Yeztugo — HIV vaccine approved in the US with 99.9% effectiveness
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved use of the vaccine Yeztugo, manufactured by Gilead Sciences, is an anti-HIV drug.
NASA predicts a dangerous asteroid collision with the Moon in a few years
According to NASA, the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with the Moon in 2032 has increased from 3.8% to 4.3%.
James Webb telescope creates the largest map of the Universe — 13 billion light-years
Astronomers using the «James Webb» telescope have created the largest map of the Universe ever, depicting 800 thousand galaxies over the 13.5 billion years of our Universe’s existence.
Scientists have developed a plan for terraforming Mars
Scientists from Pioneer Research Labs have developed a new study based on the results of a new study plan for terraforming Mars, which, however, is designed for more than one century.
James Webb telescope reveals a new class of hidden black holes
Astronomers using the «James Webb» telescope have discovered a class of hitherto unknown supermassive black holes in the early Universe.
James Webb Telescope finds oldest known galaxy — originated 280 million years after the Big Bang
Astronomers using the «James Webb» telescope have discovered the most distant galaxy known, formed 280 million years after the Big Bang.
«What a lunar, starry night»... on Mars. Perseverance photographed Deimos at dawn
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has taken a rare photo of the tiny moon Deimos at dawn.
The first extraterrestrial species: an unknown strain of bacteria discovered on the Chinese space station
Chinese scientists have discovered in samples from the Tiangong space station a previously unknown strain of bacteria that has successfully adapted to existence in extreme conditions microgravity and radiation.
Fantastic photo by NASA PUNCH: Moon in the halo of the eclipse of the Sun
NASA’s new mission «Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere» (PUNCH), which includes 4 small spacecraft in low Earth orbit, has made the first photos of the Sun and the Moon.
NASA «resurrected» Voyager 1 engines after 20 years and more than 24 billion kilometers
It was launched almost 50 years ago, space probe «Voyager 1» is not going to retire and continues to explore interstellar space with the help of NASA.
The first ever photo of the aurora borealis on Mars that can be seen with the naked eye
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took the first ever photos of the aurora borealis on Mars from the surface of the planet.
The Universe will disappear much earlier than thought — scientists have clarified when
According to scientists from Radboud University in the Netherlands, the last stars in the Universe will disappear in 1078 years (quinquintillion years), which is much earlier than was thought.
Starlink has bypassed rockets: SpaceX earned $8.2 billion in satellite communications in 2024
The Starlink satellite communications service has officially become SpaceX’s largest source of revenue.
Contrary to thermodynamics? A student accidentally created a liquid that constantly restores its shape
Anthony Reich, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts, accidentally obtained a liquid of oil, water, and magnetized nickel particles that constantly restores shape.
Scientists have discovered a new color «olo» — it appears when you shine a laser in the eye
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have stated that stimulating the human eye with a laser makes it possible to see a new color called «olo», which cannot be seen in any other way.
«Smallest known particle»: CERN physicists detect toponium signal in Large Hadron Collider
Scientists from the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) have announced the possible detection of the signal of the smallest elementary particle — toponium at the Large Hadron Collider.
Song of ice and fire in reality: physicists discover a new quantum state of matter
Researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States have discovered an exotic quantum phase in a new study states of matter, called «half-ice, half-fire».
A 17-year-old Dutchman forgot his native language during surgery, spoke only English and thought he was in the United States
In the Netherlands, a very rare case occurred when a 17-year-old boy after the operation on his knee, he suddenly forgot his native language and his own parents and spoke only English, thinking he was in the United States.
North America «drains» into the Earth's mantle, — geologists
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have found that lower part of the continent North America is slowly draining into the Earth’s interior.
OpenAI's GPT-4.5 artificial intelligence passes the Turing test «more often than real people», — research
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have demonstrated for the first time the passage of artificial intelligence systems a three-way version of the classic Turing test.
Scientists «resurrected» algae after 7000 years without light and oxygen
Researchers recover sediment cores from a depth of 240 meters in the Baltic Sea with ancient algae some of which, while still alive, had been inactive for 7,000 years.
Is humanity really getting dumber? What scientists say about the global IQ decline
We have all taken an intelligence quotient (IQ) test at least once in our lives. Some of us did it at school. And someone — out of sheer curiosity. A value above 70 means that a person is definitely not an idiot. And if the IQ is 160, congratulations, the next Einstein! However, this test […]
75% of scientists want to leave the US because of Trump's policies, — Nature survey
According to a survey conducted by the journal Nature, 75% of American scientists are considering leaving the United States because of the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Will life disappear if a black hole in the center of our galaxy erupts? Scientists have observed this in another
Astrophysicists have discovered a large-scale radiation from a supermassive black hole in the distant spiral galaxy 2MASX and are now wondering if the same thing could happen in the Milky Way.
