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This Bizarre Hole in The Water Is Not an Optical Illusion. It Actually Exists
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This Bizarre Hole in The Water Is Not an Optical Illusion. It Actually Exists
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This Bizarre Hole in The Water Is Not an Optical Illusion. It Actually Exists
When the heavens open up in eastern Napa valley in California, a watery portal to hell can open up, too.
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On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Russia citizen, carried out the first human space flight
The International Day of Human Space Flight is a United Nations-declared celebration of human spaceflight, observed every year on April 12.
The International Day of Human Space Flight is a United Nations-declared celebration of human spaceflight, observed every year on April 12.
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A Rare Planetary Alignment Is About to Happen. Here's How You Can See It
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A Rare Planetary Alignment Is About to Happen. Here's How You Can See It
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A Rare Planetary Alignment Is About to Happen. Here's How You Can See It
Seeing the planets of the Solar System aligned in a neat line is one of many awe-inspiring stargazing experiences we can get – and this month you could have a chance to see it with your own eyes.
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After 404 Days on Mars, Perseverance Has Finally Spotted Its Parachute
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After 404 Days on Mars, Perseverance Has Finally Spotted Its Parachute
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After 404 Days on Mars, Perseverance Has Finally Spotted Its Parachute
More than 13 months after the Perseverance rover landed on Mars (on 18 February 2021), the rover's cameras have finally spotted some of the parts of the Mars 2020 landing system that got the rover safely to the ground.
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There's a Massive Hidden Factor in The Evolution of Humans Over 2 Million Years
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There's a Massive Hidden Factor in The Evolution of Humans Over 2 Million Years
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There's a Massive Hidden Factor in The Evolution of Humans Over 2 Million Years
The course of human evolution over the last 2 million years was shaped by habitation shifts linked to astronomically driven climate change, scientists suggest in a new study.
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The first vertical test shot of Green Launch's hydrogen-powered impulse launch cannon.
The hydrogen cannon can be fired every 60-90 minutes, sending its hypersonic projectile skyward where it'll "penetrate the atmosphere within a minute and shed its aeroshell." Low earth orbits between 300-1,000 km (186-621 miles) can be achieved in under two hours, and some much quicker.
The hydrogen cannon can be fired every 60-90 minutes, sending its hypersonic projectile skyward where it'll "penetrate the atmosphere within a minute and shed its aeroshell." Low earth orbits between 300-1,000 km (186-621 miles) can be achieved in under two hours, and some much quicker.
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Ants Can Literally Build Bridges Without Training, And You Can Watch Them in Action
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Ants Can Literally Build Bridges Without Training, And You Can Watch Them in Action
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Ants Can Literally Build Bridges Without Training, And You Can Watch Them in Action
Despite only having around 250,000 neurons compared to our 86 billion, ants can still achieve impressive feats when they team up. For starters, they're experts at avoiding traffic jams – a skill we humans could certainly benefit from – and
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Electric chopsticks that make low-salt food taste salty developed by Meiji University
One of the big drags of getting older is not being able to eat with abandon any more. Nowadays just looking at the amount of salt my kids pour onto their food is enough to give me heart palpitations, but it sure would be nice to indulge in those strong flavors without risking a lifestyle disease.
Food producer Kirin and Meiji University seem to agree and through extensive research have developed a pair of chopsticks that can stimulate the taste of salt in foods with low salt content. This still unnamed device does this simply by sending a weak electric current right into your food.
One of the big drags of getting older is not being able to eat with abandon any more. Nowadays just looking at the amount of salt my kids pour onto their food is enough to give me heart palpitations, but it sure would be nice to indulge in those strong flavors without risking a lifestyle disease.
Food producer Kirin and Meiji University seem to agree and through extensive research have developed a pair of chopsticks that can stimulate the taste of salt in foods with low salt content. This still unnamed device does this simply by sending a weak electric current right into your food.
