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Multiple bacteria may be behind elk hoof disease
A debilitating hoof disease affecting elk herds across the Pacific Northwest appears to be driven not by a single pathogen but by multiple bacterial species wor...
Biologists discover alternative systems that help cells control genes
Researchers at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered how eukaryotic cells can control gene activity even after l...
Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River's 'uphill' route
New research may have solved an American mystery which has baffled geologists for a century and a half: How did a river carve a path through a mountain in one o...
FAA dismisses airline, sonic boom concerns in signing off on SpaceX Starship plans from KSC
SpaceX's path to launching its massive Starship rocket from Florida's Space Coast passed another hurdle Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration release...
Cracks on Europa sport traces of ammonia
The search for life-supporting worlds in the solar system includes the Jovian moon Europa. Yes, it's an iceberg of a world, but underneath its frozen exterior l...
North Sea sandstone could be used to store carbon dioxide, report suggests
Sandstone beneath the North Sea could be used to store carbon dioxide, a study has claimed. The British Geological Survey (BGS) report shows how sandstone benea...
Groundhog day explained: Why this furry forecaster still matters
Every Feb. 2, Americans turn to a groundhog to see whether winter will stick around. But Groundhog Day is about much more than shadows and more weeks of cold. T...
SpaceX seeks FCC nod to build data center constellation in space
SpaceX is requesting permission to launch as many as 1 million satellites into the Earth's orbit in order to pull off Elon Musk's latest grand vision of putting...
Using generative AI to help scientists synthesize complex materials
Generative AI models have been used to create enormous libraries of theoretical materials that could help solve all kinds of problems. Now, scientists just have...
Iguanas fall from trees in Florida as icy weather bites southern US
Iguanas stunned by cold temperatures dropped from trees in usually balmy Florida on Sunday as icy conditions blasted southern U.S. states, dumping nearly a half...
Japan says rare earth found in sediment retrieved on deep-sea mission
Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 meters (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission, the government said Monday, as it...
Tiny new dinosaur Foskeia pelendonum fills in an evolutionary gap
An international team has described Foskeia pelendonum, a tiny Early Cretaceous ornithopod from Vegagete (Burgos, Spain), measuring barely half a meter long. Le...