Category: Art

In a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE, paleontologists analyzed the fossilized remains of the alvarezsaurid dinosaur Bonapartenykus from the Allen Formation of Patagonia. Their results shed new light on the body plan of Bonapartenykus and other members of the alvarezsaurid dinosaur group Patagonykinae. Life reconstruction of an individual of Bonapartenykus from the...

Home » Energy » US Navy Destroyer Fires 60 KW Helios Combat Laser The US Navy released a new photo of USS Preble (DDG-88) firing her HELIOS laser weapon. It is a 60 kilowatt combat laser. badass pic.twitter.com/i3thc0dH6H — CommonSenseOnMars (@CommonSenseMars) February 3, 2025 The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with...

Reaching heights of over 300ft (the same height as Big Ben), sequoias are the largest trees on Earth. Native to the Sierra Nevada mountains, these towering giants often appear drawn from the pages of the finest fantasies and fairytales. But unlike Carroll’s or Tolkien’s epic landscapes, giant sequoia forests are possible to explore in reality....

An imposing castle rises over a moody city. Tourists stroll across an elegant bridge above a meandering river while publicans fill tall glasses with crisp and foaming lagers. Café chatter in several languages merges with the notes of street musicians playing on a Baroque square. It sounds like Prague, Hollywood’s favorite pick for a fairytale...

Archaeologists who spent years poring over images of stars and leaves have declared that a cluster of rock-art sites in Venezuela is the center of an ancient and previously unknown culture. The motifs first came on the radar of archaeologists in 2009. Since then, a team— led by researcher José Miguel Pérez-Gómez of the Universidad...

Scientists say they may have discovered an exoplanet capable of supporting life. The planet, a super-Earth named HD 20794 d, is located just 20 light-years away. It has a mass six times that of our own planet and orbits within the habitable zone of its star. However, scientists say there are some uncertainties surrounding the...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander snapped this selfie with the moon in the background from Earth orbit. Firefly posted the image on X on Jan. 27, 2025. (Image credit: Firefly Aerospace) Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander has snapped its first photos of its distant target. On Monday (Jan. 27), Texas-based Firefly released two...

An image of a meteor streaking through the sky. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Dunford) Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership. Globally, meteorite hunting has become a lucrative business, with...

Vascular inflammation regulates endothelial pathophenotypes, particularly in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Dysregulated lysosomal activity and cholesterol metabolism activate pathogenic inflammation, but their relevance to PAH is unclear. …Read whole article here

A partial solar eclipse as seen from Montreal. (Image credit: Roudny Chatelain / 500px / Getty Images) On Saturday, March 29, 2025, a deep partial solar eclipse will be visible from the Northern Hemisphere. Although the moon’s central shadow will miss Earth and there will be no totality, it will still be a relatively major...