How much did the Boeing Starliner crew earn for 9 unplanned months in orbit
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who, as part of the first test flight of the spacecraft Boeing Starliner were forced to spend 286 days in orbit instead of 8, and were not compensated.
Ancient galaxies hint that the Universe originated in a black hole — by repeating the same motion
The latest analysis of deep space images «taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows that the vast majority of ancient galaxies rotate in the same direction, and one explanation for this phenomenon — is that the Universe may have already been born rotating, and may be an internal part of a black hole in a larger «parent universe.
Traces of a leukemia-causing carcinogen found in La Roche-Posay creams — the entire batch is recalled
Cosmetics company L’Oreal is recalling a batch of Effaclar Duo rash creams sold under the La Roche-Posay brand due to concerns of benzene contamination.
Light has become solid: a scientific breakthrough in quantum physics
Italian physicists for the first time managed to use the energy of light to create a superfluid solid
Dark theme does not save devices' charge, but even discharges batteries faster, — researchers (yes, British)
Researchers have found that a dark theme for smartphones and laptops can drain their batteries faster than previously thought.
SpaceX engineers have replaced the fired FAA specialists — the agency that authorizes rocket launches for Musk's space company
Sources of the publication WIRED reports that SpaceX engineers have been appointed senior advisors to the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an organization that, among other things, authorizes space rocket launches (including those of Elon Musk’s company).
Chinese and Russians improve NVIDIA RTX 4070 performance in scientific and military calculations by up to 800 times
Chinese scientists, in collaboration with Russians, have developed a computing algorithm that dramatically improves the performance of NVIDIA graphics cards in scientific and industrial calculations.
Swarm of robotic ants moves heavy objects in video by Korean scientists
Scientists at Hanyang University in Seoul have created tiny and cute ant-like robots that work together to move objects and do other stuff just like real insects do.
Smartwatches can be harmful to health — scientists advise to use silicone straps
Smartwatches and fitness trackers are bought to keep tabs on health, but they could potentially make it worse. It’s all about the strap.
«Screen Idiot Factory»: a renowned neuroscientist on the role of gadgets in reducing children's IQ
The title features the name of the book by Michel Desmurget, a neurobiologist and research director at the National Health Institute of France, about the negative impact of gadgets on children’s abilities.
Mathematicians devised challenging problems to test the reasoning of Gemini, Claude, and GPT-4o — they failed almost all tests
The most advanced AI models have solved only 2% of complex mathematical problems developed by the world’s leading mathematicians.
American researchers have developed a molecule that makes cancer cells kill themselves
Scientists from Stanford University (USA) have developed a molecule that makes cancer cells self-destruct through the mechanism of apoptosis.
Metal — music with «the highest intelligence», and Black Sabbath leads in vocabulary (study)
Finally, what metalheads have always known has been scientifically proven.
League of Legends players turned out to be the smartest among gamers, — research
A recent survey of more than 1,000 gamers found that League of Legends players have the highest level of intelligence among video game fans.
NASA has discovered the third global energy field of the Earth — in addition to gravitational and electromagnetic
NASA scientists have discovered a third global energy field around the Earth. Ambipolar electric field drives charged particles into space above the poles
Neuralink is lagging behind: the Swiss have created a tiny chip that converts thoughts into text with 91% accuracy
This chip is superior to its counterparts in terms of size and efficiency.
Replacing a bar counter: a precious Roman sarcophagus was accidentally found on a beach in Bulgaria
The sarcophagus is estimated to be 1700 years old, but this did not faze the owner of a Bulgarian beach bar, who used the ancient Roman coffin as a table.
Underground Mayan temple or secret vault? New discovery of archaeologists in Mexico
Archaeologists have made an important discovery in the Mexican state of Campeche. During the excavation of the Maya ball field, researchers discovered an underground structure with painted walls.
Goodbye, Lenna. Scientists were banned from using the legendary 1972 Playboy photo to illustrate articles
A fragment of a digitized portrait of Swedish model Lena Forsen, featured in a November 1972 Playboy spread, has been widely used in scientific papers to test and illustrate image processing algorithms (compression, noise reduction, blurring, etc.).
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