Titan’s sand dunes may be made of smashed up small moons
The sand dunes that splay across the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan may be made of the ground-up remains of…
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The first Vulcan rocket launch will carry a private lander to the moon
The United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time on 8 January, carrying the Peregrine…
UK AI summit: Countries agree declaration on frontier AI risks
A meeting at Bletchley Park in the UK on the future of artificial intelligence kicked off with an agreement among…
How much does your immune system weigh? Now we have an answer
An adult human's immune system is made up of more than 1 trillion cells. In total, it weighs around 1…
Astronomers have found a strange new type of extremely magnetic star
A new type of star may eventually collapse and become a magnetar – a highly magnetic neutron star, whose origins…
Tiny discs can levitate in the upper atmosphere using sunlight alone
A physics phenomenon discovered 150 years ago allows tiny objects to levitate using just sunlight – and now it could…
Fresh understanding of how mouths heal may lead to a ‘scar-free world’
We have now learned why wounds in our mouth don't scar, which could lead to treatments that prevent such blemishes…
Go-to migraine drug actually does nothing to relieve vertigo symptoms
The drug rizatriptan is often recommended for vestibular migraines, which cause vertigo as well as headache, but doesn't actually seem…
Polycystic ovary syndrome could be treated with a malaria drug
The malaria treatment artemisinin improved hormone levels and regulated menstrual cycles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
These are the next comets that will be visible in 2023
Three comets named Hartley, Encke and Tsuchinshan will pass by the sun in the next few months and be visible…