Astrophysics

Marine fungus can break down floating plastic pollution

The plastic-digesting capabilities of the fungus Parengyodontium album could be ...

Ozempic and Wegovy linked to lower risk of alcoholism

People taking semaglutide, also called Ozempic and Wegovy, either for weight los...

The first stars in the universe could have formed surpr...

Huge stars might have formed in the first million years of the universe if there...

The largest volcanoes on Mars have frosted tips during ...

We know that there is ice at the Martian poles and underground, but until now it...

Elephants seem to invent names for each other

An analysis of their vocalisations suggests that African savannah elephants inve...

A surprisingly quick enzyme could shift our understandi...

Biological processes such as DNA replication or cellular structure formation may...

Cosmic cloud exposed Earth to interstellar space 3 mill...

The protective bubble around the sun retreated dramatically after colliding with...

Bacteria evolve to get better at evolving in lab experi...

When bacteria were put in alternating environments, some became better at evolvi...

The word ‘bot’ is increasingly being used as an insult ...

The meaning of the word "bot" on Twitter/X seems to have shifted over time, with...

Tiny great ape fossils identified as new species from E...

A kneecap and two teeth found in Germany have been identified as belonging to a ...

Starliner and Starship launches propel space industry i...

SpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket on the same day that Boeing’s S...

What is a heat dome and are they getting worse with cli...

Mexico and the southern US have seen extreme temperatures due to a heat dome, a ...

Writers accept lower pay when they use AI to help with ...

When writers are allowed to get help from ChatGPT, they accept lower pay, fuelli...

Physicists want to drill a 5-kilometre-deep hole on the...

Going deep into lunar rock could give us an opportunity to see if protons can de...

How to wrap your mind around the real multiverse

Fictional portrayals of parallel universes are fun to explore, but the scientifi...

Male lemurs grow bigger testicles when there are other ...

Dominant male Verreaux’s sifakas always have the largest testicles in their grou...

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