This article explores how AI and whale communication studies could pave the way for first contact with non-human intelligence.

At about the size of a pinkie nail, the jellyfish species Cladonema can regenerate an amputated tentacle in two to three days—but how? Regenerating functional tissue across species, including salamanders and insects, relies on the ability to form a blastema, …

It’s been measured with an error of less than one part in one thousand.

New Discoveries on the Lifetimes of "Hawking Stars" - CityLife

A pair of viral videos show the huge Irish Wolfhound accidentally squishing one of his humans in an attempt to cuddle.

In a hypothetical scenario, small, primordial black holes could be captured by newly forming stars. An international team, led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, has now modeled the evolution of these so-called "Hawking stars" and fo…

The Northrop Grumman NG-19 Cygnus spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Dec. 22, 2023. Cynus is carrying Spacecraft Fire Experiments (S...

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has succeeded in directly observing the "anisotropic magneto-Thomson effect," a phenomenon in which the heat absorption/release proportional to an applied temperature difference and charge current (i.e., Tho…

NASA's Game-Changing Radiometer MURI Ushers in a New Era of Space Observation Technology - CityLife

A team of researchers has analyzed more than 1 million galaxies to explore the origin of the present-day cosmic structures, as reported in a recent study published in Physical Review D as an Editors' Suggestion.

The final meteor shower of 2023 is expected to produce between 5 to 10 meteors per hour, but has a small chance of much larger bursts.

An ecosystem scientists are calling an “alien” environment has been revealed in one of the most remote and arid regions of the world.

Researchers found worlds smallest fanged frog on Indonesian island

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become a rapidly growing threat to public health. Each year, they account for more than 2.8 million infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without new antibiotics, even common injuries …

NASA’s plan for the first human lunar landing since 1972 was scheduled for 2024, then pushed to 2025. Now a 2027 launch date is more realistic, a watchdog says.

AI Roundup: Senior citizens in the US battling loneliness are using AI for companionship. Scientists raise the question of AI consciousness and urge inquiries to unravel the mystery.

This joint venture between Nasa and Isro is poised to embark on a mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, located on the picturesque southeast coast of India.

Groundbreaking discoveries in physics and quantum computing in 2023 marked by the detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes and advancements in quantum error correction.

Come 2025, and assuming everything goes according to plan on Artemis mission number two, humans will finally make a comeback to the Moon. That's mor...

The researchers found over 1,000 mutations that were unique only to living humans or to Neanderthals and Denisovans.

The Running Chicken Nebula is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Centaurus. See a 3D animation created from VLT Survey imagery of these stunning...

Through an international collaboration, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital leveraged data science, pharmacology and structural information to conduct an atomic-level investigation into how each amino acid in the receptor that binds adrenaline…

NASA, using its advanced ground and space-based telescopes, has revealed that 5 asteroids are set to pass Earth in the coming days. One of them is a Potentially Hazardous 500-foot asteroid! Know their speed, size, distance of approach, and more.