How far apart are stars?

Scientists have calculated the average distance between stars, but there's much more to star distribution than meets the eye. | Continue reading


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How wealthy UFO fans helped fuel fringe beliefs

There is a long U.S. legacy of plutocrat-funded pseudoscience. Congress just embraced it. | Continue reading


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Historic space photo of the week: Voyager 2 spies a storm on Saturn 42 years ago

With the ringed planet currently perfectly positioned for observation with a small telescope, relive Voyager 2's landmark 1981 visit. | Continue reading


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Why do some people think cilantro tastes like soap?

Here's the science behind why some people hate eating cilantro, which is also known as coriander. | Continue reading


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Maned wolf: A strikingly beautiful South American canid

The maned wolf, a gorgeous canine from South America, is neither a wolf nor a fox, despite resembling both. | Continue reading


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New mothers more likely to experience pareidolia, when your brain thinks it see faces in inanimate objects

Oxytocin may be responsible for new mothers' heightened ability to see faces in inanimate objects, but more research is needed. | Continue reading


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Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to 'unsolvable' 3-body problem

Calculating the way three things orbit each other is notoriously tricky — but a new study may reveal 12,000 new ways to make it work. | Continue reading


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Beats Fit Pro review

The Beats Fit Pro are the closest you’ll get to AirPods for workouts. | Continue reading


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Mystery of 'living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years finally solved

The Wollemi pine was thought to have gone extinct 2 million years ago until it was rediscovered by a group of hikers in 1994. Now, scientists have decoded its genome to understand how it's survived — almost unchanged — since the time of the dinosaurs. | Continue reading


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Evidence of mysterious 'recurring nova' that could reappear in 2024 found in medieval manuscript from 1217

The star T CrB flares up every 80 years. A document from 1217 could help confirm its regularity. | Continue reading


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Mizuno Wave Rider 27 running shoe review

With comfort at their core, the Mizuno Wave Rider 27 are perfect running shoes for churning out the easy miles, particularly over the cooler months. | Continue reading


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Is this the last M1 iPad Air discount?

Apple's best student tablet is discounted again at B&H Photo. | Continue reading


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Blood transfusions might transfer proteins involved in brain hemorrhage — but it would be incredibly rare

The risk of a rare type of brain hemorrhage may be transmissible, though the absolute risk is very low. | Continue reading


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Save $70 on these excellent Bose headphones

These Bose 700 UC headphones are discounted at B & H photos. | Continue reading


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Apple's MacBook Pro is reduced again

Save $200 on the MacBook Pro at B&H Photo. | Continue reading


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Brooks Adrenaline GTS 23 running shoe review

A comfortable support shoe with a moderate level of cushioning — the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 23 is a reliable everyday pair. | Continue reading


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Virtual Reality

Stay up to date with the latest virtual reality (VR) news, features and articles. | Continue reading


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Internet

Everything you need to know about the World Wide Web with the latest internet news, features and articles. | Continue reading


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'This is complete nonsense': Scientists rail against 'alien' bodies shown before Mexican congress

Scientists blast claims of two 'alien' bodies that a journalist presented to Mexico's congress. | Continue reading


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No aliens in NASA's debut UFO report — but big questions remain

In the agency's first public report on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), NASA experts admit "we don't know what these UAP are." | Continue reading


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No one 'expected to find what we did': 4,000-year-old Canaanite arch in Israel may have been used by cult

Archeologists discovered the mysterious arch at the end of a narrow, underground passageway that was sealed with sediment shortly after it was built in the Middle Bronze Age. | Continue reading


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James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean. | Continue reading


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200,000 Americans could die of temperature-related causes each year if global warming hits 3 C

An analysis suggests that annual temperature-related deaths in the U.S. could rise to one-third of the number caused by cancer if global warming hits 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsius). | Continue reading


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Should we rename the Hitler beetle or the Mussolini butterfly? Scientists are shockingly divided.

