2025 • Nov 25
Mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art, and science
Researchers seek to understand the various uses of wild mushroom species. ...
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2025 • Nov 25
Formation of oceans within icy moons could cause the waters to boil
A rigid ice shell over a shrinking interior makes for pressures low enough to boil. ...
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2025 • Nov 24
Why synthetic emerald-green pigments degrade over time
Light is the greatest threat to 19th-century masterpieces like James Ensor's The Intrigue, study finds. ...
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2025 • Nov 22
AI trained on bacterial genomes produces never-before-seen proteins
Genes with related functions cluster together, and the AI uses that. ...
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2025 • Nov 22
This hacker conference installed a literal antivirus monitoring system
Organizers had a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. ...
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2025 • Nov 21
Rocket Report: SpaceX’s next-gen booster fails; Pegasus will fly again
With the government shutdown over, the FAA has lifted its daytime launch curfew. ...
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2025 • Nov 21
First revealed in spy photos, a Bronze Age city emerges from the steppe
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads. ...
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2025 • Nov 21
Chris Hemsworth and dad fight Alzheimer’s with a trip down memory lane
Ars chats with director Tom Barbor-Might about new National Geographic documentary A Road Trip to Remember. ...
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2025 • Nov 21
Scientists found the key to accurate Maya eclipse tables
Eclipse tables in the Dresden Codex were based on lunar tables and adjusted for slippage over time. ...
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2025 • Nov 20
Flying with whales: Drones are remaking marine mammal research
Aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea. ...
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2025 • Nov 20
NASA really wants you to know that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet
A rundown of what we know of the third extrasolar object we've identified. ...
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2025 • Nov 20
Study: Kids’ drip paintings more like Pollock’s than those of adults
The splatter master was more clumsy than graceful in his movements, which are key to his distinctive style. ...
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