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NASA Beamed a Doctor to The ISS in a World-First 'Holoportation' Achievement
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NASA Beamed a Doctor to The ISS in a World-First 'Holoportation' Achievement
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NASA Beamed a Doctor to The ISS in a World-First 'Holoportation' Achievement
There's never been a house call quite like this. In a first for telepresence communication, a NASA flight surgeon was 'holoported' to the International Space Station (ISS), appearing and conversing as a virtual presence in real time, hundreds of mi
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Not All Kinds of Alcohol Are Equally Bad For Body Fat, Study Suggests
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Not All Kinds of Alcohol Are Equally Bad For Body Fat, Study Suggests
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Not All Kinds of Alcohol Are Equally Bad For Body Fat, Study Suggests
Drinking beer and spirits is linked to elevated levels of visceral fat – the harmful type of fat that is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and other health complications – whereas drinking wine sho
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Remarkable new species of deep-sea crown jelly discovered in depths of Monterey Bay
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Time May Not Exist at All, According to Physics
But that could actually be okay!
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Concrete is a very popular building material, enough so that one of its key ingredients – sand – is in increasingly short supply. Scientists are thus now exploring the possibility of replacing that sand with glass waste that would otherwise end up in landfills.
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Here's What That Controversial New Study on Time-Restricted Eating Really Shows
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Here's What That Controversial New Study on Time-Restricted Eating Really Shows
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Here's What That Controversial New Study on Time-Restricted Eating Really Shows
Results of a new weight loss study were published this week, leading to headlines proclaiming intermittent fasting "isn't a magic diet trick after all".
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Astronomers Are About to Make a Massive Announcement About Something in The Milky Way
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Astronomers Are About to Make a Massive Announcement About Something in The Milky Way
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Astronomers Are About to Make a Massive Announcement About Something in The Milky Way
Update (12 May 2022): The big day of the announcement is today! Make sure to check back to ScienceAlert's home page for a live blog of the press conference at roughly 08:40 am EDT, or 12:40 UTC. Read below on what we think we can expect.
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Scientists have created new artificial microbes by combining two very different organisms into one functioning entity. The hybrid of a yeast and a bacterium adds evidence to a long-standing hypothesis on how advanced life may have evolved.
Inside the cells of complex lifeforms are tiny, separate organs called organelles, some of which have their own separate genomes to that of the larger organism. That includes the mitochondria in animals and chloroplasts in plants, both of which generate energy for the organism. A leading theory suggests that these organelles were originally separate microorganisms that were engulfed by other cells, and the two eventually entered a symbiotic relationship that paved the way for complex life to evolve.
And now a new study has recreated this process, known as endosymbiosis. Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign designed and engineered artificial hybrids of two microbes – a budding yeast and photosynthetic cyanobacteria.
The resulting chimera was able to photosynthesize like the bacteria to generate energy, and reproduced through budding like the yeast. The organisms were able to propagate for at least 15 to 20 generations, and the team says that the achievement lends weight to the hypothesis that complex life got its start through endosymbiosis.
Inside the cells of complex lifeforms are tiny, separate organs called organelles, some of which have their own separate genomes to that of the larger organism. That includes the mitochondria in animals and chloroplasts in plants, both of which generate energy for the organism. A leading theory suggests that these organelles were originally separate microorganisms that were engulfed by other cells, and the two eventually entered a symbiotic relationship that paved the way for complex life to evolve.
And now a new study has recreated this process, known as endosymbiosis. Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign designed and engineered artificial hybrids of two microbes – a budding yeast and photosynthetic cyanobacteria.
The resulting chimera was able to photosynthesize like the bacteria to generate energy, and reproduced through budding like the yeast. The organisms were able to propagate for at least 15 to 20 generations, and the team says that the achievement lends weight to the hypothesis that complex life got its start through endosymbiosis.
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Scientists create viable, reproducing yeast-cyanobacterial hybrids
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Every plant, animal or other nucleus-containing cell also harbors an array of miniature “organs” that perform essential functions for the cell. In plants, for example, organelles called chloroplasts photosynthesize to generate energy for…
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There Are Mountains of Sugar Hidden in The Ocean, And We've Only Just Found Out
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There Are Mountains of Sugar Hidden in The Ocean, And We've Only Just Found Out
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There Are Mountains of Sugar Hidden in The Ocean, And We've Only Just Found Out
Hidden below the waves, the ocean contains vast reserves of sugar that we never were aware of, according to new research.
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