Some scientists are pushing for species named after offensive people such as Hitler to be renamed, but the official governing body that guides species renaming is opposed. | Continue reading


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AutoBrush Sonic Pro toothbrush review

The AutoBrush Sonic Pro promises to leave your teeth clean and shiny in 30 seconds, but can it deliver on plaque removal and whole-mouth freshness? | Continue reading


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Shokz OpenFit earbuds review

The Shokz OpenFit are unique and convenient in some instances, but anyone who wants regular in-ear earbuds should look elsewhere. | Continue reading


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New Horizon Prize in Physics awarded to scientists chasing mysterious black hole photon spheres

Alexandru Lupsasca and Michael Johnson won the New Horizons award for their work on photon spheres — weird rings of light around black holes that may reveal a theory of quantum gravity. | Continue reading


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Universe's 'cosmological collider' lands 3 scientists $100,000 physics prize

Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonović won the New Horizons Award for their work on large scale structures — the strands and filaments of our universe which contain buried clues to its most fundamental properties. | Continue reading


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Human elbows and shoulders evolved as 'brakes' for climbing ape ancestors

Researchers studied chimpanzee and monkey anatomy to better understand how humans evolved to have flexible shoulders and elbows. | Continue reading


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World's 1st mountaintop impact crater discovered in northeastern China

A two-peaked mountain in northeastern China is the site of the world's first confirmed mountaintop crater. | Continue reading


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Rare polar ring galaxy is 'one of the most spectacular' astronomers have ever seen

Astronomers discovered an ultra-rare spiral galaxy with a ring of hydrogen swirling around its poles. | Continue reading


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Engineering

Explore the branch of science and technology that's all about building things and solving problems with the latest engineering news, features and articles. | Continue reading


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Electric Vehicles

Everything you need to know about zero-emission cars, buses and trucks with the latest EV news, features and articles. | Continue reading


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Computing

Discover deals, reviews and research with the latest computing news, features and articles. | Continue reading


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Communications

Discover how machine learning and artificial intelligence are changing science and the world with the latest AI news, features and articles. | Continue reading


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Asteroid that collided with NASA spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly, high school class discovers

Asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA intentionally hit with a rocket during its DART mission in September 2022, is behaving in unpredicted ways. | Continue reading


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Who should get the new COVID vaccines? What to know about the 2023-2024 shots

New COVID vaccines have been approved to guard against coronavirus variants that are currently circulating. | Continue reading


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The closest black holes to Earth may be 10 times closer than we thought

Astronomers found evidence of multiple stellar-mass black holes lurking in the nearby Hyades cluster, just 150 light-years from Earth. | Continue reading


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Team Egg or Team Sponge? Scientists divided over identity of mysterious golden orb from bottom of ocean

The weird gold dome-shaped object was found during an NOAA expedition to the Gulf of Mexico and is now being preserved in ethanol until it can be sent for laboratory analysis. | Continue reading


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1st of its kind footage shows guard dogs saving sheep from puma attack on a pitch black mountain

The footage of a puma hunting sheep was captured with thermal imaging cameras in the Patagonian wilderness as part of a new National Geographic show. | Continue reading


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Early human relatives purposefully crafted stones into spheres 1.4 million years ago, study claims

The stone spheres were crafted by early hominins who were trying to create symmetry in the objects, a new study suggests. | Continue reading


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Save 20% on the stylish Garmin Venu Sq 2 fitness watch at Amazon

Reduced by 20%, you can now get the Garmin Venu Sq 2 smartwatch for under $200 at Amazon. It’s bright, accurate, and has a great battery life. | Continue reading


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Save 27% with the Sunny Health and Fitness Bike, now under $300!

The Sunny Health and Fitness bike has been reduced by 27% on Amazon. It looks like a typical spinning bike at the gym, and is extremely quiet and sturdy. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 year ago

What happens to cancer cells after they're killed by treatments?

Cancer treatments aim to kill tumor cells, and the immune system is tasked with getting rid of the resulting corpses. | Continue reading


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Who were the first farmers?

Farming fundamentally altered the way humans live, eventually changing people from nomadic hunter-gatherers to sedentary city-dwellers. | Continue reading


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Leading ingredient in over-the-counter decongestants doesn't work, FDA panel rules

The Food and Drug Administration reviewed data on phenylephrine, an ingredient in many popular decongestants, and deemed it ineffective when taken orally. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 year ago

'I am horrified': Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of space

Scientists are calling the Virgin Galactic mission that carried the bones of Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi to the edge of space a major ethical breach. | Continue reading


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New poppy seed-sized fuel pellets could power nuclear reactors on the moon

Scientists have developed a nuclear fuel source no larger than a seed, which NASA will test for use in future moon missions. | Continue reading


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