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Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have re-created the stellar murder in a stunning new animation.

A 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was not based on a real person.

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance -- if we can understand how they win.

After an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, early tsunami warning systems kicked in and helped millions of people safely evacuate

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill-sized device for treating rheumatoid arthritis, marking the first time the therapy has been approved for an autoimmune condition

A large-scale longitudinal study challenges the assumption that poverty amplifies the link between parental distress and child mental health problems. Using advanced statistical modeling, researchers found that financial...

A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.

The discovery that brain ageing may be driven by jammed-up protein factories could lead to better ways to help us stay sharp as we get older

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes

The Trump administration is attempting to argue that greenhouses gases don't endanger people to reverse regulations limiting these harmful emissions - climate scientists are pushing back

A new study reveals that our brains separate "stuff" like water and sand from "things" like balls or tools, using specialized circuits in the visual cortex. Functional MRI scans showed distinct areas within the ventral a...

Nematic materials are made of elongated molecules that align in a preferred direction, but, like in a fluid, are spaced out irregularly. The best-known nematic materials are liquid crystals, which are used in liquid crys...

Around 8 million years ago, an ancestor of modern tomatoes in South America hydridised with a plant called Etuberosum, and this reshuffling of genes gave rise to the potato

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

The debate about an undiscovered Planet X or Planet Nine has been going on for more than 100 years.

People who consume some artificial sweeteners are less likely to respond to certain cancer therapies, potentially because of the impact on their gut microbiome

Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a spaceport in Queensland. It was the country's first orbital launch attempt since 1971.

Researchers have created a microphone that listens with light instead of sound. Unlike traditional microphones, this visual microphone captures tiny vibrations on the surfaces of objects caused by sound waves and turns t...

New models could shed light on early human development and be used for drug discovery and tissue transplants. The post Mini Human Organs Just Got Much Closer to Matching the Real Thing appeared first on SingularityHub.

Get closer to the stars with $10 off one of the best stargazing binoculars we've tested -- now the same price as Prime Day.

What if a complex material could reshape itself in response to a simple chemical signal? A team of physicists from the University of Vienna and the University of Edinburgh has shown that even small changes in pH value an...

Exploring the BTZ black hole in (2+1)-dimensional gravity took me down a fascinating rabbit hole, connecting ideas I never expected--like black holes and topological phases in quantum matter! When I swapped the roles of ...