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Researchers spotted an unusual gamma-ray signal in three galaxy clusters, which may be a telltale sign of dark matter - or some even more exotic phenomenon

NASA's Swift Observatory is set to come crashing down to Earth later this year after private rescue mission failure.

Extreme heat will become more common as the climate continues to warm. That will affect almost every facet of our health.

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified the most promising candidate yet for a black hole star, lurking 660 million years after the Big Bang. The hypothetical entity, which shines 100 billion times brighter than a ...

Heartland virus and Bourbon virus, which are transmitted by lone star ticks, have killed at least seven people in the US

Researchers found 120 ancient inscriptions referring to a mysterious goddess known as "the Lady" in a cave in Valencia, Spain.

AI is like a genie. The way in which algorithms grant our wishes may make us regret letting them out of the bottle. The post Long Foreseen, the Problem of AI Alignment Is Finally Reality. Solving It Wont Be Easy. appeare...

New models of the carotid artery can be personalized for different people, revealing subtle differences in stroke risk.

For the past decade, depression has been linked to a shrunken hippocampus, which has a vital role in memory. But a large study using up-to-date scanning techniques suggests this may not be the case

A mysterious burial in an underground water channel may help archaeologists understand a pre-Inca ritual in Peru.

What happened in the first moments of the universe-before the building blocks of life and the world we know today came into existence? Physicists at the CERN research facility in Switzerland are trying to answer this que...

The candela, the international unit of light in use for almost a century, forms the basis of photometry. According to a new study, measurements derived from it systematically misjudge the brightness of colored light sour...

Cats can identify each other by the scent of their pee. We now know why.

AI companies have begun embedding watermarks in the output of their models to improve transparency and help crack down on misinformation, disinformation and cheating on homework, but there are limitations to this approac...

For close to a century, physicists have pursued a way to unite gravity with quantum mechanics. Known as quantum gravity, this goal has remained frustratingly out of reach so far. Similarly elusive is the force of dark en...

Knee osteoarthritis can seriously affect mobility and quality of life, but its progression isnt completely out of your control. Exercise, stronger leg muscles, a healthier diet, and even modest weight loss can dramatical...

Specialized brain scans reveal that schizophrenia is linked to widespread loss of the synapses that connect brain cells, with the left side of the brain hit especially hard. The damage follows a surprisingly organized pa...

The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be folded into the genus Homo because new fossils have blurred many of the traits once used to separat...

The Asian Water Tower is losing roughly 24.2 billion tonnes of groundwater every year, with some of the worst declines hitting densely populated farming regions. Glacier melt may temporarily soften the crisis around the ...

Extreme experiments have revealed how diamond behaves at crushing pressures beyond those inside Neptune and Uranus, resolving a decades-old conflict between theory and observation. The results could help scientists boost...

A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 stage crashed into the Moon on Aug. 5, leaving behind a newly formed crater about 60 feet wide. NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured detailed images showing bright and dark streaks of d...

Spains total solar eclipse delivered an unexpected sight: a corona glowing gold instead of its usual pearly white. Because the Sun was setting, its light passed through more atmosphere, while smoke from nearby wildfires ...