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Medical Xpress / Home Alone's 'Wet Bandits' are medical miracles

The festive movie season is upon us, and one of my perennial favorites is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. I will die on this hill: it is better than the original. But rewatching it as an adult raises an awkward question. ...

2 minutes ago in Health
Phys.org / Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History discovered more than 70 new species in 2025

From fruit flies that bite to a tiny mouse opossum and a feathered dinosaur preserved with the remains of its last meal, more than 70 new species were described this year by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History.

52 minutes ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Guideline-concordant care rate in seniors is approximately 60% after positive lung cancer screen

Among persons with a first positive lung cancer screening result at age 65 years or older, the rate of guideline-concordant care is 59.7% overall, according to a study published online Dec. 16 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Phys.org / Roman soldiers defending Hadrian's Wall were infected by parasites, study finds

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were infected by three types of intestinal parasite—roundworm, whipworm, and Giardia duodenalis.

1 hour ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Hubble captures rare collision in nearby planetary system

In an unprecedented celestial event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured the dramatic aftermath of colliding space rocks within a nearby planetary system.

6 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Hidden clay intensified 2011 Japan megaquake, study confirms

An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of Japan behaved so unusually as it lifted the seafloor and produced a tsunami that devastated coastal ...

6 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / AI's 2025 carbon footprint may match New York City, report estimates

By the end of the year, the carbon footprint of global AI systems for the whole of 2025 could equal that of New York City. At the same time, AI's thirst for water could rival that of the world's bottled water market, according ...

6 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Bazinga! Physicists crack a 'Big Bang Theory' problem that could help explain dark matter

A professor at the University of Cincinnati and his colleagues have figured out something two of America's most famous fictional physicists couldn't: how to theoretically produce subatomic particles called axions in fusion ...

4 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Private donors pledge $1 billion for world's largest particle accelerator

Europe's physics lab CERN on Thursday said private donors had pledged $1 billion toward the construction of a new particle accelerator that would be by far the world's biggest.

4 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Research reinvents MXene synthesis at a fraction of the cost

MXenes (pronounced like the name "Maxine") are a class of two-dimensional materials, first identified just 14 years ago, with remarkable potential for energy storage, catalysts, ultrastrong lightweight composites, and a variety ...

4 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Drone sampling of whale breath reveals first evidence of potentially deadly virus in Arctic

Drones have been used to successfully collect samples from the exhaled breath—or "blow"—from wild humpback, sperm and fin whales in northern Norway, hailing a new era of non-invasive health monitoring for these marine ...

2 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / 'AI advisor' helps self-driving labs share control in creation of next-generation materials

"Self-driving" or "autonomous" labs are an emerging technology in which artificial intelligence guides the discovery process, helping design experiments or perfecting decision strategies.

4 hours ago in Chemistry