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Published Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths'-worth of star every time it passes


Massive burst of X-rays detected by astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth bur...
Published 'Blob-like' home of farthest-known fast radio burst is collection of seven galaxies



In summer 2022, astronomers detected the most powerful and most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever...
Published Great apes playfully tease each other



Babies playfully tease others as young as eight months of age. Since language is not required for th...
Published Tudor era horse cemetery in Westminster revealed as likely resting place for elite imported animals



Archaeological analysis of a near unique animal cemetery discovered in London nearly 30 years ago ha...
Published Newly discovered dinosaur boasts big, blade-like horns



A new dinosaur has been identified and named. The dinosaur's name, Lokiceratops rangiformis, transla...
Published Giant salamander-like creature was a top predator in the ice age before the dinosaurs



Meet Gaiasia jennyae, the swamp creature with a toilet seat-shaped head. It lived 40 million years b...
Published Learning dance moves could help humanoid robots work better with humans



Engineers have trained a humanoid robot to perform a variety of expressive movements, from simple da...
Published Virus-like nanoparticles control the multicellular organization and reproduction of host bacteria



Researchers have discovered that virus-like nanoparticles can promote the multicellular organization ...
Published Bizarre 'garden sprinkler-like' jet is spotted shooting out of neutron star



A strange 'garden sprinkler-like' jet coming from a neutron star has been pictured for the first tim ...
Published Astronomers make rare exoplanet discovery, and a giant leap in detecting Earth-like bodies



Astronomers have made the rare discovery of a small, cold exoplanet and its massive outer companion...
Published Organic material from Mars reveals the likely origin of life's building blocks



Two samples from Mars together deliver clear evidence of the origin of Martian organic material. The...
Published Jupiter's great red spot is not the same one Cassini observed in 1600s



Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot has persisted for at least 190 years and is likely a different spot ...
Published Octopus sleep is surprisingly similar to humans and contains a wake-like stage



Researchers have closely examined the brain activity and skin patterning in octopuses (Octopus laque...
Published Shape-shifting fiber can produce morphing fabrics



FibeRobo is a liquid crystal elastomer fiber that can change its shape in response to thermal stimul...
Published 'Strange metal' is strangely quiet in noise experiment



Experiments have provided the first direct evidence that electricity seems to flow through 'strange...
Published Vast bubble of galaxies discovered, given Hawaiian name



The immense bubble is 820 million light years from Earth and believed to be a fossil-like remnant of ...
Published Bridge in a box: Unlocking origami's power to produce load-bearing structures



Load-bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules -- versatile comp ...
Published Eurasian jays can use 'mental time travel' like humans, study finds



Eurasian jays can remember incidental details of past events, which is characteristic of episodic me...
Published Echidnapus identified from an 'Age of Monotremes'



Australian researchers have found evidence of the oldest known platypus and a new species, dubbed 'e...
Published Babies use 'helpless' infant period to learn powerful foundation models, just like ChatGPT



Babies' brains are not as immature as previously thought, rather they are using the period of postna...