Language processing in humans depends on the neuronal connection between language areas in the brain. Until recently, this language network was thought to be uniquely human.
Oldest fossil footprints from reptile found in Australia CBCEarliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution NatureReptiles evolved earlier than we thought, newly discovered claw-mark fossils suggest Live ScienceOldest footprints of first ‘reptile’ found by fossil hunters The Washington Post‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years The Guardian
Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. Previously the earliest known reptile footprints, found in Canada, were dated to 318 million years ago.
Sea level rise will cause large areas of land to be flooded in the coming century. We could use these future sea-landscapes for the production of seagrass grains, argues environmental scientist Marieke van Katwijk in the journal Ambio.
When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different groups of mycorrhizal fungi. Those trees cope better with water and nutrient scarcity, which is an important trait for forestry in the face of climate warming.
Slicing an onion releases tear-inducing chemicals into the air, but the sharpness of the knife and the speed of the cut can affect how these droplets are expelled
Kurt the CyberGuy explores how hackers exploit data broker files to access personal information and explains services available to protect your privacy.
Science in Space: May Crew members on the International Space Station periodically conduct spacewalks to perform a variety of tasks such as installing, upgrading, and repairing equipment. During a spacewalk on May 1, astronauts installed hardware to support the planned addition of a seventh roll-out solar array on the exterior of the space station. Each [...]
Peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are set to begin in Turkey Thursday, but Russia's president won't be there. The Kremlin confirmed that rather than Vladimir Putin, it will be sending Vladimir Medinsky to head up its delegation. The Guardian refers to Medinsky as a "hardline" Putin aide who also...
Australia's oldest prehistoric tree frog hops 22 million years back in time ScienceDailyFossils Show That These Ancient Frog Families Split Apart at Least 55 Million Years Ago Discover MagazineEarliest tree frog in Australia challenges understanding of divergence with South American species cosmosmagazine.com
Is frozen water scattered in systems around other stars? Astronomers have long expected it is, partially based on previous detections of its gaseous form, water vapor, and its presence in our own solar system. Now there is definitive evidence: Researchers confirmed the presence of crystalline water ice in a dusty debris disk that orbits a [...]The post Webb Identifies Frozen Water in Young Star System HD 181327 appeared first on Astrobiology.
Fossil tracks show reptiles appeared on Earth up to 40 million years earlier ScienceDailyAncient reptile footprints upend theories about when animals evolved to live on land NBC NewsEarliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution Nature‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years The GuardianFossil tracks rewrite history of animals leaving water to live on land New Scientist
A luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily's coast last August , resulting in the deaths of UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others, was toppled by extreme winds and capsized within seconds, according to an interim investigation report. The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said the Bayesian, a 184-foot...
Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London After a busy few months exploring the outer slopes of the Jezero crater rim at an area named “Witch Hazel Hill,” the Perseverance Science Team was eyeing another sample of these truly ancient rocks, which likely predate Jezero crater itself. The target? A rock containing [...]
NASA’s nearly complete yet canceled lunar rover VIPER isn’t going to get carried to the moon by a private space exploration company—but it’s also not quite dead yet
Rocky exoplanets accessible to characterisation often lie on close-in orbits where tidal heating within their interiors is significant, with the L 98-59 planetary system being a prime example. As a long-term energy source for ongoing mantle melting and outgassing, tidal heating has been considered as a way to replenish lost atmospheres on rocky planets around [...]The post Self-limited Tidal Heating And Prolonged Magma Oceans In The L 98-59 System appeared first on Astrobiology.
The Cybercab’s design does seem to be tailor-made for a parcel delivery business.The post Elon Musk teases underrated Cybercab and Optimus business appeared first on TESLARATI.
The Alchemy The mad geniuses over at CERN have accomplished what alchemists of yore never could: they turned lead into gold. Yes, seriously. As declared in a paper published last week in the Physical Review C journal, researchers working with the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) atom-annihilating Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accidentally transformed humble lead into fleeting specks of gold. The researchers are part of CERN's ALICE project, which, put very simply, involves scientists rocketing atomic particles at each other at incredibly high speeds — not quite the speed of light, but close — in an attempt to replicate [...]
Populist rhetoric targeting young offenders often leads to kneejerk punitive responses, such as stricter bail laws and lowering the age of criminal responsibility. This, in turn, has led to more young people being held in detention.
