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Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole
A team of astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working with one colleague from the University of St Andrews' ...
Hubble spies a cosmic pillar in the Eagle Nebula
In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is continuing the celebrations with a new view of the Eagle Nebula. This vast stellar nursery ...
Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among humans, simulation suggests
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that intensified environmental variability (EV) can promote the ...
Disrupting 'communication' with plants could limit cyst nematode infections
Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful method for reducing the damage the parasitic worms cause in crops such as ...
Native American names extend the earthquake history of northeastern North America
In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts, left colonists stumbling from the strong ...
Indigenous Peoples feel the brunt of rising temperatures, climate policy
In the subarctic and arctic reaches of the Northwest Territories (NWT), the climate is warming faster than most other places ...
Image: Hubble spots a squid in the whale
Today's rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the ...
How wide are faults? Earthquake study reveals fault zones are sprawling networks, not single strands
At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?