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A recent study published in Toxicological Sciences has found microplastics in yet another body part: testicles.
Pasteurization kills H5N1, but raw milk has "high concentrations" of the virus. Please don't drink raw milk.
Cells constantly navigate a dynamic environment, facing ever-changing conditions and challenges. But how do cells swiftly adapt to these environmental fluctuations?
It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.
Daniel Angus, a professor of digital communication, explains how artists are trying out data poisoning to protect their intellectual property. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
It is a discovery that’s 'one for the textbooks.'
It’s not clear how the space bacteria may affect the health of astronauts on the ISS—or humans back down on Earth.
An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem
Artists around the world are “stealing” back looted artifacts, creating unauthorized digital versions in an effort to return the works to their rightful heirs.
Freeze 'em, heat 'em, blast them into empty space; with survival skills unlike any other organism on the planet, those hardy critters known as tardigrades will only come back for more.
As ice melts into water and flows toward the equator, it redistributes mass around the Earth, affecting the planet's spin, a new study finds
Research shows that about one in 12 stars have devoured a planet, suggesting that stable planetary systems are less common than believed.
The event, known as a nova, will be so bright that a “new” star will seem to appear in the night sky temporarily, visible to the naked eye.
Plastics are now everywhere, with tiny fragments found in several major organs of the human body, including the placenta.
MIT researchers used ultrathin van der Waals materials to create an electron magnet that can be switched at room temperature. This type of magnet could be used to build magnetic processors or memories that would consume far less energy than silicon devices.
The three new moons include the first to be discovered around Uranus in more than 20 years.
The state has experienced "an unusually large" spike in cases caused by an emerging variant of dengue.
Nocturnal hawk moths are less likely to visit primroses in air polluted by nitrate radicals, which break down important wild fragrances, researchers find
Megaconstellations of satellites are hindering the most powerful tool for space exploration: telescopes.
Scientists propose new category 6 rating to classify ‘mega-hurricanes’, becoming more likely due to climate crisis
Labatut’s most horrific writing depicts the achievements born from humanity’s weakness. . . . It’s horrifying because it’s true; it’s horrifying because it took immense effort, achievement, and ingenuity to make it so.
That probably shouldn't have happened.
From Ghent’s De Krook to Helsinki’s Oodi, recent civic constructions have shared a vision of the library as a living room for the modern city
Two mathematicians have shown that origami can, in principle, be used to perform any possible computation.
Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents
The earliest bird reared by humans may have been a cassowary, according to a new study. This aggressive bird is best known for its long dagger-like toe and colorful plumage.
Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.
Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents
Moon mission records provide a clue as to why getting to the lunar surface remains far from straightforward
Gaining and losing that ability fueled great diversity in one group called amphipods
No one result can serve as definitive proof of what dark energy is, but this experiment supports the idea that dark energy is a fundamental property of a space.
From its mythic beginnings in a Chinese garden, the story of silk is a window into how weaving has shaped human history
Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland. These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonized the water column more than 518 million years ago, revealing a past dynasty of predators that scientists didn't know existed.
It turns out Uranus actually changes colour throughout the year.
As the number of bees and other pollinators falls, field pansies are adapting by fertilizing their own seeds, a new study found.
The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more.
In 1949, an American author named Joseph Campbell published a book titled The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he claims that, fundamentally, all the great stories that human beings have ever told follow the exact same pattern, which is innate in the human consciousness and therefore present in every culture during every time period…
The interwoven strands of a permeable Europe
The events of 2023 showed that A.I. doesn’t need to be that good in order to do damage.
Exercise intolerance is one symptom associated with long COVID. A new study helps explain its cause.