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Colorful Sunset over the Verrazano Bridge This Week


The sun set this evening in an endless kaleidoscope of colors that just kept changing. It all started with this video, which looked like a basic sunset with remnants of the ice storm floating beneath the bridge and waterway that leads to Manhattan or out into the Atlantic Ocean.



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Astronomy in the News


Astronomy Index


NASA scientists say meteorites can't explain mysterious organic compounds on Mars


NASA telescope spots the building blocks for life spewing out of comet 3I/ATLAS


Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story


Where Are the Planets With Two Suns? Einstein May Have the Answer


Did a Black Hole Just Explode? Physicists Say It Might Explain Everything


Mars Organics Are Hard to Explain Without Life, NASA-Led Study Finds


Astronomers discover an Earth-like planet that may be colder than Mars


Hubble Captures a Galaxy Leaving a Glowing Trail Through Space


Is the Universe Lopsided? New Evidence Challenges Einstein's Simplest Universe


Scientists Say It's Time to Learn More About Sexual Health in Space


New study favors 'fuzzy' dark matter as the backbone of the universe - contrary to decades of research


Scientists Discover a Giant Hidden Lava Tunnel Beneath Venus


Hubble Telescope Spots Strange, Massive Disk 40 Times the Size of Our Solar System





Physics in the News


Physics


Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein's relativity to its toughest test yet and proves him right again


Physicists Unlock a New Way To Detect Tiny Fluctuations in Spacetime


Physicists Turn Ordinary Glass Into a High-Speed Quantum Security Device


Unusual Material Uses Frustration To Unlock New Quantum Behavior


Physicists Perform 'Quantum Surgery' To Fix Errors While Computing


Quantum Teleportation Was Performed Over The Internet For The First Time


MIT Scientists Shrink Terahertz Light To Reveal Hidden Quantum 'Jiggles'


Time Crystal Made in a Lab Using Little More Than Styrofoam And Sound


Topological antenna could pave the way for 6G networks


Scientists Fired Lasers at Charles Darwin's Priceless Specimens To Get A Look At What Was Inside.





Chemistry in the News


Chemistry


A Shimmering Liquid Metal Could Unlock the Future of Green Hydrogen


A New Way to Build 2D Materials Without Harsh Chemicals Pays Off Big


Molecular Filters Thousands of Times Thinner Than a Human Hair Could Change How the World Cleans Water


UCLA Chemists Have Created Impossible 3D Bonds That Shouldn't Exist





Technology in the News


Artificial Intelligence


Induction Cooking: At a packed design fair, a slab of stone boiled water with no flame, no glow, no visible heat. An Invisible induction hob offers the latest in kitchen appliance technology.


AI reads brain MRIs in seconds and flags emergencies


Researchers Find a Way to 3D Print One of the Hardest Engineering Materials on Earth


Microphone Made of Glass Can Survive Extreme Heat and Electromagnetic Chaos


Storing the Internet in DNA? Scientists Say It's Closer Than You Think


Breakthrough AI Tool Identifies 25 Previously Unknown Magnetic Materials





Brain in the News


Brain Index


A 45-Minute Nap Can Reset Your Brain for Better Learning


Scientists discover protein that rejuvenates aging brain cells


Just 5 weeks of brain training may protect against dementia for 20 years


AI Reveals How Alzheimer's Rewires the Brain at the Genetic Level


Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Linked to Problems With The Brain's 'Replay Mode'


Scientists find a clue to human brain evolution in finger length


Simple Brain Exercise Cuts Dementia Risk by 25%, Study Claims


Only certain types of brain-training exercises reduce dementia risk, large trial reveals


That mouth-drying bite from cocoa or berries may be a hidden brain trigger. By stimulating sensory nerves, flavanols can activate attention, memory, and stress-response systems - much like a mild workout for the brain.





