Life sciences
A peculiar arachnid with a rabbit-like head
Nature can surprise you. Occasionally, biologists come across a creature that is really strange. This is perfectly illustrated by a species of…
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Space
One of the oldest stars in the Universe has been discovered
Astronomers at Johns Hopkins University have spotted a strange star with very little mass and very little metal. Researchers estimate it to…
Earth & environment
A perfectly preserved shipwreck from 2,400 years ago
Shipwreck resembles structures previously seen only on ancient pottery. It was found in late 2017 at a depth of more than two…
Technology & physics
Image created by artificial intelligence sold for nearly half a million dollars
A portrait of a fictional man in a dark shirt created by artificial intelligence was sold at Christie's auction house for $442,500.…
Technology & physics
Document circulation in a company: electronic means ecological
Electronic document circulation is used for various reasons. It can be a better exchange of information between departments, design, more convenient access…
Technology & physics
Isomers of superheavy elements may be far more stable than thought
Some isomeric states of superheavy elements can have lifetimes measured in seconds, tens of thousands of times longer than the lifetimes of…
Space
There may be enough oxygen on Mars to support life
The salty subsurface water bodies on Mars that scientists reported in late July may contain enough dissolved oxygen to keep aerobic bacteria…
Earth & environment
Humanity has wiped out 60 per cent of vertebrate populations in 40 years
Between 1970 and 2014, human activity led to the death of more than 60 percent of the world's. of mammals, birds, fish,…
Earth & environment
A snail in amber, 99 million years old
Snails embedded in amber are rare. The two specimens recently found are from the Cretaceous period, when powerful tyrannosaurs walked the Earth.…
Technology & physics
A computer with a million cores, built to mimic the human brain
A supercomputer designed to mimic the human brain is ready to go. SpiNNaker, as the machine is called, is powered by one…