Alpha males are rare among our fellow primates: scientists
No alpha males here: A male black lemur pictured in the foreground, with a female behind him. New…
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detect most massive black hole merger to date
Infographic on the binary binary black hole merger that produced the GW231123 signal. Credit: Simona J. Miller/Caltech The…
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
by DAVE COLLINS and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs. (24.67 kg), said to be…
Elephants gesture with an intention to communicate their desires, study finds
Elephants used distinct gesture types to communicate that they want apples. Credit: Royal Society Open Science (2025) .…
Dark matter could create dark dwarfs at the center of the Milky Way
An artist’s depiction of the relative sizes of the sun, a low mass star, a brown dwarf, Jupiter,…
Polar vortex patterns explain shifting US winter cold despite warming climate
Credit: Simon Berger from Pexels Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S.…
Individual defects in superconducting quantum circuits imaged for the first time
Experimental setup for imaging TLS defects. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt8586 Individual defects in superconducting quantum circuits…
Speed test of ‘tunneling’ electrons challenges alternative interpretation of quantum mechanics
Phase gradient (Bohmian) velocity vS. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09099-4 Quantum mechanics describes the unconventional properties of subatomic…
Plastic-based spectrometers offer low-cost, compact solution for broadband spectral imaging
Birefringence of plastic products in the lab (scale bar: 1 cm). Credit: Science Advances A multinational research team,…
Sled dog genetic history sheds light on human migration patterns into Greenland
Relationship of Greenland dogs to global dogs. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adu1990 The histories of sled dogs and…