AI enters the grant game, picking winners
Funders test algorithms to spot promising science, raising hopes of faster reviews—and fears of bias
Steeds might have ended up being rideable with the aid of a genetic anomaly
Two essential genetics variations may have made early domesticated equines more tame and much more physically durable to birthing a cyclist, researchers report August 28 in Scientific research The resulting …
Scientists uncover concealed shards of Mars’ terrible birth, frozen for billions of years
New study published in the journal Science exposes the Red Earth’s mantle maintains a record of its fierce beginnings. The inside of Mars isn’t smooth and consistent like acquainted book …
Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?
Rain? Or shine? Why do the apps get it wrong so often? Rob Watkins/Alamy If you hung out laundry, visited a beach or fired up the barbecue this week, you …
Has a huge blob of dark matter been found in our galactic neighborhood?
If confirmed, vast cloud could test predictions about the Milky Way’s hidden architecture
River turbulence can push toxic pollutants into the air
Toxic pollutants from a Southern California river are infiltrating the air. Polluted water surging along a turbulent section of the Tijuana River in San Diego can release toxic gases, including …
Astronomers stunned as James Webb finds a planet nursery flooded with carbon dioxide
A study led by Jenny Frediani at Stockholm University has revealed a planet-forming disk with a strikingly unusual chemical composition: an unexpectedly high abundance of carbon dioxide (CO2) in regions …
Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics
An artist’s representation of the extreme engine Millen lab The hottest engine in the world is minuscule, reaches seemingly impossible efficiencies and could approximate nature’s tiniest machines. A thermodynamic engine …
Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims
New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say
A newborn planet munches on gas and dust bordering its host celebrity
In a first, astronomers imaged a child world within a space in the disk of material around a celebrity, validating forecasts concerning exactly how rings develop.