The Song of Wade was a popular legend that survives in only one enigmatic text. Now, researchers think they have solved a longstanding puzzle about its meaning.#TheAbstract
Scientists warn that “the cuts would prevent the US from training and preparing the next generation of the scientific and technical workforce.”#TheAbstract
“If such a force is observed, it would be an incredible breakthrough in physics,” said one researcher.#TheAbstract
An unprecedented study reveals maternal lineages, female-centered practices, and a “surprising shift” in a 9,000-year-old settlement associated with a goddess cult.#TheAbstract
A preprint study found that participants who used an LLM to write essays performed worse “at all levels” than those who didn’t.#TheAbstract
Scientists have spotted the universe’s “missing matter” hiding in a vast cosmic web with some help from fast radio bursts from deep space.#TheAbstract
Scientists exhumed bald cypress trees that lived thousands of years ago and recorded climactic turmoil.#TheAbstract
Telescopes perched on the Andes Mountains glimpsed elusive encounters fueled by the first of the first stars in the universe more than 13 billion years ago.#TheAbstract
Plus: a surprising case of galactic eschatology, nematode cheerleading pyramids, ancient makeup kits, and more.#TheAbstract
For nine days in September 2023, the world was rocked by an “Unidentified Seismic Object.”#TheAbstract
A dead star 15,000 light years from Earth is pulsing every 44 minutes in both X-rays and radio waves.#TheAbstract
Penguin guano helps clouds form in coastal Antarctica, making these birds an important factor in the region’s climate.#TheAbstract
The Yangtze finless porpoise is near extinction in the wild, but glimpses of its heyday can be found in centuries of Chinese poetry.#TheAbstract
Bite marks on the pelvis of a beheaded man provide the first direct physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat.#TheAbstract
One of the most compelling cases for extraterrestrial life has been found on K2-18b, a planet 124 light years from Earth.#TheAbstract
“It was like we were in the ‘Twilight Zone’ and peering at a negative of the real world,” said one mariner.#TheAbstract
A novel brain device allowed a woman who had suffered a stroke to speak full sentences for the first time since 2005.#TheAbstract
The epic shark may have been a full 80 feet long with a slender build, according to new research.#TheAbstract
Scientists Made a ‘Woolly Mouse’ in Quest to Resurrect Mammoths#TheAbstract
Scientists Made a ‘Woolly Mouse’ in Quest to Resurrect Mammoths
They are cute, but are they mammoths? No. They are mice.Becky Ferreira (404 Media)
He was hanging out in an ancient Roman port town 2,000 years ago, when something struck him (a deadly volcanic eruption).#TheAbstract
This week: A tale of creative cryopreservation, Transylvania's 16th-century weather reports, and dancing turtles.
This week: A tale of creative cryopreservation, Transylvaniax27;s 16th-century weather reports, and dancing turtles.#TheAbstract #science
Antarctica's Only Insect
This week: A tale of creative cryopreservation, Transylvania's 16th-century weather reports, and dancing turtles.Becky Ferreira (404 Media)
A 1,600-foot-wide asteroid has a 0.037% chance of impacting Earth on September 24, 2182. What if we punch that unlucky ticket?#TheAbstract
A tour of the outer solar system, from Pluto-Charon to Planet X, plus saber teeth and punky molluscs.#TheAbstract
We begin 2025 with Amazonian garden cities, lost woods in the Rockies, battitude, and robot hoopers.#TheAbstract
This week, the creature from the Pangean lagoon, casket shopping for Disney princesses, a horror show in ancient Somerset, and “Martifacts.”#TheAbstract
Don’t panic…yet. Also: A baby galaxy with a bedazzled name, tiny poops with big potential, and an ancient ritual compound in a secret cave chamber.#TheAbstract
Come along for a tale of mammoth meals, Venusian deserts, orbital splash parks, and slingshot-wielding spiders.#TheAbstract
This week, we explore the digestive products of dinosaurs, the sartorial skills of prehistoric peoples, the superpowers of a supreme squirter, and the effects of “repeated social defeat” in fish.#TheAbstract
This week, we’ll travel to ancient Mars, indulge in record-breaking “nanopasta,” check out nature’s version of fiber optic cables, and behold a galactic jellyfish.#TheAbstract
An anomalous encounter with Uranus, a lost world preserved in Antarctic amber, ChatGPT at the poetry slam, and an exceptional nudibranch.#TheAbstract
