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Easter Island statues may have 'walked' thanks to 'pendulum dynamics' and with as few as 15 people, study finds
Easter Island's giant moai statues could "walk" with only three things in place: a small group of pe ...View More
ALMA and JWST solve major star formation mystery: Space photo of the week
Most events in the universe are not fully understood, including the relatively simple process of sta ...View More
How do our brains wake up?
When you wake up in the morning, it might feel like your brain just switched on at the ring of an al ...View More
$20 million NASA mission to visit 'God of Chaos' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision
NASA's plans to fly a spaceship alongside a potentially hazardous asteroid in 2029 will continue — f ...View More
Astronomers detect first 'heartbeat' of a newborn star hidden within a powerful cosmic explosion
Gamma ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the universe, briefly outshining entire galaxie ...View More
Arctic Ocean methane 'switch' that helped drive rapid global warming discovered
The Arctic Ocean was once an important source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere — and it could b ...View More
Can you actually get high from licking a toad?
In 2022, the U.S. National Park Service posted a blurry photo of a toad, snapped by a night-vision w ...View More
Could simple blood tests identify cancer earlier?
Around four years ago, now 77-year-old John Gormly went for what was supposed to be a routine blood ...View More
'This moves the timeline forward significantly': Quantum computing breakthrough could slash pesky errors by up to 100 times
Researchers have discovered a way to speed up quantum error correction (QEC) by a factor of up to 10 ...View More
Orionids 2025: Meteor shower caused by Halley's Comet peaks as two new comets cross the sky
Skywatchers are set for something special after dark on Monday, Oct. 20, through Tuesday, Oct. 21, w ...View More
