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The developers were a team led by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Established in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor and chemist Alfred Nobel, the prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace have been awarded since 1901.
‘Talking’ to plants with light could give them advance warning of impending dangers like insects or extreme weather
The explosion and subsequent environmental changes forced hunter-gatherers in the prehistoric settlement to adopt agricultural practices to boost their chances for survival.
Females in the animals kingdom learn what to look for in a mate based on what their older peers look for.
Asteroid 349507 (2008 QY) is around 1.2 kilometers in diameter, or around 1,000 capybaras – large enough that an impact event (which won't happen now) could be a worldwide catastrophe.
Asteroid 16 Psyche is bigger than the island of Cyprus and is thought to be so full of iron and nickel that it could be worth $10,000 quadrillion, worth more than all the money in the world.
Scientists have found the "holy grail of astrobiology": An AI-based method that can spot evidence of life in any given sample, and could be used to find traces of life on Mars.
The team found that reducing the amount of gear used by the fishermen was more impactful in reducing whale deaths than other hi-tech options.
NASA's Hubble Space telescope spotted and photographed a beautiful, dreamy galaxy millions of light-years from Earth.