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Our Solar System possibly survived a supernova because of how the Sun formed

Enlarge / Artist's conception of the early Solar System, which was at risk of a nearby supernova.NASA/JPL-Caltech Stars are thought to form...

Electrifying volcano eruption set off the most extreme lightning detected

EnlargeNASA When Tonga’s underwater Hunga Tonga volcano lost its temper in an eruption on January 15, 2022, it belched gobs of magma...

Even galaxies recycle

Enlarge / A quasar ejects a jet of material into intergalactic space.J. A. Biretta et al., Hubble Heritage Team On Earth, recycling...

Neanderthal adhesives were made through a complex synthesis process

EnlargeHalamka / GETTY IMAGES As Homo sapiens, we often consider ourselves to be the most intelligent hominins. But that doesn’t mean our...

When it comes to advanced math, ChatGPT is no star student

EnlargePeter Dazeley While learning high-level mathematics is no easy feat, teaching math concepts can often be just as tricky. That may be...

Chinese Mars rover sends back images of recent water-shaped crusts

Enlarge / Orbital image of the Utopia Planitia region of Mars.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona Most of Mars appears to be an endless expanse...

“Sleep language” could enable communication during lucid dreams

EnlargeWestend61 Sleep is a semiconscious state, but there are neurons firing in the brain even when all seems quiet. Now brain activity...

How physicist Sameera Moussa went from a role model to a target

EnlargeAurich Lawson | Wikipedia Science and the technology it enables have always had a close relationship with warfare. But World War II...

We’re one step closer to reading an octopus’s mind

EnlargeA. Martin UW Photography Nine brains, blue blood, instant camouflage: It’s no surprise that octopuses capture our interest and our imaginations. Science-fiction...

A grasshopper-like soft material can jump 200 times above its thickness

EnlargeStefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography Superhumans don't exist in the real world, but someday you might see super robots. Obviously, robots can...

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