Astronomers Detect 11 New Active Galactic Nuclei in Nearby Galactic Systems The Daily Galaxy
Members of socially and economically marginalized groups in Montreal and Ottawa-Gatineau are at disproportionate risk in earthquakes, a new study has found.Co-authored by McGill civil engineering professor Daniele Malomo, the study is the first in Canada to examine earthquake vulnerability through the lens of equity.
An international planet hunt spearheaded by Monash University researchers has discovered evidence of five new baby planets, so young they are still growing.
Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a new type of spintronic device that mimics how synapses work in the brain—offering a path to more energy-efficient and accurate artificial intelligence systems.
Tiny Gene Fragment Key to Memory Revealed Neuroscience News
An exceptionally rare blue diamond went under the hammer in Geneva late Tuesday, selling for $21.5 million, Sotheby's auction house said.
Atomic-level mapping of amorphous diabetes drug reveals hydrogen bonds as key to stability Phys.org
Scientists at EPFL and AstraZeneca have developed a method to map the atomic-level structure of amorphous drugs, demonstrated on a GLP-1 receptor agonist candidate for diabetes and obesity treatment. Their work appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
The residents of a California town are raising the alarm after dozens of birds appear to have exploded without explanation.
China completes testing of heavy, reusable liquid rocket engine China.org
Scientists make unexpected discovery after studying waters under Arctic ice — here's what it could mean for the future The Cool DownMelting Ice Is Changing the Color of the Ocean – And Scientists Are Alarmed SciTechDaily
California has approved the emergency rate hike State Farm requested for homeowners' insurance policies in the wake of this year's devastating Los Angeles wildfires. The company will be temporarily allowed to increase rates in the state by 17%, a move that comes on the heels of State Farm having been...
From doctored photos of sex-fueled parties to a racy AI-generated song, a flood of misinformation surrounding music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs threatens to distort public perception of his closely watched New York trial. The larger-than-life rapper faces a slew of charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking, with his former partner Casandra “Cassie” Ventura telling jurors [...]The post Misinformation clouds Sean Combs’s sex trafficking trial appeared first on Digital Journal.
Another bombshell is out from the upcoming book about Joe Biden by two reporters: They say the then-president attended a Hollywood fundraiser in June 2024 and didn't recognize George Clooney, a co-host of the event, despite the fact that he and the actor are longtime acquaintances and they were speaking...
Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University Earth planning date: Monday, May 12, 2025 Curiosity was back to work Monday, picking up where it left off from Friday’s plan. Tosol’s plan started with an APXS analysis on the target “Jeffrey Pine,” though the DRT was kept on the sidelines this time. Curiosity then [...]
A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin judge Tuesday on charges she helped a man in the country illegally evade US immigration authorities looking to arrest him as he appeared before her in a local domestic abuse case, the AP reports. Prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan in...
Written by Remington Free, Operations Systems Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, May 9, 2025 I was on downlink today for SA-SPaH, our robotic arm team. We successfully completed a number of fun arm activities, including a DRT brushing and APXS observations of a bedrock target, and also completed a traverse [...]
During her testimony at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial Tuesday, Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura revealed a strange nickname she had for her then-boyfriend, who is 17 years her elder. She says during their decade-long relationship, Combs wanted her to call him by a special name, and she didn't have an...
Yes, You Can Still See The Milky Way In The Northeast — Here’s Where Forbes
Scientists are developing artificial intelligence and machine learning tools for improving the operations of particle accelerators. Here, the results of three related research studies with recent peer-reviewed journal articles are discussed.
The universe's expiration date is 'much sooner than expected,' researchers say YahooView Full Coverage on Google News
RNA signals change rapidly as plants grow and adjust to their environment. Tracking these signals is difficult because traditional methods require collecting plant tissue at multiple points in time, which is slow, costly, and can miss key events. To address this, researchers developed a technology that detects specific RNA sequences and converts them into a measurable protein output, such as a fluorescent signal. This allows scientists to observe gene activity as it happens with the naked eye.
The site was listed as the Central Campus Support facility, but recently, the filings have been updated as Cortex 2.0.The post Tesla is building Cortex 2.0 supercomputer facility in Giga Texas appeared first on TESLARATI.
