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The shadow of the laser beam appears as a horizontal line against a blue background.Abrahao et al. (2024) Usually light casts shadows on other objects, but…

Readers rated an AI imitation of a Shakespearean poem higher than the author’s actual work.North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy Most readers cannot distinguish between classic…

There is growing evidence that animals grieve the death of a loved one, but we should be careful not to let prejudice cloud the topic, says…

SpaceX said on its website that it aims to conduct Starship’s sixth test flight as early as November 18.space x SpaceX is preparing for the sixth…

Driverless cars can perform donuts and drifts like stunt drivers, skidding around corners while maintaining control, potentially helping cars recover from dangerous situations

Lithium for batteries is mined in Chile’s Atacama DesertJohn Moore/Getty Images power metalvince visor (Wildfire Books (UK, November 20th); Riverhead Books (US, November 19th)) The smartphone…

chloroplast, its parts The cells that enable photosynthesis in plants and algae are thought to have originated more than a billion years ago, when photosynthetic cyanobacteria…

November 13, 20244 minimum readThe US must lead the global fight against superbugsAntibiotic resistance could claim 39 million lives by 2050, yet the pipeline of new…

As I sit in my backyard in Abuja, Nigeria, looking out at the expansive landscape around me, I can’t help but feel a deep sense of…

As a meme, it wasn’t particularly viral. But for a few hours on the morning of Nov. 6, the words “darkest timeline” were trending on Google…