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The Swiss rider posted the fastest time in the 21-kilometer stage-four race against the clock between Gevrey-Chambertin and Dijon, while the French contender suffered a costly setback.
New research suggests fine dust from the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago trapped heat in the atmosphere, amplifying surface heat 3.5 times and likely igniting worldwide wildfires.
British researchers warn that planned science funding cuts, including the closure of the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, will harm the country’s global standing and weaken multidisciplinary astronomy research.
A provocative hypothesis gaining fresh support suggests that a post-impact surge of fungi may have given early mammals an evolutionary advantage after the asteroid killed the dinosaurs.
Scientists reported new insights into whale sharks, registered Earth's coldest temperature, and studied Amazonian geoglyphs, while Mercury reached its best morning position of the year.
Plants are evolving faster in response to the climate crisis, adapting to heat, drought and shifting seasons through accelerated natural selection. Researchers say the Anthropocene is turbocharging evolution, but whether …
Researchers have identified DNA traces from two unknown archaic hominin populations, showing that human interbreeding history includes more ghost lineages than previously known.
Neuroscience research indicates that writing by hand stimulates the brain more deeply than typing, with some studies showing people remember information up to 30 percent better when they write it …
Paleoclimate evidence from the end of the Triassic period shows that rising temperatures dried out vegetation and fueled wildfires, allowing hardy ferns to spread across burned landscapes.
The new Spider-Man film ends with a surprise post-credits sequence in which Sadie Sink appears as Jean Grey, a moment many fans see as the X-Men's long-awaited entry into the …
The European Space Agency has opened HydroGNSS data after completing commissioning, giving researchers worldwide free access to satellite observations for studying water availability and climate impacts.
Disney's 1986 film «Flight of the Navigator» turns 40, and its early take on time dilation deserves credit years before «Interstellar» made the idea famous.
A University of Manchester team presented a study at the National Astronomy Meeting proposing that SETI searches expand beyond traditional radio frequencies. The first SETI analysis using archival ALMA band …
A 520-million-year-old fossil from China has revealed the earliest known cephalopod siphuncle, pushing back the fossil record of this key evolutionary structure to the Early Cambrian.
The Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory faces closure after UK government funding ends in March 2028, part of Science and Technology Facilities Council cuts projected to save £160 million …
A new World Weather Attribution analysis finds that global heating made the hot, dry and windy conditions fueling wildfires in Spain at least 20 times more likely and twice as …
Researchers have demonstrated a system that uses high-powered lasers to wirelessly charge drones while they are airborne, potentially extending flight times indefinitely.
A German study of 900 adults published in PLOS One found that spending excessive time on gaming, pornography, social media, or online shopping is associated with higher stress, worse mood, …
The latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds takes a darker turn, with a review likening its tone to the sci-fi horror film Event Horizon rather than traditional Star …
Scientists are using gravitational wave ringdowns from black hole mergers to test Einstein's theory of general relativity and probe the fundamental nature of spacetime.
