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Scientists have gotten one step closer to a quantum internet by creating the world’s first multinode quantum network. Researchers at the QuTech research center in the Netherlands created the system,…
A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of shrinking penises. Professor Shanna Swan, a US…
Scientists have discovered a new type of uranium that is the lightest ever known. The discovery could reveal more about a weird alpha particle that gets ejected from certain radioactive…
Lightning could be a much more important atmospheric cleanser than previously thought, according to a new analysis of historical measurements gathered from a storm-chasing airplane back in 2012 – data…
If someone asked you what the worst year in human history was, what would you guess? 1347 CE was pretty bad. That’s the year the Black Death seriously hit Europe.…
Nature is so weird. You can have worms living in the deep sea that are completely butt-free… while in reef-dwelling segmented worms whose bodies branch like a tree from its…
A Swedish orienteering enthusiast working on a map earlier in April stumbled across a stash of some 50 Bronze Age relics dating back over 2,500 years, authorities said Thursday. Mainly…
The Antarctic ice sheet contains a global disaster waiting to happen. As global temperatures continue to rise due to anthropogenic climate breakdown, water currently locked in the form of Antarctic…
Humans and dogs have been staring into each other’s eyes for generations. Whether it’s a pleading gaze for some leftovers, or a loving stare before a lick on the face,…
The Brazilian Amazon released nearly 20 percent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the last decade than it absorbed, according to a stunning report that shows humanity can no…
The first humans to set foot on the supercontinent that once joined Australia and New Guinea could have spread across the entire landmass using ‘superhighways’ in as few as 200…
The online world is continuously expanding – always aggregating more services, more users, and more activity. Last year, the number of websites registered on the “.com” domain surpassed 150,000,000. However,…
Once, this thriving orb that is our home was an inhospitable ball of molten lava. A catastrophic collision around 4.5 billion years ago blew what existing atmosphere early Earth had…
The parts of the human brain that process the unpleasantness of pain have no equivalent in the brains of fish. So, does that mean fish aren’t able to feel pain?…
You might not have given much thought to predatory bacteria before, but a new study reveals that the behavior of these microorganisms plays a crucial part in the balance of…
Cancer isn’t just a modern-day affliction. A new archaeological analysis suggests malignant growths in medieval Britain were not as rare as we once thought. Even before widespread smoking, the Industrial…