Study finds nowhere on Earth is safe from satellite light pollution
There appears to be nowhere left on Earth where astronomers can view the stars without light pollution from space junk and satellites, according to a new analysis. The study considered the tens of thousands of objects in orbit as of 2020—before an onslaught of thousands more satellites that companies plan […]
A rare clotting disorder may cloud the world’s hopes for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine
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COVID-19 is soaring again in India. Can vaccines stop it?
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Dark matter could warm the hearts of lonely old planets, scientists predict
Dark matter might be raising the temperature of planets outside our Solar System, a pair of physicists predicts. Space telescopes already in the works should be able to spot the effect, they say, potentially enabling scientists to trace how the mysterious stuff is distributed within our Milky Way Galaxy.
Tiny differences in plumage and song have split two nearly identical birds into different species
In Iberá National Park in Argentina, two wren-size, nearly identical species of bird live side by side, spending their days foraging for the same kinds of seeds and nesting in the same kinds of places. These species can breed together successfully but normally don’t—for seemingly trivial reasons, evolutionary biologists have just […]
Syringe size and supply issues continue to waste COVID-19 vaccine doses in United States
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Watch artificial intelligence grow a walking caterpillar in Minecraft
The video above will be familiar to anyone who’s played the 3D world-building game Minecraft. But it’s not a human constructing these castles, trees, and caterpillars—it’s artificial intelligence.
This rabbit walks on its ‘hands.’ Scientists think they’ve found the genetic reason why
In 1935, French veterinarians observed a rabbit with a peculiar gait. Sometimes, when walking or running, the sauteur d’Alfort rabbit would lift its back legs over its head, scrambling along the ground on its forelimbs like a circus performer (see video, above).