It’s that time of year again. The clocks have gone back, it’s pitch black as you finish work, the cold, dark, dreary weather swoops in. And so do the memes about how...
In a spectacular discovery, scientists have detected aurora-like emission in the atmosphere of the Sun.At an altitude of some 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles) above a burgeoning sunspot growing in the solar photosphere,...
Across the 75 years since something—something—crashed outside Roswell in early July 1947, the very name itself has taken on a life of its own: Today, it’s shorthand for UFOs, extraterrestrials, and a...
If you can get your hands on a telescope, there are few sights more spectacular than the magnificent ringed planet – Saturn.Currently, Saturn is clearly visible in the evening sky, at its...
To make maps of these structures, astronomers turn to individual stars. Each star’s composition records its birthplace, age, and natal ingredients, so studying starlight enables a form of galactic cartography—as well as...
A new study on language learning has revealed the emergence of specific words to distinguish 'blue' from 'green' was a consequence of learning a second language.There's a lot of variation in the...
The current trial was sponsored by Novo Nordisk, the maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, and tracked patients for two years at locations worldwide. Half of the participants received weekly injections of semaglutide...
For a while, limitations in technology meant that animators and researchers were only capable of creating human-like faces which seemed a little "off".Films like 2004's The Polar Express made some viewers uneasy...
