Science

Five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia

A new study led by scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History identifies five new species of soft-furred…

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Where you live matters: A first-of-its-kind study illustrates how racism is interrelated with poor health

A team of health equity researchers from several institutions has leveraged a complex web of data to test a hypothesis:…

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Supernova encore: Second lensed supernova in a distant galaxy

In November 2023, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observed a massive cluster of galaxies named MACS J0138.0-2155. Through an effect…

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Astronomers detect seismic ripples in ancient galactic disk

A new snapshot of an ancient, far-off galaxy could help scientists understand how it formed and the origins of our…

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Organic compounds in asteroids formed in colder regions of space

Analysis of organic compounds -- calledpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) -- extracted from the Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite has foundthat…

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Researchers map how measles virus spreads in human brain

Mayo Clinic researchers mapped how the measles virus mutated and spread in the brain of a person who succumbed to…

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How technology and economics can help save endangered species

A lot has changed in the world since the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was enacted 50 years ago in December…

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Light color is less important for the internal clock than originally thought

Light in the evening is thought to be bad for sleep. However, does the color of the light play a…

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Researchers study a million galaxies to find out how the universe began

A team of researchers has analyzed more than one million galaxies to explore the origin of the present-day cosmic structures,…

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Hubble sights a galaxy with ‘forbidden’ light

A whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is located about 275 million light-years from Earth.…

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