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Phys.org / Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat plants

Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto the land, and it took another 100 million years for the first animals with backbones to join them. ...

42 minutes ago in Biology
Phys.org / Machine learning reveals hidden landscape of robust information storage

In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers used machine learning to discover multiple new classes of two-dimensional memories, systems that can reliably store information despite constant environmental ...

47 minutes ago in Physics
Phys.org / Moving beyond money to measure the true value of Earth science information

They're all around us: sensors and satellites, radars and drones. These tools form vast remote sensing networks that collect data on the climate, the ground, the air, and the water. This information is immensely useful for ...

24 minutes ago in Earth
Phys.org / Mauled by a bear, 27,500 years ago: What a lavish teen burial reveals

A teenager's skeleton lay supine in a shallow pit on a bed of red ocher, his remains adorned with several ivory pendants, four perforated antler batons, mammoth ivory pendants, and a flint blade, his skull decorated with ...

58 minutes ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / A possible first-ever Einstein probe observation of a black hole tearing apart a white dwarf

On July 2, 2025, the China-led Einstein Probe (EP) space telescope detected an exceptionally bright X-ray source whose brightness varied rapidly during a routine sky survey. Its unusual signal immediately set it apart from ...

19 minutes ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Mindfulness enables more effective endoscopies in awake patients, study finds

A new study has shown that mindfulness helps patients to relax during an endoscopy, allowing doctors to carry out detailed examinations without the need for sedation or general anesthesia.

7 minutes ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / When heat flows backwards: A neat solution for hydrodynamic heat transport

When we think about heat traveling through a material, we typically picture diffusive transport, a process that transfers heat from high-temperature to low-temperature as particles and molecules bump into each other, losing ...

39 minutes ago in Physics
Phys.org / Silent witnesses: Pets offer a fur-ensic tale

New research confirms the potential for police forensic investigators to carefully consider the presence of pets at crime scenes as a credible new avenue for finding and investigating DNA leads to solve the case. The Long-running ...

25 minutes ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Eleven-year Alaska analysis finds no spike in traumatic injury or death after cash transfers

Cash transfer programs, which provide money directly to recipients, are growing in the United States, but face significant scrutiny, with questions over their value. In addition, some contend that these payments can lead ...

47 minutes ago in Addiction
Tech Xplore / Scientists develop eco‑friendly bricks using desert sand to replace carbon-heavy Portland cement

Scientists at the University of Sharjah report that they have successfully transformed desert sand into construction bricks that are more sustainable than conventional cement or fired-clay bricks. Their innovation heralds ...

37 minutes ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Q&A: Expert discusses the 'gay voice' stereotype

Dr. Fabio Fasoli is an expert in social communication, with a specific focus on LGBTQIA+ and gender minorities. An aspect of his research that has attracted significant attention is the discrimination faced by individuals ...

23 minutes ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / How your worldview can affect the Earth through three values

The ways people interact with and view nature speak volumes as to how Earth is treated, and the severity of environmental concerns rising makes what shapes people's view of nature a pertinent topic. Understanding how and ...

57 minutes ago in Earth