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A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they've solved the mystery
Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange ...
1 in 5 community soccer umpires have been assaulted, while others receive death threats: New research
However, Australian rules football appears to be defying this trend—the number of community umpires surpassed 20,000 for the ...
Researchers uncover novel mechanism for regulating ribosome biogenesis during brain development
Ribosomes are tiny molecular machines inside all living cells that build proteins, and ribosome biogenesis is the complex, ...
Natural hazards don't disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops—they evolve
Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in profound ...
Reviving Europe's historical scents—including 'the smell of hell'
Researchers are merging multidisciplinary expertise with AI tools to document, reconstruct and preserve Europe's historical ...
How night lizards survived the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs
Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...
Powerful magnets could unlock detection of high-frequency gravitational waves
New research published in Physical Review Letters suggests that superconducting magnets used in dark matter detection ...
Why brands are embracing fantasy: The psychology behind escapist marketing in anxious times
Why did Aritzia open a café inside its flagship store in Toronto? Why did Burberry pivot from fashion photography to cinematic ads that transport viewers into dreamlike sequences? And why is Simons, ...