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Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery
Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.
The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how.
Genes and archaeology are revealing how Bantu speakers spread across much of Africa.
Earth's churning mantle may have created the Great Unconformity
Explaining the Great Unconformity, where Cambrian deposits sit on top of older rocks.
Rocket Report: Artemis II literally tore through the atmosphere; New Glenn delay
Interstellar Technologies announces more government funding for the Japanese Zero rocket.
Software squeezes more data out of Webb Telescope for imaging exoplanets
Software optimizes a physical model of the telescope to reduce noise.
Statehouse wins give Democrats new power to push clean energy
Democrats erased the GOP’s trifecta edge and gained new power over energy policy.
Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
"Our calculations suggest Heisenberg significantly underestimated the materials required."
Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Plus invisible tattoos, medieval skeleton gets an ID, trapping a single antimatter particle, and more.
Most of our measures of a key cognitive process don't agree
A big study with very little beyond negative results still gets published.
The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money
A new action plan aims to rescue 2030 nature targets as financing remains inadequate.
Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds' internal clocks.
The FDA wants to pull its approval of a drug. It’s not so easy.
The regulator says Tavneos was approved on the basis of manipulated study data. Should patients still have access to it?
Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
A meteorite found in the Sahara is a rare piece of Mars' ancient crust.
Rocket Report: Winter is coming for Themis; Cowboy Space adds iron to the fire
It's been a good week for ULA with a big NASA contract and Vulcan nearing return-to-flight.
Turning a solar power system into its own backup
Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion.
ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
This Vulcan launch will be the first to utilize a full complement of six solid rocket boosters.
Antarctic sea-ice loss could reshape weather far beyond the pole
Antarctic waters are getting saltier as sea-ice loss reshapes ocean circulation.
Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
You can apparently now tell AI tools what sort of protein you want them to make.
Sculpture recreates odd optical effects of famed Lycurgus Cup
University of Sheffield researchers figured out how to recreate the 1600-year-old glass recipe.
Meet the real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes
Lindsey Fitzharris chats with Ars about her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes .
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