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A new preprint study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, has suggested that playing video games is associated with better cognitive abilities, but does not
Ovulation – it’s the point at which an egg cell is mature enough that it’s ready to leave its cozy home inside a fluid-filled sac
Indulge us for a minute: if you’ve got your phone to hand, pick it up and take a selfie. Which way did you turn your
With a depth of 592 meters (1,943 feet), Crater Lake in Oregon is the deepest lake in the United States. It’s so deep that a
In September 2022, NASA’s DART mission did something that seemed only possible in science fiction or mythology: It moved a celestial body. Asteroid Dimorphos, the
The Antonov An-225 Mriya was the biggest plane to ever take to the skies. Unfortunately, the colossal aircraft is no longer with us as it
Toxic molecules might be extremely common in both tap and bottled water in many places around the world. Analysis of drinking water from 15 countries
Relics of the distant past, as well as recent tragedies, dwell within the cerulean depths of the Great Blue Hole in Belize. The Great Blue
The concept of singularity, the moment when machines become smarter than humans, has been discussed and debated for decades. But as the development of machine learning
Throughout October early risers get to see more meteors than usual, thanks to several showers, particularly the Orionids. The Orionids are one of the longer
From time to time, every few hundred thousand years or so, the Earth’s magnetic poles have been known to “flip” – but why? And what
The migration of wildebeest in a massive loop around the plains of the Serengeti is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular events on Earth, but
A team of physicists say they have created the first coherent picture of atomic nuclei from their composite particles, quarks and gluons. The 20th century
There is a 60 percent chance that a La Niña event may develop this year, which could last until March 2025. La Niña is part of
Around 11,766 square kilometers (4,543 square miles) of ocean off the coast of Central California has now officially become the United States’ latest national marine
Three new studies have revealed the common origin of most of the meteorites that hit Earth, linking them to collisions in the relatively recent past.
