NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon
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Orcas are among the ocean’s most intelligent and formidable predators. They have been seen targeting many kinds of animals, including whales larger than themselves, and they rely on a remarkable range of coordinated hunting methods. Now, researchers in the Gulf of California have documented a behavior that has never been formally described before. “We document…
A near-Earth object that astronomers believed was an asteroid for nearly three decades has been unmasked as a faint, active comet, revealing a case of cosmic mistaken identity that could help improve planetary defense. The object, known since its discovery in 1998 as 1998 SH2, appeared to be an ordinary asteroid. It follows a 4.5-year…
Much like Endgame was the culmination of the MCU’s multi-phase Infinity Saga, Doomsday and its sequel, Secret Wars, are the concluding chapters of the franchise’s six-year-long Multiverse Saga. After Endgame ushered in major status quo changes with the departure of Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. (both of whom are now returning), it wasn’t immediately…
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One hundred thousand years ago, someone may have stabbed a young man in the face with a sharp object. Today, his remains are an archaeological marvel. The fossil, named Qafzeh 25 after the Qafzeh Cave in Israel, where it was found, is between 92,000 and 145,000 years old — a time when archaic Homo sapiens…
At 3 a.m., when sleep has slipped away again, the last place a person might look for help is inside someone else’s gut. That is exactly where a new clinical trial looked. Adults with chronic insomnia who received capsules containing fecal microbes from healthy donors slept more efficiently and spent less time awake after initially…