The dangers of the Kessler syndrome to life on Earth as we know it has been laid bare in a fresh warning from academics speaking about the dangers of it should it come true. Dating back to the ...

Until then, scientists will learn what they can from any successes. And Axial is a good place to try, Acocella says. It has relatively frequent eruptions, and each one is an opportunity to test ideas.

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It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but in my case, it was the start of an idea that could reshape how scientists think about the history of the moon. When we got together to discuss how old ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Scientists have created, manipulated, and imaged an altermagnetic material for the first time. This theorized material has likely ...

A new vaccine against cancer has been announced by the Russian Ministry of Health that it says will be available to patients from early 2025—but scientists remain skeptical. Professor Kingston ...

Killer squirrels might seem like sci-fi, but squirrels in California have been observed hunting and eating voles for the first time, leading scientists to believe that they have a wider diet than ...

But what exactly is an AI agent? As a computer scientist, I offer this definition: AI agents are technological tools that can learn a lot about a given environment, and then – with a few simple ...

Taxi and ambulance drivers have lower death rates from Alzheimer’s than hundreds of other professions, pointing to a potential link between memory-intensive jobs and dementia risk, a new study ...

Scientists working on a new Covid vaccine say they have made a huge discovery, which could change booster jabs. Experts are working on Australia ’s first mRNA jab at the Monash Institute of ...

The geoengineering scheme, known as stratospheric aerosol injection, would not be cheap, but scientists say it could buy us some time until we reach net-zero carbon. When you purchase through ...