Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked trusted source written by researcher(s) proofread by Amy Lien, The Conversation Gamma-ray bursts, as shown in this illustration, come from powerful astronomical events. Credit: NASA, ESA and M. Kornmesser...
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Probing our rich entanglements | Science
A novelist’s venture into nonfiction is filled with deep insights about life on Earth but may leave some wanting more…Read whole article here
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Nextbigfuture Launched on Substack
Home » Artificial intelligence » Nextbigfuture Launched on Substack Nextbigfuture has launched a new substack. [https://nextbigfuture.substack.com/] There is absolutely no ads on nextbigfuture substack. There is unique longer articles that are exclusive to nextbigfuture substack subscribers. The regular nextbigfuture.com site will continue. There is also the nextbigfuture youtube channel. I thank all of my readers...
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CT scans look inside a California condor egg
For a moment, things weren’t looking great for the newest California condor chick. But thanks to some quick thinking and CT scanning technology, the San Diego Zoo welcomed its 250th hatchling in conservationists’ ongoing species recovery program. To celebrate, the wildlife park has released images and video of the moments leading up to the arrival...
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For a just transition to green energy, tribes need more than money
When it comes to a green future, money isn’t everything. In the case of Indigenous peoples, there also needs to be a variety of support and cultural understanding. That’s according to Kimberly Yazzie, a Diné researcher in ecology at Stanford University, who has seen how Indigenous communities have been harmed in the race to establish...
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Rare wooden artifacts showcase the smarts of early Neanderthals
Complex tools from 300,000-year-old deposit at Schöningen in Germany point to a “wood age”…Read whole article here
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Though Rare, Exploding Stars Could Emit Radiation Harmful to Life On Earth
Stars like the Sun are remarkably constant . They vary in brightness by only 0.1% over years and decades, thanks to the fusion of hydrogen into helium that powers them. This process will keep the Sun shining steadily for about 5 billion more years , but when stars exhaust their nuclear fuel, their deaths can...
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Saturday Citations: AI and the prisoner’s dilemma; stellar cannibalism; evidence that EVs reduce atmospheric CO₂
Editors’ notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content’s credibility: fact-checked trusted source proofread by Chris Packham , Phys.org Large-scale language models enable AI agents to evolve various types of personalities in social interactions. Credit: Reiko Matsushita While I was...
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Rare East Coast earthquake rocks New York City. How big was it?
An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area the morning of April 5, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move. The agency reported a quake at 10:23 a.m. with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered...
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Cannibal stars at the heart of the Milky Way stay young in a gruesome way
An illustration shows a massive star cannibalising a smaller star around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)) Scientists have discovered the gruesome secret behind the apparent youth of some of stars at the heart of the Milky Way — stars participating in a...