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Enlarge / Shark intestines are naturally occurring Tesla valves; scientists have figured out how to mimic their unique structure. Sarah L. Keller/University of Washington Scientists at the University of Washington … Read More
Summary: Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism in human cells that mimics embryonic diapause, a process some mammals use to pause development. By inhibiting the mTOR signaling pathway in stem … Read More
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Some types of sea robins, a peculiar bottom-dwelling ocean … Read More
Astronomers have created the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way — and it contains more than 1.5 billion objects. Made using 13 years of observations across 420 nights, … Read More
The mass of the W boson particle has been found by the Large Hadron Collider to be exactly what the Standard Model of particle physics predicts it to be, contradicting … Read More
Even before NASA removed two astronauts from the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the ISS, the crew knew that no spaceflight is guaranteed. Crew-9, the ninth operational SpaceX astronaut launch to … Read More
The hunt is on for a second Earth, somewhere out there in the Milky Way galaxy, but a newly discovered world is not quite the thing. It comes in at … Read More
In six billion years the sun will expand into a red giant. That process should consume Mercury, and maybe Venus. For a long time we have thought it might incinerate … Read More
While hunting, an orca (identified as pod matriarch Dakota) propels a dusky dolphin into the air. Credit: Maikol Barrera. Off the coast of Chile, in waters filled with krill and … Read More
A nuclear bomb could save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact, according to a first-of-its-kind lab study. The new experiment, conducted using the world’s most powerful laboratory radiation source, demonstrated … Read More
