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A wide variety of pain-relieving drugs are available both over the counter and by prescription. While pain can be horrible, it serves a useful purpose.…
A yacare caiman (Caiman yacare). Reptiles, the majority of which are predators, are cold-blooded and scaly animals. Their ranks include some of the most deadly…
Artist’s illustration of the Chicxulub asteroid entering Earth’s atmosphere 66 million years ago, triggering events that caused a mass extermination. When the asteroid now known…
Thanks to some interesting chemistry, cooking food over an open flame produces unique flavors. Just the mere thought of barbecue’s smoky scents and intoxicating flavors…
Electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles isolated in 2003 in the United States from human samples (left, mature, oval viruses; right, immature, round viruses). Credit:…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the next of NASA’s Great Observatories; following in the line of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma-ray…
Ribbon weed, Posidonia australis, meadow in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Credit: Rachel Austin, University of Western Australia Scientists were investigating meadows of ribbon weed seagrass…
The 1833 Leonid Meteor storm, as seen over Niagara Falls. Credit: Edmund Weiß (1888) As Earth orbits the Sun, it plows through dust and debris…
The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to…
The sequence of depths of the valleys on a key acts like a code that must match the lock. Have you ever wondered how keys…
The white ‘bathtub ring’ around Lake Mead is roughly 160 feet high currently and reflects falling water levels. Journalists reporting on the status and future…
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Credit: Marvel Studios Whether you need a new villain or an old Spider-Man, your sci-fi movie will sound…
A recent series of precise measurements of already known, standard particles and processes have threatened to shake up physics. As a physicist working at the…
Measuring the mass of W bosons took 10 years – and the result was not what physicists expected. “You can do it quickly, you can…
Researchers are working to tease apart how various alcohol types contribute to weight gain and disease risk. Drinking beer and spirits is associated with elevated…
The CDC recommends the second booster for those over 50 who received their initial booster shot at least four months earlier. In late March 2022,…
An illustration of alzheimer’s disease neurons with amyloid plaques. By 2060, approximately 14 million Americans are expected to have the disease. On April 8, 2022,…
Does time exist? The answer to this question may seem obvious: of course it does! Just look at a calendar or a clock. But developments…
Researchers have discovered that there are even more types of viruses in the ocean than previously thought. An analysis of the genetic material in the…