For about 40 years, physicists have puzzled over a strange problem: What happens when an electrically charged particle encounters a hypothetical magnetic monopole? Some calculations suggested that the outgoing particle simply disappears from the theory. Now, researchers from Ghent University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford may have found an answer. Their […]

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A small dinosaur bone discovered in Fukushima Prefecture more than 25 years ago is giving scientists new clues about the variety of plant-eating dinosaurs that once lived along the ancient coast of Japan. The fossil belonged to an iguanodontian, a large and diverse group of herbivorous dinosaurs that lived from the Late Jurassic through the […]

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For many people living in Orange County, California, the American dream is starting to feel increasingly out of reach, especially when it comes to owning a home and raising a family. A new poll from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) found that residents are evenly divided over whether the American dream is still possible […]

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Carbon dioxide is best known as a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, but scientists are increasingly exploring ways to turn it into something useful. A new study shows how sunlight and an unusual material called black silicon could help convert carbon dioxide into methane, the main component of natural gas. Researchers at National […]

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Astronomers have discovered an enormous stream of gas flowing toward a young system of three stars, potentially explaining why its planet-forming disks are strangely tilted. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers observed a gas streamer stretching about one trillion miles, or 0.2 light-years, toward the young triple-star system GW Orionis. The findings, published […]

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Some stick insects have reproduced without sex for around one million years, yet they still carry a fully functioning genetic system associated with sexual reproduction, according to surprising new research. The discovery challenges a common assumption about evolution: that biological systems that are no longer useful will gradually break down or disappear. The research, led […]

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After nearly two decades of observations, astronomers have discovered that a distant blazar behaves in ways that leading theories struggle to explain. Instead of solving the mystery of these powerful cosmic objects, the unusually long study has raised new questions about what is happening around their supermassive black holes. Blazars are active galaxies with enormous […]

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A week and a half after giving birth to her second daughter, Amy Mazur-Hession began feeling back pain. At first, she attributed the pain to the epidural she received during labor. “As the day went on, my hands started to turn really white and I didn’t feel right,” she said. “I thought maybe I was […]

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With 10 minutes left in his regular 6 a.m. fitness class, Kyle Hartley paused his rowing workout to grab a drink of water. He took a few gulps, sat down, then collapsed onto a classmate on a neighboring machine. He wasn’t breathing. His heart had stopped. Someone called 911. The class trainer, Juli Mosnes, and […]

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Medicines such as GLP-1 receptor agonists can help people with type 2 diabetes lose substantial amounts of weight, but doctors have questioned what that weight loss might mean for aging bones. A large UCLA Health study now offers some reassuring evidence. Instead of seeing more serious fractures, researchers found fewer among patients who started GLP-1 […]

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