The Stargazer figurine was carved from marble around 5,000 years ago. (Image credit: Cleveland Museum of Art / Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; John L. Severance Fund 1993.165 (Public Domain)) QUICK FACTS Name: The Stargazer What it is: A marble figurine Where it is from: Kırşehir, Turkey When it was made: Circa 3000 B.C. This…
Mink numbers in Kent could be cut by 90% within two years under a new project aimed at protecting wildlife. The Waterlife Recovery Trust (WRT) has received a £20,000 grant from the BASC Wildlife Fund to expand trapping and monitoring across Kent, which once had one of Britain’s highest densities of invasive American mink. Conservationists…
The suits were John Young's and Charlie Duke's from Apollo 16 (Young's looked like it still had some moon dust on it) and Charles Bolden's from his Space Shuttle missions. There was also a backup Apollo 11 flag, an Apollo 14 moon rock, Mercury patches, pieces of two Mercury spacecraft's heat shields, and helmets from…
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on charges of mishandling government funds and making threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has begun after months of heightened political tensions in the country. In a dramatic turn, Duterte ally Senator Rodante Marcoleta was arrested on a plunder charge shortly before the start of the trial on…
A thorough comparison of quantum and classical machine learning models has been undertaken by Chuanming Yu from Hebei Normal University, and colleagues at Kyushu University and the University of Luxembourg. The study compares seven model pairs across both supervised and reinforcement learning tasks. Findings reveal the evaluated quantum machine learning models do not currently exceed…
This was where the field had been stuck for some time. Researchers before Adamala had figured out different ways to feed and grow synthetic cells and to replicate their DNA. But cell division is a different beast. A typical cell reorganizes its cytoskeleton — a network of protein fibers that provide structural support — to…
Millions of Americans have a blood test every year to measure LDL, often called “bad” cholesterol. But new research from Northwestern Medicine suggests that another test may do a better job of identifying who needs more aggressive treatment to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The study, published in JAMA, found that measuring…
The galaxy on the screen represented an early population, but the most ancient galaxy discovered by JWST so far existed only 280 million years after the Big Bang. The telescope’s bewildering discovery of bright, early galaxies initially led some scientists to suggest that our understanding of fundamental cosmology, the laws that govern the behavior of…
For much of the early 20th century, quantum mechanics was one of the most puzzling ideas in science. The theory challenged conventional thinking and left even leading physicists struggling to make sense of its implications. A century later, it has become the foundation of technologies that influence daily life, including lasers, microchips, secure communications, and…