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Physicists have confirmed a new mismatch between matter and antimatter
Charge-parity violation is thought to explain why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe. Scientists just spotted it in a new place.
A new antifungal drug works in a surprising way
A newly discovered bacterial weapon against fungi can kill even drug-resistant strains, raising hopes for a new antifungal drug.
Fungal infections have been spreading rapidly and widely in recent years, fueled in part by…
India Is Amazing From Space, For Sure Going Back To My Father’s Home Country: NASA Astronaut…
NEW YORK: India is amazing from space, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams said and voiced optimism that she will visit her “father's home country” and share experiences about space exploration with people there. Sunita made these remarks during…
Neandertal-like tools found in China present a mystery
Stone tools traditionally attributed to European and western Asian Neandertals have turned up nearly a continent away in southern China.
Artifacts unearthed at a river valley site called Longtan include distinctive stone…
Splitting seawater offers a path to sustainable cement production
A new cement-making process could shift production from being a carbon source to a carbon sink, creating a carbon-negative version of the building material, researchers report March 18 in Advanced Sustainable Systems. This process…
A nebula’s X-ray glow may come from a destroyed giant planet
The decades-long mystery of a never-ending explosion of X-rays around the remains of a dead star may have finally been solved. The radiation probably originates from the scorching-hot wreckage left behind by a giant planet’s…
AI is helping scientists decode previously inscrutable proteins
Generative artificial intelligence has entered a new frontier of fundamental biology: helping scientists to better understand proteins, the workhorses of living cells.
Scientists have developed two new AI tools to decipher…
Why was Myanmar earthquake so deadly? Scientists explain | World News
The death toll from Myanmar’s powerful earthquake continued to rise on Sunday as international rescue teams and aid poured into the crisis-hit nation. Overwhelmed hospitals and resource-strapped communities struggled to carry out rescue…
Readers talk science dioramas, an underwater volcano eruption, a zero-less number system
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Museum experts are exploring how to bring the science dioramas of yore into the 21st century, while ensuring scientific accuracy and acknowledging past biases, freelance writer Amber Dance reported in “The diorama…
A new era of testing nukes?
Editor in chief Nancy Shute traces the history of nuclear weapons, from the first sustained nuclear reaction in 1942 to the renewed interest in explosive tests today.
3 things to know about the deadly Myanmar earthquake
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28 at about 12:50 p.m. local time, leaving at least 144 people confirmed dead so far and triggering widespread damage across both Myanmar and Thailand. Buildings…
‘Woolly mice’ were just a start. De-extinction still faces many hurdles
Scientists working to unlock the secrets of de-extinction recently announced what they say is a turning point for the movement: the creation of transgenic mice with long, luxurious golden locks of tufted fur inspired by the coats…
‘Star Wars’ holds clues to making speedier spacecraft in the real world
Controlled fusion, solar sails or ion engines could someday help spaceships travel between star systems.
Physicists are mostly unconvinced by Microsoft’s new topological quantum chip
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — At the world’s largest gathering of physicists, a talk about Microsoft’s claimed new type of quantum computing chip was perhaps the main attraction.
Microsoft’s February announcement of a chip containing the…
Elite athletes’ poop may hold clues to boosting metabolism
One of the keys to performing like an elite athlete — or at least having the metabolism of one — may be pooping like one. Transplanting feces from certain top-level cyclists and soccer players into mice boosted levels of a…
Calls to restart nuclear weapons tests stir dismay and debate among scientists
When the countdown hit zero on September 23, 1992, the desert surface puffed up into the air, as if a giant balloon had inflated it from below.
It wasn’t a balloon. Scientists had exploded a nuclear device hundreds of meters…
You might be reading your dog’s moods wrong
Many dog owners can tell how their precious pooch is feeling, watching it wag its tail or raise its ears — at least, they think they can.
But people’s perception of canine emotions may be strongly influenced by environmental…
What 23andMe’s bankruptcy means for your genetic data
A genetic data giant is falling, and it’s unclear what will happen to millions of people’s most intimate personal information in the aftermath.
On March 23, DNA testing company 23andMe announced it was filing for Chapter 11…
JWST spots the earliest sign yet of a distant galaxy reshaping its cosmic environs
The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a distant galaxy blowing an unexpected bubble in the gas around it, just 330 million years after the Big Bang.
The galaxy, dubbed JADES-GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of…
Surgeons transplanted a pig’s liver into a human
A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.
Math puzzle: The Lesser Fool
In honor of April Fools’ Day, I offer the puzzling case of the Lesser Fool.
In a fictional town, there lived an odd wanderer. People would present him with two amounts of money or goods and ask which is greater. Even though…
Is that shark ticking? In a first, a shark is recorded making noise
Sharks may not be the sharp-toothed silent type after all.
The clicking of flattened teeth, discovered by accident, could be “the first documented case of deliberate sound production in sharks,” evolutionary biologist Carolin…
A tardigrade protein helped reduce radiation damage in mice
A protein found in tardigrades — tiny animals less than a millimeter long — can protect mice from radiation damage.
Most cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as part of their treatment, often leading to devastatingly…
A nearly century-old dead date palm tree helped solve an ancestry mystery
What the island nation of Cape Verde cherishes as its own distinctive kind of date palm is getting an ancestry reveal.
The Cape Verde date palm (Phoenix atlantica), native to the island nation it’s nicknamed for, is one of…
Tuberculosis could be eradicated. So why isn’t it?
Everything Is TuberculosisJohn GreenCrash Course Books, $28
A few years ago, renowned author John Green met a boy named Henry at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. Henry was small and, at first glance, looked about 9…
A deep brain stimulation volunteer discusses life after depression
In this bonus episode of The Deep End, listen to an interview with Jon Nelson. He’ll share how he’s doing these days, now that his depression is gone. You’ll hear about the work still ahead of him, which may be lifelong. And…
Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s what to know
Taylor Swift may not be the first person who comes to mind when you think about climate change. But more than once, the singer has found herself in the middle of a media storm over her carbon dioxide emissions. Swift regularly…
How silicon turns tomato plants into mean, green, pest-killing machines
Silicon powers more than electronics: In tomato plants, it fuels a complex defense system that could help farmers use fewer pesticides.
Tomato plants on four continents are currently under attack from the South American tomato…
Avoidable deaths increased in the U.S. as they dropped elsewhere
In the United States, the number of deaths that didn’t have to happen has risen over time.
From 2009 to 2019, the average rate of avoidable deaths rose by 33 per 100,000 people across the country, researchers report March…
An mRNA cancer vaccine may offer long-term protection
A vaccine kept patients free of pancreatic cancer for years, yet new reports say the NIH is advising against mentioning mRNA tech in grants.