In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers from Kyushu University report on the activity of sporadic E layers—about 90–120 km above sea level—during the 2024 Mother's Day geomagnetic storm. The team found that the E layers were significantly enhanced during the recovery phase of the geomagnetic storm.
Biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants at breakneck speed—without requiring them to code. By making it easier to search massive chemical datasets, the tool has already identified toxic compounds hidden in plain sight.
Time-lapse footage captured for first time shows cells quickly organise and begin to form early in developmentThe moment a heart begins to form has been captured in extraordinary time-lapse images for the first time.The footage reveals cardiac cells in a mouse embryo begin to spontaneously organise themselves into a heart-like shape early in development. Scientists say the technique could provide new insights into congenital heart defects, which affect nearly one in 100 babies. Continue reading...
Have Astronomers Found Planet Nine? Astronomy MagazineSorry, Pluto: The solar system could have a 9th planet after all, astronomers say MassLiveConfirmed 40 years later ― NASA spots hidden object in the Solar System ECOticias.com El Periódico VerdeNew Planet Nine Candidate Spotted 700 Times Farther Than Earth as Scientists Close in on the Solar System’s Dark Mystery Sustainability TimesA 9th planet in our solar system? Jury’s out, but a candidate has emerged MSN
Shu Yoshida has graduated from Sony, but he is not retired. Rather, he is running a new indie games consulting company dubbed YOSP Inc. Yoshida’s appetite to do more in gaming shows just how much he loves indie game developers. He won a Lifetime Achievement Awards at Gamescom Latam 2025, where I did a fireside [...]
The Danforth Technology Company (DTC) today announced the launch of Spearhead Bio, a startup pioneering a breakthrough platform to enhance the efficiency of crop genome engineering by harnessing the plant's own natural DNA.
A research team has published a study in Nature Communications detailing the development of a novel genetically encoded fluorescent sensor for real-time, cell-type-specific monitoring of intracellular adenosine (iAdo).
Time crystals represent a new phase of matter proposed by Frank Wilczek, the Nobel laureate of Physics in 2004; they can break original time-translation symmetry and create new time oscillations spontaneously.
A conversation between a Tasmanian farmer and a researcher at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) about the real cost of achieving net-zero emissions led to a multi-year study.
A team of biophysicists has published a step-by-step guide for the reliable cultivation of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The guide will support researchers worldwide in the fields of life sciences, biophysics, and bioengineering in their investigations of biological, biophysical, and biotechnological principles. These reliable cultivation methods are detailed in Nature Protocols.
'River of fire' unleashes toxic gases as eruption destroys town in La Palma — Earth from space Live ScienceHow Lanzarote's volcanic landscape has inspired generations of Canary Islanders National Geographic
Radiation sterilization technology destroys the DNA and cellular structures of bacteria and microorganisms using electromagnetic waves with far higher energy than ultraviolet radiation. This technique has become indispensable for sterilization in various fields, including medical devices (e.g., disposable syringes, catheters, artificial joints), pharmaceuticals (e.g., raw materials, tissue grafts), and food products (e.g., sprout inhibition in potatoes).
James Webb detects three unknown stellar giants, giant "red monsters" defy all laws of modern astrophysics. Farmingdale Observer
Morgan Wallen addressed his abrupt departure from Saturday Night Live during a new interview on Sundae Conversation with Caleb Pressley . Asked by the host whether the comedy sketch show made him "mad," the country singer replied, per USA Today , "No. I was just ready to go home. I'd been there...
Research from the University of Adelaide shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment for their young, known as puggles, to thrive.
Budget cuts and the fraying of international partnerships The Space ReviewNasa’s planned budget cuts could set back space science, but show how to future-proof the agency The ConversationTrump Seeks to Cancel NASA’s Mars Sample Return—And Scientists Are Outraged Scientific AmericanTrump assaults American space science SpaceNewsCongress Urged To Reject Trump’s ‘Destructive’ NASA Plan Forbes
A federal judge on Monday declined to stop the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants' tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a move that allows the Trump administration to continue using the data to identify and deport undocumented immigrants, the AP reports. The ruling came from US District Judge...
Scientists have found that the particulate matter from wildfire smoke is leading to higher deaths well after the fires have been put out.
The sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs began Monday, and the music mogul—who seems to have adopted a "gentler" look for the trial—was spotted reading a Bible in the courtroom before opening statements began , sources tell TMZ . A few takeaways from day one: A family affair: The...
Tory Lanez, the rapper currently behind bars for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot, was stabbed in the prison yard Monday morning, a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation rep says. Lanez was attacked by a fellow prisoner at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi and was taken to...
Scientists in a race to discover why the Universe exists Yahoo News Canada
Researcher breakthrough creates extended quantum entanglement between molecules The Brighter Side of News
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and matching funders today awarded two Seeding Solutions grants totaling over $5 million to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center) for crop development research.FFAR, the Danforth Center, Kansas State University, The Land Institute, the Perennial Agriculture Project and Saint Louis University provided $2,926,098 to a project accelerating the domestication of perennial crops, which are planted once and harvested over several growing seasons.
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered how water molecules are organized during plant hydrolytic reactions, knowledge that could have sweeping consequences for the biomedical, pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries.
When two organisms live together so closely that they merge into a functional unit, this is known as symbiosis. In the "1+1=1" project, an international, interdisciplinary research team is investigating how synthetic symbiosis between microorganisms can be created in a targeted manner—and what this reveals about the formation of complex cell structures.
A new technique enables the use of fatty acids—for example, those found in cooking oil from fast-food restaurants—to dissolve and separate silver. The process requires light and diluted hydrogen peroxide. The technique makes it possible to secure the supply of silver and reduce the burden on the environment.
If there are few speakers left of a language, how does a community revive it? In our current era, 3,000 languages are at risk of extinction due to the pressures of colonization, globalization, forced cultural assimilation, environmental devastation and other factors.
A new study by Vanderbilt investigators has uncovered a previously unknown biological mechanism: how tissues detect and respond to damage in basement membranes, the thin layers of extracellular matrix that surround and support nearly every organ in the body.
The 2026 NASA budget proposal would slash around US$6 billion (£4.4 billion) in funding. This is a huge reduction, amounting to around 25% of recent NASA budgets. The savings would mainly come from NASA science programs, potentially devastating high-profile missions and international collaborations.
NASA's planned budget cuts could set back space science, but show how to future-proof the agency Phys.orgBillions wasted, mysteries unsolved: The missions NASA may be forced to abandon The Planetary SocietyTrump assaults American space science SpaceNewsTrump Seeks to Cancel NASA’s Mars Sample Return—And Scientists Are Outraged Scientific AmericanCongress Urged To Reject Trump’s ‘Destructive’ NASA Plan Forbes
Musk’s reported invitation comes on the sidelines of United States President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East.The post Elon Musk invited to attend investment summit in Saudi Arabia: report appeared first on TESLARATI.
In the 1954 essay "The Crisis in Education", German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt argued that crisis can act as an opportunity to revisit questions that have produced presumed and outdated answers.
As the Trump administration continues to make significant cuts to NIH budgets and personnel and to freeze billions of dollars of funding to major research universities—citing ideological concerns—there's more being threatened than just progress in science and medicine. Something valuable but often overlooked is also being hit hard: preventing research abuse.
Are the risks of hazardous chemicals being determined appropriately? In certain cases, apparently not, according to a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie by a team of Chinese researchers.
Killing carnivores to protect livestock, wildlife and people is an emotive and controversial issue that can cause community conflict. Difficult decisions about managing predators must be supported by strong scientific evidence.
Groups of social animals, including humans, can make complex decisions without a single central leader. Those choices aren't always made by the majority, however.
How curiosity rewires your brain for change Big Think
Research into chemical discovery, testing optimization and analysis can be a labor-intensive and time-consuming process. With many of the stages requiring manual preparation, sampling, and analysis, this can lead to increased time scales, higher costs and the potential for human error, and can limit the scope of exploration.
At least 10 people in California and Nevada have been hospitalized in connection with a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat foods from Fresh & Ready Foods LLC, based in San Fernando, California. The US Food and Drug Administration says it is working with state and local officials to investigate. The...
