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A gas stove can look completely harmless when its burners are switched off. There is no flame, no heat and apparently no activity at all. But research has found that natural-gas stoves can continue releasing methane (CH₄) even when they are not being used.A study published in Environmental Science & Technology examined 53 homes in…
What began as a conversation over a bottle of wine between two Tulane University students has grown into an unusual experiment in recycling and coastal restoration. Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, the founders of Glass Half Full, have transformed millions of discarded glass bottles into sand, material that is now being tested to help rebuild…
A dazzling new view of the Tarantula Nebula is revealing more than thousands of young stars. It is also helping astronomers investigate a puzzle about energy inside this vast stellar nursery. According to research published in the Astrophysical Journal, titled ‘Taming the Tarantula: How Stellar Wind Feedback Shapes Gas and Dust in 30 Doradus’, the…
Representative Image (AI-generated) In 2019, researchers identified Koskarlı Cave near Trabzon, in Türkiye’s eastern Black Sea region. According to a study published in the journal Antiquity, later excavations at the cave revealed a 12,900-year-old hunter-gatherer layer containing a hearth, stone tools and personal ornaments. The findings provide rare archaeological evidence of human activity in the…
A shipwreck beneath the Mediterranean has recently revealed more gold than any other in the region to date. The vessel sank in the Adriatic Sea in the seventh or eighth century C.E. and its cargo included a gold signet ring likely associated with an emperor along with a gold belt encrusted with gems.More than 40…
A combination of images show the evolution of supernova SN 2026gzf, which was first detected by the Einstein Probe on March 21, 2026. Images taken on March 25 and April 3, 2026, show the supernova brightening. An archival image of the host galaxy from March 9, 2016, reveals a bright blue source at the location…
Representative Image of bull sharks gathering at a coral reef and displaying social behavior (AI-generated image) Bull sharks have long been viewed as solitary hunters that cross paths mostly by chance, but a six-year study in Fiji suggests otherwise. Researchers observed adult bull sharks gathering repeatedly at a single reef site and found that individuals…
When scientists have a will, there is always a way. In a shocking yet successful project, leftover hair from haircuts that is not suitable for wigs and would have gone to waste is now being used to prevent oil and other pollutants from getting into the water and the trees.In Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay,…
For generations, prairie dogs were often treated as a problem rather than an ecological asset. Their burrows were blamed for competing with livestock, while their colonies were targeted through shooting and poisoning across large parts of their former range.But removing them had consequences far larger than the disappearance of one small mammal. Scientists studying black-tailed…
Galileo Galilei, whose studies of falling bodies and accelerated motion laid the groundwork for the principle later demonstrated by Apollo 15 on the Moon. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. Two people can look up at the same familiar Moon and experience it in completely different ways. One sees a flat, silver disk, a fixture of the…
