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By definition, scientists don’t know what to expect as they inspect the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, since it’s only the third object detected from beyond the solar system in human history. But the surprises just keep coming. The mysterious entity, which was first spotted hurtling towards the Sun from far beyond in early July, has fascinated researchers ever since. As Science Alert …

“The annihilation of the smallpox, the most dreadful scourge of the human species, must be the final result of this practice,” Jenner wrote in 1801. And he would be proved right. In 1980, after a decades-long public health campaign that included widespread vaccination, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared smallpox had been eradicated. It remains the only infectious disease where …

A man was discovered living in a crawl space of a home near Portland, Oregon without the owner’s knowledge, authorities say. The man had been living there for an extended period of time, having set up a bed and lights, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. The owner told deputies no one should be living there and they had heard …

A live-action “Life Is Strange” TV series has been greenlit at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned exclusively. Based on the video game franchise of the same name, the show will be written by Charlie Covell, who also serves as executive producer and showrunner. Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson will executive produce under their Story Kitchen …

The asteroid Ryugu is an echo from the deep, distant past. Two tiny grains of the rock, delivered to Earth in 2020 by the famous Hayabusa2 mission, contain minerals older than any found on our planet. One grain comes from the asteroid’s surface, the other from within. Both are incredible archives of our early Solar System and the chemical reactions …

The asteroid Ryugu is an echo from the deep, distant past. Two tiny grains of the rock, delivered to Earth in 2020 by the famous Hayabusa2 mission, contain minerals older than any found on our planet. One grain comes from the asteroid’s surface, the other from within. Both are incredible archives of our early Solar System and the chemical reactions …

Now that Micah Parsons is among the Cheeseheads, the alleged behind-the-scenes antics from his time in Dallas are starting to leak. Parsons exhibited “strange behavior” in his final few days with the Cowboys that, in some ways, represented his time with the franchise before Thursday’s shocking trade sent him to the Packers, ESPN reported in a lengthy feature on the …

The appearance of strange ‘islands’ bristling with reeds on the drying playa of Utah’s Great Salt Lake may finally have an explanation. A vast, natural network of underground plumbing emerges from the depths, piping in fresh water that feeds mounds where plant life can thrive, according to extensive surveys conducted by scientists over several years. This opens a new window …

Every season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has exactly one very silly Vulcan-focused episode. Spock (Ethan Peck) and his fiancé accidentally swap bodies after doing a mind-meld ceremony in season 1’s “Spock Amok.” Highly advanced aliens turn Spock into a human in season 2’s “Charades.” The season 3 episode “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans” instead turns four of the Enterprise’s human crew …

Researchers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to observe 3I/ATLAS on Aug. 6. (Image credit: NASA/James Webb Space Telescope) Astronomers have found something strange in the James Webb Space Telescope‘s first images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it hurtles toward our sun, according to a new study. The telescope’s initial observations suggested that 3I/ATLAS has one of the highest carbon …