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Bottom dwellers have never been more spectacular. In a tiny, high-tech submersible sunk deeper than the height of Mount Everest, scientists have discovered a flourishing ecosystem some 30,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The Chinese-led research team found spiky, bright marine worms darting through fields of crimson tubes, itself another kind of worm, poking out of the …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. (Main) An illustration of a planetary system developing around a free-floating rogue planet (Inset) the JWST. | Credit: Midjourney Our parochial view of planets orbiting a central star — so familiar because it is the layout seen in the solar system — could …

Random mating between wild tomato plants and potato-like species 8 million to 9 million years ago may have given rise to one of our favorite carbs: the potato. Together with 107 extant, wild potato species, the cultivated potatoes we know today (Solanum tuberosum) belong to the lineage Petota. New research suggests that this lineage, or group of closely related species, …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might just be able to spot the Sculptor galaxy. And if your …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thick clouds prompted SpaceX to call off Thursday’s planned launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. The countdown was halted at the one-minute, 7-second mark. SpaceX’s next launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center is Friday, although the weather forecast is less favorable. The U.S., Japanese and Russian crew will spend at …

In 2014, a lake hidden beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet suddenly began to drain. The event occurred with such force that a surge of water was sent directly upwards, splitting through the ice to create a crater almost one kilometre deep. In the 10 days that followed, 90 million cubic metres of water were released from the lake – roughly …

When it comes to the senses, there could not be a greater difference between Friday night chips and juicy Mediterranean tomatoes. However, scientists have discovered that these two foods are not so far from each other after all. Landmark research has found the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor nearly 9 million years ago. Wild tomatoes, which grew in the …

Incredible Re-Run of the Double Slit Experiment Proves Einstein Wrong Again  extremetech.com MIT Just Proved Einstein Wrong in the Most Famous Quantum Experiment  SciTechDaily Niels Bohr defeated Einstein: scientists created a diffraction grating of «frozen» atoms that scatter  ITC.ua MIT Recreates Double-Slit Experiment with Ultracold Atoms, Confirms Quantum Duality  WebProNews MIT Shatters Einstein’s Quantum Beliefs with Groundbreaking Double-Slit Experiment  MSN Source link

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Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, 9 million years ago, apparently.  The Washington Post ‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find  The Guardian Scientists finally know where potatoes come from—and the answer is very weird  National Geographic Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes.  Live Science Potatoes Evolved From … Tomatoes?  The Atlantic …