Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms

As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects ...

Social networks spanned thousands of square kilometers during the Upper Paleolithic period, study finds

Researchers from several European institutions, led by scientists from the University of Barcelona and the University of ...

Creepy robotic hand detaches at the wrist before scurrying away to collect objects

EPFL's robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous ...
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A rare cosmic alignment on January 22 will light up mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS

Astronomers are preparing for a rare cosmic event on January 22, when interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will align closely with ...
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Ancient black hole breaks physics laws by growing 13 times faster than expected

Japanese astronomers have discovered an extraordinary supermassive black hole in the early universe that ...
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This detachable robotic hand can scurry around and grasp objects just like Thing from the Addams Family

A new robotic hand resembles a beloved character from the Addams Family franchise. Like the sentient human hand called Thing, ...
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Flu Study Shows Airflow and Limited Coughing Can Prevent Spread

A new study finds that well-circulated air, wearing N95 masks, and reducing coughing can help prevent influenza transmission.

Scientists find unlikely new way to track space junk: sonic booms in the atmosphere

Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their trajectories, according to new research.

Dark energy survey scientists release analysis of all six years of survey data

The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration collected information on hundreds of millions of galaxies across the universe using the ...