quantum phenomenon predicted 90 years ago suggesting empty space contains virtual particles affecting light travel.
A mother’s age can shape her offspring without changing their DNA
A mother’s age can influence offspring traits and behavior without altering DNA, potentially through epigenetic processes rather than genetic mutations, according to research on rotifers and other species.
More than 1,000 genetic switches reveal why female immunity is different
Researchers identified over 1,000 genetic switches that function differently in female and male immune cells, potentially explaining why women develop autoimmune diseases like lupus far more frequently than men.
Scientists discover how gut bacteria “train” the intestine to fight inflammation
Northwestern Medicine researchers found that a metabolite from gut bacteria digesting fiber leaves a lasting molecular mark on intestinal cells, promoting immune tolerance and potentially protecting against inflammatory bowel disease.
This total solar eclipse looked strangely golden — here’s why
Last week’s total solar eclipse displayed an unusual golden corona in Spain due to the Sun’s low position on the horizon and smoke from nearby forest fires filtering atmospheric light.
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Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Listen Expands Global Search with New Telescope Network
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has taken a significant step forward with the expansion of the Breakthrough Listen initiative to include new world-class telescopes. The program founded by Yuri Milner now operates across multiple continents, creating the...
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...
Is Living on Mars a Future Possibility?
Scientists have long been exploring the possibility of life on other planets and the ability of humans to live there one day too. There may come a time when earth is uninhabitable in many ways and having a backup planet to go to would be beneficial. In particular,...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...