A new study published this month has issued an urgent call for future endeavors in space exploration to take nuclear space travel seriously. Similar to a previous study which called for scientists to take terraforming Mars seriously,…
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Roman bathing complex discovered in eastern Türkiye
A team of archaeologists from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism have unearthed a 1,700-year-old bathing complex in the village of Elazığ, eastern Türkiye.
Traces of Roman occupation were first identified when a local farmer uncovered evidence…
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Elephant robot mimics muscle and bone with foam lattice design
A new robotics breakthrough could reshape how machines move, adapt, and interact with the world by mimicking biology itself.
Engineers at EPFL have developed a programmable foam lattice that blends softness and rigidity across a robot’s…
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Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF
The study, which makes use of a technology called mitochondrial donation, has been described as a “tour de force” and “a remarkable accomplishment” by others in the field. In the team’s approach, patients’ eggs are fertilized with…
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Miami Supertall Tower Cleared for Take-Off
Miami’s newest planned supertall tower has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to top out at 1,049 ft, the maximum height allowed for buildings in the city.
Located on a 2.5-acre site at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive, the planned…
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Astronomers see formation of new solar system around distant sun for first time | Astronomy
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.
It’s an unprecedented snapshot of “time zero”, scientists…
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Can AI really code? Study maps the roadblocks to autonomous software engineering | MIT News
Imagine a future where artificial intelligence quietly shoulders the drudgery of software development: refactoring tangled code, migrating legacy systems, and hunting down race conditions, so that human engineers can…
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A Merger of the “Most Massive Black Hole Binary We’ve Observed” Is Revealed
Black holes are incredibly dense stellar objects that form when dying stars collapse in on themselves. Nothing can escape their gravitational pull, including light and other black holes. Now, an unprecedented merger between two huge black holes…
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Astronomers discover a cosmic ‘fossil’ at the edge of our solar system. Is this bad news for ‘Planet 9’?
Astronomers have discovered a massive new solar system body located beyond the orbit of Pluto. The weird elongated orbit of the object suggests that if “Planet Nine” exists, it is much further from the sun than thought, or it has been ejected…
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Uncovering the Role of Ocean Viruses in Nutrient Recycling
How can ocean viruses influence the global carbon cycle? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers from Rutgers University and Bar-Ilan University in…
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