When we think of tentacled animals, we usually think of marine creatures. But many other species have them too. For example, the eyestalks of slugs and snails are actually specialised types of tentacles.
And the star-nosed mole has 22 short…

When we think of tentacled animals, we usually think of marine creatures. But many other species have them too. For example, the eyestalks of slugs and snails are actually specialised types of tentacles.
And the star-nosed mole has 22 short…

Social media claims by clinics promoting testosterone treatment for men to improve their physique and mood are driving large numbers to pay for unnecessary medication that can have serious side effects, doctors say.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has delayed astronauts’ upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.
The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later…

Efforts to reestablish the US’s controversial ‘China Initiative’ are dead. The programme was created during the first Trump administration and cancelled by former President Biden almost four years ago amid criticisms that it created a…

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As bacteria become increasingly (and worryingly) resistant to antibiotics, scientists are recruiting bacteriophages—a bacteria’s sworn evolutionary enemy—to fight against these…

A 60-meter-wide asteroid could slam into the moon on December 22, 2032. Although the odds are slim (around 4%) the consequences could be massive. From a scientific standpoint, the impact would offer a rare opportunity to study the moon’s…

Scientists at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed two methods to accelerate the engineering of microbes for jet fuel production, reducing development timelines from years to weeks.
“If widely adopted, these approaches…

Indirect prompt injection occurs when a bot takes input data and interprets it as a command. We’ve seen this problem numerous times when AI bots were fed prompts via web pages or PDFs they read. Now, academics have shown that self-driving cars…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has delayed astronauts’ upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site.
The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now…
Astronomers at Texas A&M University have discovered a rare, tightly packed collision of galaxies in the early universe, suggesting that galaxies were interacting and shaping their surroundings far earlier than scientists had predicted. Using…