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Some scientists are pushing for species named after offensive people such as Hitler to be renamed, but the official governing body that guides species renaming is opposed.

Researchers embark on a study, leveraging the fruit fly's complex behaviors, to understand brain-based navigation. With a $6.5 million grant from the NIH, they aim to decode how multisensory info from the fly's antenna, ...

Capturing blur-free images of fast movements like falling water droplets or molecular interactions requires expensive ultrafast cameras that acquire millions of images per second. In a new paper, researchers report a cam...

Alexandru Lupsasca and Michael Johnson won the physics prize for their work on photon spheres -- weird rings of light around black holes that may reveal a theory of quantum gravity.

Astronomers discovered an ultra-rare spiral galaxy with a ring of hydrogen swirling around its poles.

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Scientists blast claims of two 'alien' bodies that a journalist presented to Mexico's congress.

Arousal disorders, including the mysterious actions of sexsomnia, sleepwalking, and sleep terrors, remain a significant gray area in sleep medicine. A new study reveals that unlike other sleep disorders, arousal disorder...

The initial phases of heavy-ion collisions occurring at the maximum energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider continue to remain an enigma of modern nuclear physics. New theoretical tools improved by physicist...

Shifting to battery-powered vehicles is an essential step in tackling climate change, but it’s also creating worryingly large amounts of e-waste and demand for environmentally damaging mining. A new partnership to prod...

Researchers have utilized advanced machine learning techniques to unveil the neural structure linked to narcissism, overcoming previous study limitations. Employing Kernel Ridge Regression and Support Vector Regression, ...

Insect-sized robots that can crawl, hop and turn by harnessing the power of explosions can be cheaply produced for a range of applications

In the agency's first public report on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), NASA experts admit "we don't know what these UAP are."

An independent task force formed by NASA to look into unidentified anomalous phenomena found no evidence of alien craft, and suggests that if we want to find proof of visitors we need better data

Individuals emphasizing freedom and hobbies experienced a boost in well-being, whereas those prioritizing achievement felt less happy. The research showed that valuing 'hedonism' and 'self-direction' led to increased hap...

Rivers in the US and central Europe are losing their ability to hold oxygen because of rising temperatures, which could put fish at risk

Scientists and engineers keep developing ever faster and more powerful technological devices. But there is a need for even faster and more efficient electronics. A promising route is to take advantage of terahertz waves,...

A recent study pits AI chatbots against humans in the Alternate Uses Task, assessing creative thinking. AI chatbots, on average, showcased creativity, rivaling most human participants.

Researchers have unearthed how human brains inherently perform calculations akin to high-powered computers through Bayesian inference, enabling precise, swift environmental interpretation. This statistical method melds p...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean.

US regulators could soon authorise MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder after positive results in the largest clinical trial to date

A new study uncovers a unique relationship between inflammatory proteins and adolescent depression. The study, part of the IDEA project, distinguishes how different cytokines are related to depression in boys and girls.