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Scientists are one step closer to understanding how human ovaries develop their lifetime supply of egg cells, known as ovarian reserve. The new research, published Aug. 26 in the journal Nature Communications, mapped the emergence and progression of the cells and molecules that develop into the ovarian reserve in monkeys, from the early stages of ovarian development in an embryo …

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For years, one rule in chemistry class seemed simple: certain high-energy carbon species, like vitamin B1, fall apart in water. That’s why many reactions take place in specialized organic solvents instead of the most common solvent on Earth. A new study puts a crack in that rule. It shows that a reactive carbon species can persist in water long enough …

A human-occupied vehicle (HOV) probing the deep Pacific Ocean has cast a light upon a massive undersea ‘metropolis’. The tortuous system of deep craters and dolomite walls blows the Atlantic Ocean’s famous ‘Lost City’ out of the water. Through a curtain of falling marine ‘snow’, the ghostly carbonate walls and jagged rocks around twenty hydrothermal vents shimmer in the heat …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration shows a galaxy embedded in a halo of dark matter; the search for this mysterious “stuff” is about to widen. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Scientists are about to unleash a powerful new weapon in the hunt for dark …

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Usually, when something gets warmed up, heat tends to spread outward before eventually dissipating. But things are a little different in the world of superfluid quantum gas. For the first time, MIT scientists have successfully imaged how heat actually travels in a wave, known as a “second sound,” through this exotic …

Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian and Indian continents around 50 million years ago, when tectonic forces squeezed Tibet so hard that the region crumpled and its area shrank by almost 620 miles (1,000 kilometers). …

The half-lit moon will appear to skip past the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius on the nights surrounding its first quarter phase on Aug. 30-31 this week. On Aug. 30, skywatchers can spot the nearly half-lit moon hanging a little less than 20 degrees above the southwestern horizon at sunset. Antares will shine as a bright red point …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Cosmologists think that in the first few moments of the Big Bang, the universe grew by multiple orders of magnitude. | Credit: Daniel Rocal – PHOTOGRAPHY/Getty Images Deep in the first moments of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos shook and rumbled. Those …