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Find yourself prone to anxiety? The roots of the condition could stretch back to before you were even born, according to a new study in mice. Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine in the US have found that infection or stress in a mother during pregnancy could increase the risk of the offspring developing anxiety as an adult. Studies have previously …

Protoplanets are celestial objects in the act of forming into full planets within the gas and dust disks surrounding hot, young stars. These objects, often several times the mass of Jupiter, are still embedded in their birth environments, actively feeding on surrounding material through their own circumplanetary disks. Unlike mature planets, protoplanets offer a rare glimpse into the violent, chaotic …

In this artist’s illustration, infalling hydrogen gas causes the growing protoplanet WISPIT 2b to shine brightly in the hydrogen alpha spectrum, to which the MagAO-X instrument is particularly sensitive. Credit: Joseph Olmsted/STScI/NASA Astronomers have captured something extraordinary: the first-ever direct photo of a baby planet growing inside a dusty ring around a young star. Using cutting-edge adaptive optics, the team …

Zach Bryan was a surprise guest at this weekend’s Born & Raised Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma, popping up on Saturday to sing with Gabriella Rose during her afternoon set. But Bryan also seems to have seized the opportunity to confront Gavin Adcock, a Georgia country singer who has criticized Bryan and was scheduled to perform that same day. In a …

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My younger sister “Harper” just shared with me that she and her husband are excited to be expecting a baby. She told me she was only telling our parents and a few trusted family members and asked me to help …

Fabian Kamberi, CEO and co-founder of the Berlin-based AI gaming startup Born, thinks the current AI companions on the market are designed to be exploitative and geared toward isolating users through one-to-one relationships with AI chatbots.  “It feels like it fuels the loneliness epidemic, instead of making it more fun and giving users the opportunity to make their lives better,” …

In 1977, a rhino was born at Dvůr Králové Zoo. She was named Nasi, and came as a bit of a surprised because her mother, a northern white rhino called Nasima, had only had contact with one male rhino. Why was that so strange? Well, he was an entirely different species. Hybrids like Nasi crop up from time to time, …

Featuring a much-anticipated performance by Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, this new drama looks to explore how the Russian president came to power – and presents him as mild-mannered. Olivier Assayas’s new drama The Wizard of the Kremlin, which has just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, features Jude Law as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. But the film may …

New research reveals that Jupiter’s birth triggered high-speed collisions that created molten droplets preserved in meteorites, tiny time capsules from the solar system’s earliest days.Credit: Shutterstock Ancient droplets found in meteorites reveal the history of planet formation. About 4.5 billion years ago, Jupiter expanded quickly into the giant planet we see today. Its immense gravity disturbed the paths of countless …

BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nevada — A Utah couple gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday morning in an RV during the Burning Man Festival. A spokesperson from Burning Man Project said their Emergency Services Department and on-site medical assistance responded to a report of a possible childbirth. Upon arrival, the spokesperson said medical personnel found that a baby had …