Health in the News


Health Files ~ Alternative Healing


New Stem Cell Treatment Sparks Hope for Parkinson's Disease


The 3 Hour Rule That Could Boost Your Heart Health


Sleepless Nights Could Drive Half a Million Cases of Dementia in The US Each Year


We Were Wrong About Fasting, Massive Review Shows


AI-Designed Obesity Drug Delivers Over 31% Weight Loss in Preclinical Tests


20 Years of Research Reveal Pecans’ Powerful Heart Benefits


'DNA origami' could be key for making an effective HIV vaccine, early study hints


This Is Why the Same Virus Hits People So Differently


Major Study Debunks Common Myths About Statin Side Effects


Scientists Discover a New Way To Stop Pain Nerves From Invading the Spine


Reversing Paralysis? Human Mini Spinal Cord Shows Stunning Recovery After Injury


All Life on Earth Shares an Ancestor And Some of Our Genes Predate It


Common Bacteria Found in the Eye Linked to Alzheimer's Disease


Scientists find genes that existed before all life on Earth


Study Ties 5 Subtypes of Sleep With Distinct Health And Lifestyle Patterns


Osteoarthritis Is Appearing in Younger Adults, Triggering Decades of Discomfort


One Decade in Life Is More Exhausting Than The Rest - the 40's - But There Is Good News


Scientists Find a Sneaky Way To Starve Cancer Cells Without Harming Healthy Cells


Why working out may not help you lose weight


'Remnant' Cholesterol Cut by More Than 60 Percent in New Drug Trial


Can You Safely Eat Sprouted Potatoes? Here's What Food Safety Experts Actually Say


Breakthrough: Scientists Created a 'Universal' Kidney To Match Any Blood Type


Scientists Watched Kidneys Age in Months and Found a Kidney Protector





Planet Earth In the News


Planet Earth Index


Major earthquakes are just as random as smaller ones


Record–Breaking Ocean Drilling Uncovers a Dangerous Earthquake Secret


Scientists Propose Surprising Link Between Space Weather and Earthquakes


Scientists Map the Invisible Fault That Could Trigger the Next Major Earthquake


More Than 100 Years Ago, Denmark Offered Greenland to the U.S., But Washington Said No to the Arctic Territory


Snowball Earth was not completely frozen, new study reveals


s Deep inside Earth lies a hidden world of "intraterrestrials" that have been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years - what are they waiting to "wake up" for?


41 US States Are Getting Warmer, Just Not Where You’d Expect


Bizarre Magnetic Anomaly Beneath Australia Has a Surprisingly Familiar Shape


The largest reservoir of hydrogen on Earth may be hiding in its cores


Scientists uncover the climate shock that reshaped Easter Island


Scientists Found a Way to Track Water as It Moves Around the Planet


As glaciers around the world melt at unprecedented rates, tourism in these icy landscapes is booming


Forests may be growing faster but they're also becoming weaker, simpler, and far more vulnerable.





Archaeology in the News


Archaeology


Medieval gold ring with dazzling blue gemstone discovered in Norway is a 'fantastically beautiful and rare specimen'


A spectacular UK mosaic rewrites the Trojan War - and shows Roman Britain was more cosmopolitan than anyone imagined.


60,000 years ago humans were already using poisoned arrows


Subterranean tunnel, possibly used for medieval cult rituals, discovered in Stone Age tomb in Germany


Europe's untouched wilderness was shaped by Neanderthals and hunter-gatherers


A Roman-Era Stone Baffled Experts. AI May Have Solved The Mystery.


Scientists Uncover the Lost Island That Gave Birth to Karnak Temple


Sandals of Tutankhamun: 3,300-year-old footwear that let King Tut walk all over his enemies


5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools


Oldest known sewn hide and other artifacts from Oregon caves shed light on early clothing in harsh climates


Rules of unknown board game from the Roman period revealed


Alexandria on the Tigris: Exploring the forgotten and rediscovered metropolis


Paleo-Inuit people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago, archaeologists discover


The Arctic's first inhabitants shaped thousands of years of ecological development


A legendary golden fabric lost for 2,000 years has been brought back





Paleontology in the News


Paleontology Index


Paleontologists Discover a Lost World: Ancient Cave Preserves Life From 1 Million Years Ago


Archaeopteryx, one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals


400-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossils Rewrite the Story of Life on Land


Newly Discovered Fossil Among The Earliest Land Creatures to Enjoy a Salad


Discovery of Mammoth Ivory Tools Resets Human Timeline in North America