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Scientists discover one of the biggest countries in the world is ‘splitting in two

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Updated 21:04 14 Jun 2024 GMT+1Published 21:05 14 Jun 2024 GMT+1 A study suggested that the plate beneath Indian was splitting A ...

Earth’s inner core is slowing down and it may change time

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists have proven that the Earth’s inner core is slowing down in relation to the planet’s surface – and it may alter ...

Elephant seal outbreak marks first transnational spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in mammals

Health
Sarah Carter

Luciana Gallo of BIOMAR-CONICET and Marcela Uhart of UC Davis sample for highly pathogenic H5N1 among cormorants (by shore) and terns (in ...

Black holes with masses 10,000x of Sun may form in ‘birthing nests’

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists have discovered that rarely found intermediate-mass black holes may have formed in dense star clusters. Known as “globular clusters”, these bodies ...

Every blue eyed person on Earth is a descendant of one single person, scientists find

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Published 13:32 1 Jun 2024 GMT+1 If you’ve got blue eyes, you are among a select group of people who all share ...

Robotic third thumb currently being tested – and the results are incredible

Technology
Laura Adams

A prosthetic thumb which could be used to help pick up and manipulate objects is being trialled by members of the public. ...

Two new record-breaking galaxies that hold key to origin of the universe

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The two most distant galaxies ever known have been discovered by Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope. Experts say the discovery is not ...

Starless and forever alone: More ‘rogue’ planets discovered

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A NASA handout illustration shows an ice-encrusted, Earth-mass planet. Scientists estimate there could be trillions of rogue planets in the Milky Way ...

Study Shows Why Some Images Are More Memorable than Others

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A new study from researchers at Yale University helps demystify why some images stick out in people’s memories more than others. It’s ...

Detecting ‘Hawking radiation’ from black holes using today’s telescopes

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The HESS. II five-telescope gamma-ray detector in Namibia. Credit: Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1974 Stephen Hawking famously claimed that black ...