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NASA‘s Perseverance rover has snapped an intriguing photo of a “turtle” appearing to poke its head out of its shell on the surface of Mars. The reptile-like structure is the latest in a long list of Martian rocks that look similar to living creatures or other Earth objects. Perseverance captured the new image on Aug. 31, on what was its …

Artist’s depiction of the Epsilon Eridani system, including the elusive planet Epsilon Eridani b. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook JWST placed new limits on planets around Epsilon Eridani and demonstrated an improved technique for spotting faint signals. In science, a negative finding can be just as valuable as a positive one. Even the most advanced observatories are sometimes challenged by data artifacts, …

Hair loss affects millions of people worldwide and can have a serious impact on confidence and self-esteem. For years, treatments such as oils, shampoos, and chemical solutions have promised to slow hair loss or improve scalp health, but most of these provide only temporary results and rarely address the root cause. Now, science offers a breakthrough.A study published on Clinical …

Do you want to share your predictions, analysis or thoughts on Saturday’s Michigan-Oklahoma game? Get involved with our coverage at live@theathletic.com. There aren’t the top-10, heavyweight slugfests of Week 1, but this weekend’s slate of college football does feature a clash between blue bloods, century-old rivalries and tougher tests for a few teams that cruised to victory in their season openers. …

A bizarre planet-forming disk is full of carbon dioxide in the regions where Earth-like planets could form, fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show. Usually, such planet-forming disks contain water, but “water is so scarce in this system that it’s barely detectable — a dramatic contrast to what we typically observe,” Jenny Frediani, a doctoral student in …

Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot hidden signs of consciousness in comatose patients long before they were noticed by doctors, according to a new study. Using an algorithm, the researchers were able to analyze patients’ facial movements, including tiny changes that were too discrete to be visually noticeable, but could be clinically meaningful. “When somebody recovers consciousness, it’s almost like …

RJ Young FOX Sports National College Football Analyst Ohio State has defeated Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, Notre Dame, and Texas again in its last five games. Two of those wins came against the No. 1-ranked team in the country. And yet, Ryan Day’s program has held the No. 1 ranking just once during that stretch — following its 2024 national championship. …

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny Hamlin won the pole for Sunday’s Southern 500, the opening race of the Cup playoffs. Playoff drivers dominated Saturday’s qualifying. The top 12 starting spots were claimed by playoff drivers. Hamlin won his second pole of the season and 46th of his career with a lap of 171.381 mph. This is his second career Darlington pole. …

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a strange disk of gas and dust around an infant star that could challenge current models of planet formation. The protoplanetary disk has an odd chemical composition. It features a surprisingly high concentration of carbon dioxide in the region in which rocky planets like Earth are expected to form and …

In a high-resolution satellite image taken by NASA’s Landsat 8 on May 3, 2016, a series of dark, swirling shapes appeared in the clouds above Heard Island, a remote volcanic island in the Southern Ocean. Located roughly 1,000 kilometers north of Antarctica, this uninhabited landmass became the center of attention after the release of the image revealed what looked like …