A Hidden Supermassive Black Hole Has Just Revealed Itself in Deep Space ScienceAlertNASA’s Hubble Pinpoints Roaming Massive Black Hole NASA Science (.gov)Hubble Telescope sees wandering black hole slurping up stellar spaghetti SpaceSupermassive black hole roaming the darkness between stars EarthSkyA star has been destroyed by a wandering supermassive black hole Ars Technica
Amid reports of increasing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in cities along California's coast comes a story out of Oxnard, where a witness says a child and their older sibling were left alone at a gas station when ICE agents descended upon their car and arrested their father as he...
A geological anomaly causes the sea level to drop by 100 feet. Farmingdale Observer
The New World screwworm is endemic in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean — and its northward spread into Mexico has alarmed U.S. officials. It can kill a full-grown cow in one to two weeks.
Amber Heard celebrated Mother's Day this year with two new little ones by her side—one girl and one boy. The actress announced the birth of her twins on Instagram Sunday, saying it would be a Mother's Day she'll "never forget." "I am elated beyond words to celebrate the completion...
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In a world-first, British scientists replicated the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease using living human brain tissue — a leap forward in the global race to understand and treat dementia. This pioneering research, led by a team in Edinburgh, involved exposing healthy brain tissue from living NHS patients to [...]The post Scientists use living human brain tissue to model Alzheimer’s to accelerate search for the cure first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.
West Sacramento woman fulfills lifelong dream of space travel alongside beloved dog KCRA
If you want to take a trip into outer space like Katy Perry did, how much is that actually going to cost? Is affordable interstellar travel becoming a reality?
Teams vie for place on shortlist for XPrize Healthspan, the richest prize yet in the longevity fieldAdmitting its goal is “audacious”, the largest longevity-focused prize in history – offering $101m in prize money – will announce its shortlist of candidates on Monday.The aim of the seven-year XPrize Healthspan is to develop a way for humans to dramatically rejuvenate muscles, cognition and immune functions, the three systems crucial to healthy ageing. Continue reading...
There are a variety of text message formats. Knowing the difference can save you money, improve message delivery and ensure you’re using the full potential of your messaging app.
8 Things You Should Never Do With Fresh Flowers If You Want Them To Last aol.comWe Tried 7 Ways to Make Cut Flowers Last—and There Was a Clear Winner Real SimpleKeep Your Mother's Day Bouquets Fresher for Longer With These Expert-Backed Tips CNETTIP SHEET: Making the Most Out of Cut Flowers The East Hampton StarExpert tips and tricks to make your fresh flowers last longer New Idea
Last Thursday, I boarded one of the first United Airlines planes to be equipped with Starlink's satellite Wi-Fi. As expected, the Wi-Fi was very fast and left me wondering whether this will herald the end of spotty in-flight Wi-Fi, expensive connectivity fees, or even the quaint notion that we can avoid work altogether while cruising [...]
Harvard experts claim that Earth-like planets are more common in other galaxies. Farmingdale Observer
When Sam Altman announced an April 25 ChatGPT-4o update, he promised it would improve "both intelligence and personality." He noted that previous updates "made the personality too sycophant-y and annoying," and announced fixes "asap." Now two weeks on, there's little evidence that anything got fixed at all, as ChatGPT's brown nosing is reaching levels of flattery that border on dangerous. AI flatters in less cheery ways too. As Seattle artist Giorgio discovered, bots like ChatGPT will do anything to please their human masters — even validate a user's paranoid delusions during a psychological crisis. Simulating a paranoid break from [...]
NASA Is Increasing Employee Location Tracking NASA Watch
A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking. The Russians indicated it came down over the Indian Ocean, but some experts were not so sure of the [...]
‘Possible it survived re-entry’: Soviet spacecraft crashes back to earth today Inside HaltonThis Soviet-era spacecraft has likely crashed into Earth at 25,000 km/h — and there’s a small chance it hit Canada Toronto StarFailed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit SpaceSoviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit The GuardianDoomed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could hit Earth tonight. Here's when. Live Science
Greg Cannom, a makeup and prosthetics artist whose Oscar-winning work can be seen in “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Vice” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” has died. He was 73. Frequent collaborator, Rick Baker, confirmed Cannom’s death in an Instagram post on Friday. Together, the pair worked on films like “Cocoon,” “The Howling, [...]
In moments of intense pressure, the mind can feel like it’s spinning. Too many decisions, too little time, and too much to lose. But when ...The post The CIA’s secret technique for making quick decisions under stress appeared first on BGR.