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A little-known species of tropical bee has evolved an extra tooth for biting meat and a gut that is more closely resembles that of vultures rather than other bees. Typically, bees do not eat meat. However, a species of stingless bee in the tropics has evolved the ability to do this, presumably due to intense competition for nectar. “These are …

An illustration that shows what the TRAPPIST-1 system might look like from a vantage point near the planet TRAPPIST-1f (right). Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Seven Earth-sized planets surround the star TRAPPIST-1 in almost perfect harmony, and US. “After the shape of rocky planets, the things manifest in them,” said astrophysicist Sean Raymond of the University of Bordeaux in France. “It’s …

The deformed nucleus of zirconium-80 is lighter than the sum of the masses of its 40 protons and 40 neutrons. The missing mass is converted into binding energy by E = MC2. The binding energy is responsible for holding the nucleus together. Credit: facility for rare isotope beams A team of researchers, including scientists from the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory …

CANBERRA, Australia – The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is spawning in an explosion of color as the world heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes. Scientists on Tuesday night recorded the corals fertilizing billions of seeds by casting sperm and eggs in the Pacific Ocean off the Queensland state coastal city of Cairns. The spanning event lasts …

Physicists have created a new ultra-thin two-layer material with quantum properties that normally require rare earth compounds. Credit: Heikka Valja Physicists have created a new ultra-thin, two-layer material with quantum properties that normally require rare earth compounds. The material, which is relatively easy to make and contains no rare earth metals, could provide a new platform for quantum computing and …

“Yesterday, there was one on the sun. “It is formed when a thread of magnetism is lifted away from the southern hemisphere. The erupting thread splits the sun’s atmosphere, carving out the canyon as it ascends. “The glowing walls remained intact for more than six hours after the explosion.” The debris after the blast was photographed by NASA’s STEREO-A spacecraft …

Increase / InSight puts a windshield over his size meter. NASA’s InSight Lander has installed a seismograph on Mars, and the Marsquakes it detected have helped us map the planet’s interior. The data provide the big picture of Mars’ intervals – how big the heart is, whether something is molten, and so on. But it does not capture the small …

UC San Diego researchers present Multi-Scale Integrated Cell (MusIC), a technique that combines microscopy, biochemistry and artificial intelligence, revealing previously unknown cell components that could provide new clues to human development and disease. (Artist’s Conceptual Rendering.) Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Artificial intelligence-based technique reveals previously unknown cell components that may provide new clues to human development and disease. …

Now is the time to start tracking comet C / 2021 A1 Leonard, when it starts its dawn dive. The days after New Year 2021 was a comet discovery with potential. On the night of January 1rd, Exactly one year to the day before Perihelion, astronomer Gregory J. Leonard working at Mount Lemon Observatory near Tucson Arizona discovered the first …

The Andromeda Galaxy, M31, photographed by Stephen Rahn, Macon, GA, October 18, 2020. The galaxy’s two satellites are M32 on the left, shown on M31’s edge of our line of sight, and NGC 205, lower right. A head-on collision of the Andromeda Galaxy with the Milky Way is coming, according to astronomers! The next clear late November night you can …