Artist’s impression of an asteroid nearing the moon NASA/JPL-Caltech Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a potential crash course with Earth, but there’s a very slight chance the moon could take the hit. Based on current observations, there is a 2.1 per cent chance that the asteroid – about as long as the Leaning Tower of…
The words Spending Review may not instantly quicken the heart rate of many, but what we hear from the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will have an impact on what your life is like in the UK in the coming years. It could be one of the defining moments between now and the next general election, as…
A new study from the University of Vienna reveals that sea anemones use a molecular mechanism known from bilaterian animals to form their back-to-belly body axis. This mechanism (“BMP shuttling”) enables cells to organize themselves during development by interpreting signaling gradients. The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest that this system evolved much earlier than…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A key House Republican is introducing a bill to keep military academy sports teams separated based on biological sex, with the backing of activist Riley Gaines. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said it was important for Congress to…
Topline Larry Ellison reclaimed his spot among the world’s three richest people Thursday as shares of his cloud computing titan surged to an all-time high following earnings, marking the latest back-and-forth near the top of Forbes’ rich list amid the artificial intelligence arms race. After eclipsing Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
Technology for seeing around corners would be of use to the military Matthew Horwood/Getty Images An ordinary camera could soon take photos of things that are out of sight, thanks to algorithms that interpret how light bounces off a wall. “Normally, when light bounces off rough surfaces, like walls, it scrambles the scene into a…
How much do your colleagues get paid? In a few countries, such as Norway, you can take a good guess by looking at public records on individuals’ overall tax payments and income. But in most places, finding out people’s salaries means asking them what they earn. And that is about as socially acceptable as saying…
The bioarchaeological investigation of the Bronze Age cemetery of Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom has shed new light on an important period in Central European history. An international research team – led by Tamás Hajdu, associate professor at the Department of Anthropology at ELTE and Claudio Cavazzuti, senior assistant professor at the University of Bologna, has shown that around…
The skull of the newly discovered Palaeolithic dog Jean-Baptiste Fourvrel An “extremely rare” 16,000-year-old canine skeleton from southern France offers evidence that Stone Age humans cared for their pets – although the animal was also probably killed by humans. “It is feasible that the individual obtained [its] injuries from being beaten or struck by people,”…
