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8+ min ago   (201+ words) Most recently, an article in the scientific journal Nature (“Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture” Dyani Lewis, September 9, 2026) adds important new knowledge about their culture and geographic distribution. Furthermore, it was discovered that:…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (278+ words) Young poplar trees can sense bends in their stems and straighten them by changing where they grow wood that pulls like a muscle....

33+ min ago   (927+ words) EDITORIAL: The decision by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to jointly develop an AI standards body is a telling acknowledgment of the risks accompanying a technology advancing at breakneck speed. That three of the companies driving this extraordinary race now see…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (782+ words) Logan Goulet, left, is amazed as he sees a ball float in the air as professor Sarah McGregor from Keene State College reacts to the display on Saturday morning at the Wicked STEM Expo held at Southern New Hampshire University…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (469+ words) Fall is almost here, ushering in cooler temperatures, colorful foliage, pumpkin patches, and spooky festivities. The autumnal equinox – when the sun crosses the celestial equator – will occur early next week. Then, Halloween preparations will be in full swing before Thanksgiving…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (595+ words) With September well under way, the days are getting shorter and the autumn equinox is right around the corner. This year, it will take place on Wednesday 23 September at 01:06 BST. There's nothing to see exactly; rather, the equinox is a…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (251+ words) A Google Earth image captured a mysterious mass in Scotland’s Loch Ness, sparking one tourist to conclude it’s a “little family” of Nessies. Julie Fraser made the discovery of the three mysterious figures from space last week, and has reported…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (972+ words) Repetitive DNA and the D1 protein help matching fruit fly chromosomes recognize one another before eggs form. (CREDIT: Talia Shavit-Weiner / AI-generated) Before a fruit fly can produce a healthy egg, matching chromosomes must somehow find one another inside a nucleus crowded…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (772+ words) Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell University and Chris Mooney, University of Tennessee The year? 1986. What just a few years earlier had been called a “science boom” in the media industry was now dubbed a “science crash.” Cries of despair came from the…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (140+ words) We have long known that the Sun is active. It “flares” quite often, sending huge amounts of energy off in a certain direction - sometimes directly at Earth. But we also know that, compared to other Sun-like stars, it seems relatively…...