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We created Earth in Action to provide a lens into what's happening on our planet, as it happens. Whether it's something typical, like the current air temperature, or an extreme event like a major dust storm, we wanted to provide an opportunity for people to see them.

Citizen Science Month is built around a goal of 2.5 million 'Acts of Science,' tying the annual event to America's 250th birthday through a simple but powerful idea: lots of small contributions can add up to something really meaningful.

The footage captured by Trevor Grassi shows dozens of square shafts carved into bedrock, many extending deep underground but primarily filled with sand, raising new questions about what may lie beneath the surface.

Anthony Leggett created a remarkably intuitive theory of superfluids, which earned him the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, showcasing his significant contributions to condensed-matter physics.

Coles' brain was preserved with a slurry of 'cryoprotective' chemicals, and despite expectations of damage, the tissue structure survived with relative vigor.

The news of the AI's medal win was published by thousands of media outlets and chosen as one of the year's biggest scientific breakthroughs by the journal Science. And this is where the story starts to get complicated. Because the news is a lie.

Few transformations in the history of life have been as extreme as the embrace of the ocean by seagrass. Like whales and dolphins, modern seagrasses descend from land-dwelling ancestors.

During the pandemic, many researchers expressed reluctance to share their ideas for fear of professional repercussions, such as losing credibility or funding. This culture of silence is particularly detrimental in critical situations like a pandemic, where new ideas could save lives.

Computer programs that check mathematical arguments have existed for decades, but translating a human-written proof into the strict programming language of a computer is extremely time-consuming, often taking months or even years.

'They bite things to investigate and end up exposed to substances', lead author Natascha Wosnick told Science News.

'Forever' chemicals, which do not break down in the environment, have been detected in Antarctica, highlighting their widespread presence even in remote areas.

The protein in the new study is called TRPM8, and it acts as the body's primary receptor for sensing both menthol and cold temperatures. It's a channel embedded in cell membranes that opens when triggered by dropping temperatures or cooling agents.

Milton didn't enter the pantheon of supercentenarians because death surprised him in his sleep after a life that included coffee and a whiskey every morning.

General Relativity has yet to let us down. Its success rate is 100%, from tabletop experiments to gravitational lensing and the formation of the great cosmic web.

The area of record temperatures is extremely large. That's the thing that's really bizarre.

The bodies of the crabs displayed male reproductive structures, while other parts showcased female features, including gonopores, said K.S. Anoop Das.

In a recent study published in the zoology journal Crustaceana, scientists working in Silent Valley National Park reported a new variety of the crab that exhibits both male and female traits. Our new crab friends, of the species Vela carli, are freshwater dwellers that hang out in the streams of the Western Ghats in India.

The new work was less notable for showing that we had found these bases in Ryugu than for solving a previous mystery: earlier studies had failed to detect them there, despite their presence in many other asteroid samples.