Jessica Irvine /https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/d4/90/d4903aac-4567-4615-9fb6-8812b3594a2e/journalbat_web.jpg "Science: Fossilized Bat Unearthed by Paleontologists is 52 Million Years Old.")
The fossil of Icaronycteris gunnelli Rietbergen et al., 2023, PLOS One, CC0 The fossil record is biased against bats. The flying mammals are small, making their fossilized remains very hard to find. And their light skeletons—ideal for flying around—mean it takes special circumstances for their bodies to be preserved. And yet, against these odds, paleontologists …
Science is only just learning about the impact an out-of-body experience can have on our mental … [+] well-being. getty A study published in Psychology of Consciousness suggests that there are eight core themes of transformation one is likely to encounter following an out-of-body experience. Out-of-body experiences are those where a person feels they are …
Rank-2 chiral mode as a long-lived mode of a non-Hermitian lattice Hamiltonian and the resulting rank-2 NHSE. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36130-x It is often desirable to restrict flows—whether of sound, electricity, or heat—to one direction, but naturally occurring systems almost never allow this. However, unidirectional flow can indeed be engineered under certain conditions, …
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The critically endangered ‘akē‘akē (the Hawaiian name for the band-rumped storm petrel) is one of the species that could benefit from rat-free habitat on Lehua Island, Hawai‘i. AGAMI Photo Agency / Alamy Stock Photo This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at …
Combination image using the MIRI image from this paper, the HST image from Gaspar & Rieke 2020, and … [+] the 1.3mm ALMA image from MacGregor 2017. Adam Block New images published today of bright star Fomalhaut—just 25 light-years away from the solar system—from the James Webb Space Telescope shows that it may be very …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In recent years, there has been a rise in popularity of professional women’s sports. The television schedule now includes the 2023 FIFA women’s world cup and the 2023 women’s rugby league season, and we have also seen the expansion of women’s AFL and the creation of the women’s Indian Premier League …
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Ravens are preying on juvenile desert tortoises, according to a recent study by biologists Tim Shields and Bill Boarman. The Mojave Desert in California, which boasts a world-record high temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit, is home to arid terrain dotted with brush, cacti, and Joshua trees, as well as animals such as bighorn sheep, coyotes, …
View of planet Mercury from space. Space, nebula and planet Mercury. This image elements furnished … [+] by NASA. getty Life may have felt more chaotic than usual over the past few weeks. According to astrology followers, this could be due to the pesky planet, Mercury. The general belief is that when Mercury is in …
Observed and simulated changes in global-mean monthly mean temperature in six atmospheric layers. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2300758120 New research has shown that certain signals from human activities have altered the temperature structure of Earth’s atmosphere, which provides clear evidence of a human “fingerprint” on climate change. Differences between …
In January 2020, the U.S. government declared COVID-19 a public health emergency, which is set to expire on May 11. The declaration was aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, and it allowed federal officials to make tests, drugs, and vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration available to the public. Ending the …