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Four years ago, back in 2020, a group of scientists at Cardiff University in the UK discovered phosphine in the clouds on Venus. This significant discovery, the researchers said, showed that a gas closely related to life on Earth existed on Earth’s twin still to this day, spurring theories that life on Venus might not be completely extinct just yet.
However, many scientists called back to those researchers and those theories, calling them crazy for even suggesting such a thing. And while it is always good to have a healthy amount of skepticism about things, those scientists didn’t give up. And...

Scientists find more proof of life on Venus

Scientists studying the zone between Earth’s atmosphere and space have spotted unusual X- and C-shaped features that could thwart signals that keep our planet running smoothly.

Scientists have spotted unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the atmosphere. They are struggling to explain them

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For the first time, researchers have reconstructed fossilized chromosomes

Scientists just made a big breakthrough with woolly mammoth DNA

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How would you react if you saw something deep below the surface of the ocean that you absolutely could not explain.That's the situation that researchers exploring the sea bed off the coast of Alaska found themselves in while operating a NOAA Ocean Exploration underwater craft.What were they mystified by? A single golden orb.Footage shows the object perfectly visible on the sea bed, but the vehicle was actually around two miles below the surface – so deep that light usually cannot penetrate.The bizarre orb was around 10 centimetres wide and was attached to a rock on its own, and scientists really...

Scientists stumped by golden orb discovered at bottom of the sea

NASA scientists have now discovered a single place on Mars with signs it once hosted all three of life’s main ingredients: liquid water, energy, and organic molecules. On July 21, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a strange rock partially buried in a dry riverbed. White streaks hinted water once flowed through the stone, and Perseverance detected organic molecules — the building blocks of life — within. But what really stood out was a smattering of black and white spots along the rock’s surface. On Earth, such “leopard spots” are mainly known to form in two ways: from microbes, or through chemical reactions that can provide fuel for life.

NASA Finds Mars Rock That Might Reveal Evidence of Ancient Life

Researchers made a tantalizing discovery after they MacGyver-ed old data from a radar instrument on a satellite gathered 14 years ago from the Moon. When they used the mission data in a fresh new way, they found proof of a Moon cave hiding in plain sight. The cave is inside...

Scientists Just Found Evidence for Hidden Passageways Under the Moon’s Surface

Primary school geography paints such a neat picture of the world.It tells us, for example, that there are seven continents on Earth, but the truth is far more complex.Researchers are constantly encountering lost landmasses that constitute important pieces in the puzzle of our planet’s geological past.Now, a whole new continent has been found lurking beneath the icy waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean.The discovery was made around the Davis Strait, a large stretch of water located between Canada’s Baffin Island and Greenland.The strait was formed millions of years ago when the tectonic plates between the two islands shifted, reconfiguring the...

Scientists have just discovered a brand new continent

An international team of astronomers employing NASA’s Webb Space Telescope captured an exoplanet 12 light years away, and in a location that may be familiar to fans of science fiction. The alien planet orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A, which is around the same age as Earth’s Sun, but is slightly cooler.

NASA's Image Of An Alien Planet 12 Light Years Away Gives Astronomers Chills

Jennifer Lopez is seemingly showing husband Ben Affleck what he’s missing as bombshell reports of her divorce go viral. On Wednesday, The Daily Mail reported that the 55-year-old’s divorce papers are “finalized,” even sharing that JLo and actor Ben were done with their marriage months ago.

Jennifer Lopez Shows Ben Affleck Pool Body After ‘Filing For Divorce’

The oldest known plague victims date back to around 5,000 years ago in Europe. Ancient DNA reveals the role the disease may have played in a mysterious population decline.

Ancient DNA reveals possible cause of mysterious population collapse 5,000 years ago, scientists say

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Astronomers are intrigued by the gas giant exoplanetWASP-69b due to the unusually long trail of gas it is leaving behind, approximately seven times longer than its radius. Situated close to its star, the planet's atmosphere is stripped away by the intense radiation from the stellar wind, creating this distinctive tail. Led by researchers from UCLA, observations from the WM Keck Observatory in Hawaii and high-resolution spectrograph readings confirmed the presence of this extended tail and revealed the loss of hydrogen and helium in significant amounts.

WASP-69b’s Giant Gas Tail Surprises Astronomers with Massive Atmospheric Loss

Scientists at the University of Southampton have answered one of the most puzzling questions in plate tectonics: how and why "stable" parts of continents gradually rise to form some of the planet's greatest topographic features. They have found that when tectonic plates break apart, powerful waves are triggered deep within...

Scientists uncover hidden forces causing continents to rise

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Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery at the ancient site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey. They have uncovered what is believed to be the world's oldest calendar. Etched into a 12,000-year-old stone pillar, this finding could significantly alter our understanding of early civilization and the history of timekeeping.

Discovery of Ancient Calendar at Göbekli Tepe May Rewrite History of Early Civilizations

A vein-filled rock on Mars has caught the attention of the science team at NASA. The rock, nicknamed “Cheyava Falls,” was found by the Mars Perseverance rover, and has traits that lead scientists to think it may have harbored microscopic life from billions of years ago. Since landing...

NASA's Mars Rover Makes Stunning Discovery Hinting At Ancient Martian Life

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The secret to pterosaurs taking flight long before birds and bats dominated the air was wasn't feathers or hollow bones.
Although those features no doubt helped, new research shows that a lattice-like structure stopped pterosaurs' broad-ended tails fluttering like flags in the wind and instead, once stiffened, helped guide these flying reptiles into the sky.



					
			

Pterosaurs took to the skies using powered flight about 215 million years ago, the first vertebrates to do so. Although they started out small, amongst their ranks were some of the largest flying animals in Earth's history.
Like birds, pterosaurs had feathers, but they weren't birds, nor were...

Scientists Can Finally Reveal The Secret of How Pterosaurs Took Flight

Although the overall use of benzodiazepines does not appear to increase the risk of dementia, long-term use is associated with a reduction in the volume of critical brain areas, such as the hippocampus and the amygdala, according to new research published in BMC Medicine. This finding supports current medical guidelines that caution against prolonged benzodiazepine use.

Long-term benzodiazepine use linked to shrinkage in two brain regions

The world's largest iron ore deposits, located in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia, were formed between 1.4 and 1.1 billion years ago, significantly later than previously thought a new study has discovered. These deposits are situated on the Pilbara Craton, an ancient and stable part of Earth's crust. This piece of crust is one of two pieces that are part of Archaean Eon, which dates back 3.8 billion to 2.5 billion years ago. The second piece is in Kaapvaal Craton in southern Africa. Now a study published in the journal PNAS claims the formation process of these iron deposits...

1.4 billion-year-old discovery changes scientists' understanding of Earth's geographical history

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Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

Why did the experience of consciousness evolve from our underlying brain physiology? Despite being a vibrant area of neuroscience, current research on consciousness is characterised by disagreement and controversy – with several rival theories in contention. A recent scoping review of over 1,000 articles identified over 20 different theoretical...

Scientists unveil a fascinating new perspective on human consciousness

For decades, physicists have been captivated by the prospect of spaceships traveling faster than light by compressing four-dimensional spacetime — a concept commonly referred to as “warp drive.”. Yes, you heard it right — those super-speed spaceships that effortlessly dart across galaxies in popular sci-fi culture. While it...

Detecting warp drives from extraterrestrial spacecraft using gravitational waves

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Scientists uncover a fundamental aspect of time perception

We often think our brains tick away time in perfect synchronization with the clocks on our walls and electronic devices. However, groundbreaking research published in the...

Scientists uncover a fundamental aspect of time perception

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