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Species of Deep Sea Bug The Size of a Small Dog Named For Star Wars Villain Nature 8 hours ago
It's Confirmed. A Major Atlantic Ocean Current Is ... - ScienceAlert
Feb 13, 2024 · Last year a concerning study suggested one of Earth's major ocean currents is racing towards collapse. Unfortunately, new data now backs that up. "The temperature, sea level and precipitation changes will severely affect society, and the climate shifts are unstoppable on human time scales," the authors of the latest study warn in an article for The Conversation.
It's Official: Global Survey Confirms The World Trusts Scientists
4 days ago · Public trust in scientists is vital. It can help us with personal decisions on matters like health and provide evidence-based policymaking to assist governments with crises such as the COVID pandemic or climate change. In a survey of 71,922 people across 68 …
Astronomers Capture Mysterious 'Chorus Waves' Emerging
An international team of astronomers has detected mysterious chirping signals in an unexpected region of space, raising major questions about how they're created. Known as chorus waves, these signals are split-second bursts of electromagnetic radiation emitted from high above Earth's surface. When ...
NASA Is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic …
NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest Africa. This vast, developing phenomenon, called the South Atlantic Anomaly, has intrigued and concerned ...
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Species of Deep Sea Bug The Size of a Small Dog Named For Star Wars Villain Nature 13 hours ago
New Kind of Planet Unlike Anything in Our Solar System Discovered
An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never seen before. The exoplanet Enaiposha, or GJ 1214 b, is a hazy world orbiting a red dwarf star about 47 light-years from Earth.Previously likened to a mini-Neptune, in-depth observations obtained using JWST now suggest the exoplanet is more like Venus – only much larger.
Scientists Quantified The Speed of Human Thought, And It's a Big ...
Dec 23, 2024 · "The current understanding is not commensurate with the enormous processing resources available, and we have seen no viable proposal for what would create a neural bottleneck that forces single-strand operation," the authors write.. According to the researchers, solving a Rubik's cube blindfolded requires processing of just under 12 bits a second.
Humanity's Ancient Ancestor Found a Way to Survive in a Harsh …
1 day ago · A detailed analysis of these remnants was used to recreate the climate and activity of a direct ancestor of modern humans, Homo erectus.The signs point to a hyperarid, relatively inhospitable spot that this ancient species of hominin not only lived in, …