One would think that at least 184 million years of evolution on completely separate continents would be enough to make two species of fish sexually incompatible. That was the assumption of scientists in Hungary when they placed sperm from an American oarfish near the eggs of a Russian sturgeon in …
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We could have a problem with our roads: The researchers discovered that sunlight and rain could turn certain compounds in the asphalt into potentially dangerous hydrocarbons, threatening the environment and the people who use these routes. In particular, it is the binder (also called asphalt cement) that is the problem. …
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Researchers have discovered a neural overlap between humans and machines that helps explain why what we see in our mind’s eye is different from the information our real eyes process when we observe something in reality. With the help of an fMRI scanner and artificial neural network, an AI engine …
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If we’re going to take long-term space travel seriously, it will be essential to be able to repair injuries, and that is no longer a distant concept. A cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station has just designed human cartilage in microgravity from space for the first time. Bioprinters that can …
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Black holes don’t shine; in fact, they are famous for doing the opposite. But if they are actively devouring material from the space around them, that material can burn like a trillion X-ray suns. And for the first time, astronomers have now seen that mysteriously extinguished fire, before gradually returning …
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