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Hibernating animals find it hard to get the nitrogen they need to maintain muscles – but ground squirrels have gut microbes that can break down urea to free up the nitrogen it contains Life 27 January 2022 By Alex Wilkins Hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrel Robert Streiffer Hibernating ground squirrels stay in shape by recycling urea, … Read more
It can be hard to say goodbye, watching as your favorite Doctor dissolves into a cloud of pixie dust, never to been seen on screen again – anniversary specials aside. You could just rewatch old episodes (and our Doctor Who streaming guide can help you there). Or, thanks to publisher Big Finish, you can enjoy … Read more
Eurasian reed warblers migrate to sub-Saharan Africa each year – and they seem to use the slope of Earth’s magnetic field to judge when they have reached their European breeding grounds Life 27 January 2022 By Alex Wilkins A Eurasian reed warbler Shutterstock / Rafal Szozda Some birds rely on Earth’s magnetic field to navigate and … Read more
Microorganisms have adapted to one of the harshest environments on Earth, a sulphurous and acidic lake that is considered an analogue to ancient lakes on Mars Space 28 January 2022 By Chen Ly A volcanic crater in Costa Rica with an extremely harsh lake known as Laguna Caliente Justin Wang Bacteria have adapted to survive … Read more
The more quickly people respond to each other during a conversation, the more likely they are to feel in sync Mind 28 January 2022 By Richard Sima Speedy responses in a conversation make people feel connected Justin Lambert/Getty Images The connection we feel to others when we have a good conversation isn’t based solely on … Read more
Astrophysicists calculate that we could use nuclear devices to stop a “planet killer” from colliding with Earth in a scenario like the one in the film Space 28 January 2022 By Jonathan O’Callaghan A scene from Don’t Look Up, in which astronomers try to warn the world about a comet heading for Earth NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX … Read more
Uranus is pale blue in colour while Neptune is a deeper shade of blue, and an atmospheric model can explain the difference Space 28 January 2022 By Will Gater Uranus (left) and Neptune (right) imaged by Voyager 2 NASA/JPL-Caltech Uranus and Neptune are different shades of blue, and we may finally know why. In visible-light … Read more
Based on what we can observe, the universe appears to be almost 28 billion light-years in diameter. However, it is far larger than that.
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. As tensions mount between Russia and the West over Ukraine, the threat of Russian cyberattacks against the U.S. increases. The Department of Homeland Security issued an intelligence bulletin on Jan. 23, 2022, warning that Russia has the capability to carry … Read more
Israel has signed the Artemis Accords to deepen its existing lunar collaborations with NASA, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday (Jan. 26). Israel Space Agency Director General Uri Oron signed the document during a ceremony Jan. 26 in Tel Aviv, pledging more support for the international Artemis program that aims to return humans to … Read more