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Mitochondria are flinging their DNA into our brain cells, study shows

Mitochondria are flinging their DNA into our brain cells, study shows

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Mitochondria release segments of mitochondrial DNA that can travel through pores of the nucleus and integrate into a cell’s chromosomes (where the ...

MeerKAT observations detect a mysterious faint radio ring

MeerKAT observations detect a mysterious faint radio ring

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

MeerKAT continuum images of Kýklos (J1802–3353) in UHF (left) and L-band (right), at reference frequencies of 815 and 1283 MHz. Credit: Bordiu ...

Paleontologists discover new predatory dinosaur with a distinctive ‘eyebrow’

Paleontologists discover new predatory dinosaur with a distinctive ‘eyebrow’

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Reconstruction of Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus. Credit: Joschua Knüppe Theropod dinosaurs are one of the most important large groups of dinosaurs, including well-known predators, ...

Fossil hotspots in Africa obscure a more complete picture of human evolution, study says

Fossil hotspots in Africa obscure a more complete picture of human evolution, study says

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Much of the early human fossil record originates from just a few places in Africa, where favorable geological ...

Scottish and Irish rocks confirmed as rare record of ‘snowball Earth’

Scottish and Irish rocks confirmed as rare record of ‘snowball Earth’

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

A view of Garbh Eileach, the largest island in the Garvellach island chain where the gradational transition into snowball Earth is recorded. ...

Astronomers identify more than one thousand new star cluster candidates

Astronomers identify more than one thousand new star cluster candidates

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

The central 870 pc of the Cigar Galaxy seen with NIRCam. Credit: Levy et al., 2024. By analyzing the images obtained with ...

Researchers observe ‘locked’ electron pairs in a superconductor cuprate

Researchers observe ‘locked’ electron pairs in a superconductor cuprate

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

This is a graphic drawing that represents how electrons lock together in a superconducting material. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory For ...

NASA to decide on how to bring home stranded astronauts by end of the month | Space News

NASA to decide on how to bring home stranded astronauts by end of the month | Space News

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams were stranded after problems emerged with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. NASA has said it will decide by the ...

Great Hardware, Awful Operating System

Great Hardware, Awful Operating System

Technology
Laura Adams

For the last couple of years, PC gaming has sought to escape the rigid confines of its electric-outlet bound, RGB-coated monolithic towers ...

Scientists create a cell that precludes malignant growth

Scientists create a cell that precludes malignant growth

Health
Sarah Carter

Treated human stem cells transplanted into a laboratory animal. The cells have differentiated to produce proteins occurring in human pancreatic cells. Colors: ...