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My friend's daughter is doing a project on biological immortality. It would be great if you could help her by answering a short survey.

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An evolutionary analysis of behavioural traits across primate species may shed light on the question of whether humans are violent by nature

Part of a new low-cost British radar spacecraft is to be knitted from a gold-plated tungsten yarn.

Observations of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos have shown that they mostly originate from extragalactic sources such as active galaxies. However, gamma ray observations show bright emission from within the Milky Way galaxy, and astrophysical gamma rays and neutrinos are expected to be produced by the same physical processes. The IceCube Collaboration searched for neutrino emission from within the Milky Way (see the Perspective by Fusco) and found evidence of extra neutrinos emitted along the plane of the Galaxy, which is consistent with the distribution of gamma-ray emission. These results imply that high-energy neutrinos can be generated by nearby sources within the Milky Way.

-Editor’s summary from the Science article

For the first time, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos—tiny, ghostlike astronomical messengers with energies millions to billions of times higher than those produced by the fusion reactions that power stars

In a time of income inequality and ruthless politics, people with outsized power or an unrelenting willingness to browbeat others often seem to come out ahead.

New research from Dartmouth, however, shows that being uncooperative can help people on the weaker side of the power dynamic achieve a more equal outcome—and even inflict some loss on their abusive counterpart.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squeezing everything in the universe.

They reported Wednesday that they were able to “hear” what are called low-frequency gravitational waves — changes in the fabric of the universe that are created by huge objects moving around and colliding in space.

“It’s really the first time that we have evidence of just this large-scale motion of everything in the universe,” said Maura McLaughlin, co-director of NANOGrav, the research collaboration that published the results in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Why is a planet orbiting a star that should have gone through a giant phase?

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By looking at electrical signals octopuses produce in their brain while asleep and awake, researchers have gathered some of the best evidence yet that the cephalopods dream

COVID-19 continues to have profound health and economic consequences around the world. Aside from the large number of deaths from this viral infection…

IceCube and NANOGrav will be making announcements tomorrow, July 29th.

https://www.sciencealert.com/two-major-announcements-about-the-universe-are-happening-this-week-heres-what-we-know-so-far

An in-depth look at the construction of Rome’s Pantheon and its famous concrete dome.

When you can’t remember a word, it might only feel like it’s on the tip of your tongue

A cute mathematical trick can "rescale" the Universe so that it isn't actually expanding. But can that "trick" survive all our cosmic tests?

The newly discovered duck-billed dinosaur, Gonkoken nanoi, likely grew to around 13 feet long and weighed up to 1 ton, new analysis reveals.

Researchers believe the creature, named Nihohae matakoi, used its horizontal teeth to thrash at prey before gulping it down.

A new drug developed by QIMR Berghofer could transform the treatment of COVID-19 by potentially protecting against infection by any SARS-CoV-2 variant and reversing the persistent inflammation that is a major driver of debilitating long COVID.

Scientists have detected a new carbon compound, methyl cation, in space for the first time using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. This compound, crucial in forming complex carbon-based molecules, was found in a young star system in the Orion Nebula. The discovery could enhance our understanding of life's potential development beyond Earth.

This molecule, never before seen in space, is believed to be a cornerstone of interstellar organic chemistry.

Four volunteer crew members entered a Mars-realistic 3D printed habitat.

Astrophysicists have discovered a new mechanism for star destruction and gamma-ray burst generation, originating from stellar collisions in the dense environments near supermassive black holes in ancient galaxies. This finding, published in Nature Astronomy, enhances our understanding of star deaths and might point to previously unknown sources of gravitational waves.

The wheel of technology continues to spin in seemingly outrageous directions. Japan has mooted the idea of wooden satellites that will go into orbit as early as 2024. The team of researchers developing the first-ever wooden satellite is from Kyoto University in Japan. The project team has already obtained results from the International Space Station […]

NASA is developing a system that will allow astronauts to perform maneuvers, conduct experiments and more using a natural-language ChatGPT-like interface..

Humans might have been wearing phallic ornaments thousands of years before the Romans and Greeks did the same for good luck.