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Stingrays are easily identified by their flat, disc-shaped bodies and long tail with venomous spine that keeps them safe from predators says Melissa Hobson. They became infamous in 2006 when TV presenter Steve Irwin died from a stingray barb to the heart but these animals are not aggressive and usually only sting humans when they feel threatened – for example, …

A small fragment of rock found at Stonehenge in 1924 may provide the key that unlocks the mystery of how the prehistoric monument was constructed. Known as the Newall Boulder, the bullet-shaped lithic lump sits at the heart of a heated archaeological dispute over whether the stone circle’s enormous building blocks were brought to the site by people or natural …

Paleontologists have discovered the skeletal remains of an entirely new, yet-to-be-named species of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur in the Klettgau Formation in Canton Aargau, Switzerland. Articulated skull of the new massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur in right lateral view. Scale bars – 5 cm. Image credit: Lania et al., doi: 10.1186/s13358-025-00373-6. The newly-discovered fossil dates back to the Norian age of the Late …

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For more than a century, physicists have relied on two separate rulebooks to describe nature. Quantum mechanics excels at explaining atoms, photons, and every jiggle inside laboratories. Einstein’s general relativity, meanwhile, accounts for the way planets and stars bend the very fabric of space-time. Each framework is staggeringly accurate inside its own arena, yet they cannot be combined in a …

Why Does Matter Exist? Scientists Discover Unexpected New Clue  SciTechDaily New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found  The New York Times New Discovery Could Hint at Why Our Universe Is Made Up of Matter and Not Antimatter  SingularityHub Mysterious Antimatter Physics Discovered at the Large Hadron Collider  Scientific American Scientists Just Found a New Matter-Antimatter Clue—and It Might …

A woman who needed 37 stitches to her face after suffering a brutal dog attack has lifted the lid on her recovery process. When Jillian Osbourne, 48, was bitten by a dog at the pet store where she worked part-time, she did not realize just how serious the injury was. ‘This was not a vicious or deadly attack,’ she said. …

NASA’s two TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) are encapsulated along with five other satellites ahead of launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: NASA Update July 22, 2:30 p.m. EDT: The SpaceX launch director called an abort of the mission; targeting Wednesday, July 23. NASA’s next trip to space will be …

Sneaky scientists: hidden AI prompts found in papers  Boing Boing Researchers are using AI for peer reviews — and finding ways to cheat it  The Washington Post Scientists reportedly hiding AI text prompts in academic papers to receive positive peer reviews  The Guardian Some Researchers Are Hiding Secret Messages in Their Papers, but They’re Not Meant for Humans  Smithsonian Magazine Sneaky stuff  Komando.com Source link

IN A NUTSHELL 🧬 Human eggs utilize a minimalist strategy to remain viable for decades, preserving their integrity. 🔍 Recent research reveals that eggs conserve energy by slowing down internal processes, minimizing damage. 💡 Findings could revolutionize fertility treatments like IVF, suggesting a shift in metabolic strategies. 🔬 The study, published in The EMBO Journal, opens new avenues for understanding …