Selectively cutting out some external noises could leave you hearing only the sounds you wantCavan Images/Alamy Prototype noise-cancelling headphones allow you to select which background noises to drown out, letting you put an “audio spotlight” on one specific... More »
A fundamental question in dinosaur evolution is how they adapted to long-term climatic shifts during the Mesozoic Era (the dinosaur era lasting from 230 to 66 million years ago) and when they developed environmentally independent, avian-style acclimatization, ... More »
A subdural hematoma, where blood collects between the skull and the surface of the brain, which can occur after a head injuryScott Camazine/Alamy A substantial proportion of people with a traumatic brain injury who had their life support withdrawn may have sur... More »
At least seven stars in the Milky Way show signs of potentially harboring a hypothetical, super-advanced form of alien technology known as a Dyson sphere, scientists claim. While the researchers can not be totally sure that these stars host intelligent civiliz... More »
In North Carolina, for example, Ward and her colleagues have helped counties craft heat action plans to identify their most vulnerable populations.She said government officials should treat onslaughts of high heat and humidity similar to hurricanes, tornadoes ... More »
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect the most distant pair of colliding black holes in the known universe. The cosmic monsters — each estimated to be as massive as 50 million suns — have been detected more than 13 billion light... More »
A toddler who was born completely deaf due to a rare genetic condition can now hear unaided thanks to a pioneering gene therapy. Opal Sandy, who is now an 18-month-old girl from the U.K., is the youngest child in the world to receive this type of gene therapy,... More »
Madagascar is the most plausible center of origin for the iconic baobabs, also known as upside-down trees, or the tree of life, according to new research. The baobab tree in Senegal. Image credit: Viajesunion2. The genus Adansonia, better known as the baobabs ... More »
Three alien stars circling the Milky Way could be some of the oldest ever found in the universe, a new study reveals. The ancient celestial objects may have been among the first to form after the Big Bang and were likely stolen by our galaxy during gravitation... More »
Swallows, swifts and house martins were once a common sight over UK towns and cities, dextrously catching insects on the wing. But these spring and summer visitors are becoming increasingly rare, according to the definitive survey of the country’s birds.Popula... More »
Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile River that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the massive stone blocks to build the monuments.The 40-mile-long (... More »
The Red Pyramid at Dahshur in Egypt was one of many built close to a lost branch of the NileEman Ghoneim Many of the pyramids of ancient Egypt were built along a now extinct branch of the river Nile, geological surveys have revealed. This could explain why the... More »