Category Science & Discovery

Cartoon depiction of the sulfur cycle in different planetary regimes. In Earth-like case (A), atmospheric SO2 is scrubbed from the atmosphere by wet deposition. In the Venus-like case with high UV irradiation (B), for example, irradiation by the Sun, SO2…

Genomes of eukaryotic organisms such as yeast were used to train the Evo-2 model.Credit: Thomas Deerinck, NCMIR/Science Photo Library Scientists today released what they say is the biggest-ever artificial-intelligence (AI) model for biology. The model — which was trained on…

Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists have compiled the largest sample ever of dwarf galaxies that host an actively feeding black hole, as well as the most extensive collection of intermediate-mass black…

Over the weekend, Facebook owner Meta announced “Project Waterworth,” an ambitious plan to build out a globe-spanning, 31,000-mile subsea internet cable. That’s longer from end to end than the circumference of the Earth. When completed, the massive cable is expected…

A closer look at the newly described marine sponge species, stelletta hokuwanawana, whose name is derived from two Hawaiian words: hōkū (star) and wanawana (spiny or thorny), translating to “thorny star.” This name was chosen to reflect the spiky microscleres…

Zeman, M. K. & Cimprich, K. A. Causes and consequences of replication stress. Nat. Cell Biol. 16, 2–9 (2014). Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  MATH  Google Scholar  Gaillard, H., García-Muse, T. & Aguilera, A. Replication stress and cancer. Nat. Rev.…

Yale scientists have taken a critical next step in creating a scalable process to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and “recirculate” it as a renewable fuel. In a new study published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, Yale chemist…

Modern Australia is known for its array of wildlife: poisonous snakes and spiders, saltwater crocodiles, koalas, kangaroos, and more. The continent was also once home to dinosaurs, including the giant Australotitan and flying pterosaur Haliskia petersensi.  Now, paleontologists have found…

After the conjecture was posed in the 1970s, dozens of mathematicians tried their hand at proving it. They made partial progress — and in the process they learned a great deal about groups, which are abstract objects that describe the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours is the only planet capable of supporting life, and it seems…