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An international team of scientists used 1.8 billion letters of genetic code from more than 9,500 species covering almost 8,000 known flowering plant genera to create the most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life. The research has been published in the journal Nature. Phys.Or...

Humanity is existentially threatened by nuclear weapons (a post-nuclear exchange Nuclear Winter would decimate Humanity and the Biosphere) and climate

Jbmartin6 shares a report from Phys.Org: Threatening messages aimed to prevent digital piracy have the opposite effect if youre a man, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has found. According to the research, women tend to respond positively to this kind of messaging, but men typically in...

The collaborative effort, led by scientists from NASA, the Smithsonian, Arizona State University and The University of Maryland, has uncovered evidence suggesting that this ongoing lunar shrinkage has led to notable alterations in the terrain around the Lunar South Pole.

“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” – H.L. Menchen

Doubt is clearly a value in the sciences. Whether it is in other fields is an open question and an uncertain matter.” “…it is very important to doubt and that doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of very great value.

Corinne Purtill reports via Phys.Org: Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic possession, and killed or castrated sufferers to prevent them from ...

Richard Tribou reports via Phys.Org: NASAs goal to reduce the costs of the powerful Space Launch System rocket for its Artemis program by 50% was called "highly unrealistic" and a threat to its deep space exploration plans, according to a report by NASAs Office of the Inspector General released (...

Fish farms in Iraq have been destroyed as the four-year extreme drought crisis continues. Read more here.

Declawing cats, including lions and tigers, is not as simple as removing their nails. It was found that this practice has an effect on their muscular capabilities. Read more here.