The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the sun into two groups, tracing each back to a different kind of outburst from our Read More
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The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as long as Earth Read More
Satellite tracking of New Zealand southern right whales, or tohorā, has revealed a key feeding location about 500kms south of Australia that needs to be protected, University of Auckland scientists say. Summary Tracking tohorā (southern Read More
Australia’s workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. Summary Despite near equal representation in the workforce, Australia suffers from significant Read More
Bison herds 'reawaken' Yellowstone's prairies – New Study/Science Updates
There are few symbols of the American West more iconic than the bison—shaggy giants that once roamed in the tens of millions before being nearly annihilated by European settlers. Summary The American bison is Read More
Researchers pioneer optical generative models, ushering in a new era
In a major leap for artificial intelligence (AI) and photonics, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created optical generative models capable of producing novel images using the physics of light instead Read More
Researchers discover new microprotein that controls metabolic health in mouse
Like bees breathing life into gardens, providing pollen and making flowers blossom, little cellular machines called mitochondria breathe life into our bodies, buzzing with energy as they produce the fuel that powers each of our Read More
A new study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor finds that life expectancy gains made by high-income countries in the first half of the 20th century have slowed significantly, and that none of the Read More
Summertime is beer time—even if the consumption of alcoholic beer is declining in Switzerland. And for beer lovers, there is nothing better than a head of foam topping the golden, sparkling barley juice. But Read More
Saturday Citations: Human impacts on reef systems; testing AI systems;
The week in science: UK fishermen are reporting a massive octopus bloom in the waters off southwest England. Researchers found a massive fossilized pearl in the Australian outback, the largest ever found in the country. Read More