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A Good Lemma Is Worth a Thousand Theorems

Mathematician Doron Zeilberger argues that mathematical lemmas are often more valuable and impactful than theorems,…

California's Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants

How Diamonds Are Made

Diamonds form deep underground over billions of years through extreme pressure and heat, then are extracted from…

US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10

WHO announced today that the operation to safely transfer passengers is complete.

China Unveils Jiuzhang 4.0: The Photonic Quantum Computer Defying the Laws of Speed

The new iteration of China’s Jiuzhang photonic quantum computer prototypes solved the Boson sampling problem much more…

Solar power production undercut by coal pollution

Each year, some of the power solar could have produced is blocked by aerosols.

Microscale Thermite Reaction

Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths

WHO learned of potential cases May 5; US CDC said it just heard about it yesterday.

Preprint server arXiv will ban submitters of AI-generated hallucinations

One of the site's moderators described the new policy on social media.

Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions

Limestone might not be the only source for Portland cement.

First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life

Adding olivine to the ocean could remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and a pilot project in New York state found no signs…

Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included

The vacuum giveth, the vacuum taketh, but the vacuum doesn’t let you taketh.

SpaceX is about to launch tallest and most powerful rocket in history

A record-breaking new version of Starship, due to launch within days, could form the basis of NASA's ambitious Artemis…

Cleaning up air pollution could weaken vital AMOC ocean current

Global warming already threatens to destabilise the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and new research shows…

Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how

Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable.

High dimensional geometry is transforming the MRI industry(2017) [pdf]

New outbreak of Ebola kills 65 in eastern DR Congo

Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.

CAR T-cell therapy bolstered by stiffening up cancer cells first

CAR T-cell therapy has been hugely successful in treating certain types of tumours, and stiffening up cancer cells…

Where do you think your ‘self’ is? Your answer is revealing

People who imagine their self to reside in their head or their heart have different approaches to life.

Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype

Study suggests "the bias is real but socially constructed, rather than grounded in how women actually sound."

Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand

The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.

Vocal fry is more common in men, actually, find scientists

The creaky noise known as vocal fry that people generally associate with young women – and some find irritating – is…

Warning of record global temperatures

Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows

Will burying dead trees after a wildfire keep their carbon locked up?

Partially burnt trees still standing after a wildfire are typically felled and burned, but a US start-up claims burying…

Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows

As El Niño develops this year, scientists are increasingly confident it could be one of the strongest on record with…

Forecasters predict wildfires, floods, severe heatwaves from incoming El Niño

Ocean heat plus human-caused global warming is a grim recipe for deadly climate extremes.

Melting of Greenland ice sheet could release methane 'fire ice'

Seismic surveys and sediment cores suggest that dozens of deep pockmarks on the sea floor were created when Arctic…

Rebooting stem cells builds aged muscles and assists injury recovery

Muscle stem cells, which are crucial for building new muscle, don’t work as well as we get older, but giving them an…

Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed

The final flight and complex legacy of a pioneering solar-powered aircraft.