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The mystery of Planet Nine is far from solved. Here's what we know. The post The Hunt for Planet Nine: Why There Could Still Be Something Massive at the Edge of the Solar System appeared first on SingularityHub.

A team of young scientists paused their new physics searches to develop an innovative machine-learning tool, which is now helping them narrow in on a rare and messy decay of the Higgs boson.

Researchers have built a robot crab that can compete in claw-waving displays with real fiddler crabs, but "Wavy Dave" doesn't always come out unscathed.

Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake stuck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.

There are three types of cognitive reserve that can protect against decline as we age. Columnist Helen Thomson explores the lifestyle choices that can help you build a more resilient brain and finds that midlife is a cri...

We use the Navier-Stokes equations every day, for applications from building rockets to designing drugs. But sometimes they break and we dont know why

A new study reveals that our brains treat sensitivity and decision bias as separate processes when rewards are at stake. Using eye-tracking and EEG during a visual task, researchers found that attention-related brain reg...

Short-nosed dog breeds like Pugs and French Bulldogs are often perceived as calm, affectionate companionsbut their behavior is influenced by more than just head shape. A new study of over 5,000 dogs reveals that small bo...

Researchers have captured footage of a "big-butt seastar" off the coast of Argentina that looks like Patrick Star from "SpongeBob SquarePants."

Two people have died from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem, New York City, and 58 people total have contracted the illness.

Scientists have used an ultrafast laser to heat solid gold to 14 times its melting point without turning the metal into liquid.

A study of a handful of 300,000-year-old teeth revealed an ancient human group had a mix of archaic and modern tooth features.

For Samsung and Android users the Galaxy Ring is one of the best way's to track sleep, heart rate and general fitness.

A joint research team from Japan has observed "heavy fermions," electrons with dramatically enhanced mass, exhibiting quantum entanglement governed by the Planckian timethe fundamental unit of time in quantum mec...

The morning-after pill helps prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, but its efficacy differs depending on the user's body mass and the timing of when they take the medication.

A 2024 astronaut photo shows a rare "sunglint" shining off Lake Iro and a nearby zig-zagging river in Chad. The shimmering bodies of water were likely both shaped by an ancient meteor impact.

Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today's fastest supercomputers. But today's machines are notoriously fragile. The quantum bits, or "qubits," that store and p...