Archaeologists have unearthed a Viking Age pit filled with the dismembered remains of 10 people in the outskirts of Cambridge, England. The unusual mass grave, which also contained the skeleton of an extremely tall man who had undergone brain…
February 9, 2026
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Why has this winter been so cold?
While it’s been a frigid winter in the eastern U.S., the western region of the country has seen record warmth
Conventional air conditioners and refrigerators rely on vapor-compression cycles and chemical refrigerants that contribute significantly to global warming. Magnetic refrigeration offers a cleaner alternative using the magnetocaloric effect (MCE),…
Turns out the sci-fi filmmakers got it backwards. All those ’70s and ’80s dystopias like “Rollerball,” “The Running Man,” “Death Race 2000,” imagined futures in…
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Concho has appeared…
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The global development of civilization diseases is a challenge that requires many modern solutions, not only in terms of treatment, but first and foremost in terms of early diagnostics. One of the highly sensitive methods enabling fast…
Four crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, where they will conduct research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance aboard the orbiting laboratory.
The crew will lift…
One type of cognitive training appears to reduce the risk of dementia 20 years later.
Earth observation (EO) constellations capture huge volumes of high-resolution imagery every day, but most of it never reaches the ground in time for model training. Downlink bandwidth is the main bottleneck. Images can sit on orbit…
