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A potential dark galaxy — one made primarily of dark matter — may have been spotted in the local universe.…

air pressure: The force exerted by the weight of air molecules. birds: Warm-blooded dinosaurs with wings that first showed up…

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the booming online market for semaglutide, new findings on how early humans used sophisticated…

bond: (in chemistry) A semi-permanent attachment between atoms — or groups of atoms — in a molecule. It’s formed by…

All about AI Scientists are working on AI technology that has brain-inspired hardware, architecture or algorithms. Such neuromorphic AI could…

bacteria: (adj: bacterial) Single-celled organisms. These dwell nearly everywhere on Earth, from the bottom of the sea to inside other…

You may have already seen the headlines: Signs of life have reportedly been discovered on an alien world.  A team…

Some endings are easy to predict. Throw a ball in the air and it will fall back down. Run off…

A long-elusive, hypothetical subatomic particle called the axion can be simulated and potentially detected in a type of thin material.…

activate: (in biology) To turn on, as with a gene or chemical reaction. acute: An adjective to describe conditions, such…