[ad_1] Earth rotates, the Sun rotates, the Milky Way rotates – and a new model suggests the entire Universe could be rotating. If confirmed, it could ease a significant tension in cosmology. The Universe is expanding, but exactly how fast is a contentious question. Two different methods of measurement return two very different speeds –…
[ad_1] Some species seem to live fast and die young. Others, though, “appear not to age,” says João Pedro de Magalhães, a molecular biologist at the University of Birmingham in England. He is project leader of the Human Ageing Genomic Resources program, which keeps the AnAge database of maximum animal lifespans. Some species of turtles,…
[ad_1] Medications designed to treat diabetes by lowering blood sugar levels, like Ozempic, continue to turn up added benefits, and protection from dementia may soon be added to the list. GLP-1 receptor agonists are a particular class of glucose-lowering drugs that can significantly improve heart and kidney health in clinical trials, and recent studies suggest…
[ad_1] Fire is one of the building blocks of human life. Whether for providing warmth, cooking food, casting light, or assisting in the creation of the first tools, fire has been responsible for much of the progress our ancestors made that helped modern humanity get to where we are today. If we want to make…
[ad_1] Davide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies in California. Using software programs he helped to build, he follows all the known asteroids and comets zipping about close to the planet. He’s a cartographer working in…
[ad_1] Seeing human-like robots, dolls, and AI-generated faces can trigger eerie, put-off feelings towards the figure, a phenomenon known as the uncanny valley. Though these figures look almost human, there is just something slightly off about them. It could be the unblinking eyes, unnatural stillness, or — for AI-generated figures — poorly synced facial and…
[ad_1] New research adds to a mounting body of evidence showing that even a small amount of daily exercise can make a difference. In this study, just five minutes of strength training activity per day was found to have both physical and mental health benefits. Led by a team from Edith Cowan University (ECU) in…
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[ad_1] Did the chemical components necessary to create water on Earth come from space or already exist here? One prevailing notion holds that asteroids containing either water of its building blocks bombarded the planet. But now, a team of researchers have produced evidence that those building blocks were here since early in the planet’s history,…