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Something strange is happening at Earth’s center. Decades of earthquake data show that Earth’s inner core has been rotating slower than its mantle and surface since around 2010, researchers report …
Something weird is happening to Earth’s inner core Read More
Alzheimer’s disease is hard to diagnose. But proteins in the blood might provide clarity. A series of recent findings, presented at the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia and …
Alzheimer’s blood tests are getting better, but still have a ways to go Read More
The star marking true north is a good deal heavier than we thought. The North Star is 5.1 times as massive as the sun, astronomers report in work submitted July …
The North Star is much heavier than previously thought Read More
Nuclear power of the future is going to need fuel. That has governments, energy companies and nuclear engineers clamoring to get their hands on HALEU: high-assay low-enriched uranium. HALEU (pronounced …
4 questions about the uranium needed for next-generation nuclear reactors Read More
In A.D. 79, a massive volcano in southern Italy suddenly, explosively awoke, leading to one of the ancient world’s deadliest natural disasters. Ash and gas from the eruption killed at …
Earthquakes added to Pompeii’s death toll Read More
Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for …
Was Egypt’s first pyramid built with hydraulics? The theory may hold water Read More
NASA’s Perseverance rover has bagged its first hint of ancient microbes on Mars. “We’re not able to say that this is a sign of life,” says Perseverance deputy project scientist …
NASA’s Perseverance finds its first possible hint of ancient Mars life Read More
Sometimes science fiction does inspire science research. À la Jurassic Park’s entombed mosquito, scientists have developed a method to store DNA in an amberlike material and still extract it easily …
Jurassic Park inspires a new way to store DNA data Read More
Slimy heralds of hope are hopping around Yosemite National Park. Being a frog hasn’t been easy in the High Sierra or in many other places ever since a fungal parasite …
A frog’s story of surviving a fungal pandemic offers hope for other species Read More
Reading people’s faces can literally give you a hint of how they are feeling on the inside. Mapping the face’s hot and cool spots can provide clues to a person’s …
Your face’s hot spots may reveal how well you are aging Read More