Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds — specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust. Scientists recently realized these giant clouds can move and thicken or thin surprisingly rapidly, in less than an […]
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Let our news meet your inbox. SIGN UP Think virtual reality is just about gaming and the world of make-believe? Get real. From product design to real estate, many industries have adopted VR and related technologies— and nowhere are the benefits of VR greater than in healthcare. “We are seeing […]
Your dollars go a lot further in some states than others. The Tax Foundation released the latest iteration of its map showing the relative value of $100 in every state compared with the national average using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In more expensive states like California, you can afford […]
MILAN — Italian firefighters working through the night, sometimes digging by hand, freed a 7-month-old baby Tuesday and then his two older brothers from the rubble of their home that collapsed when a 4.0-magnitude quake struck the resort island of Ischia during the height of tourist season. At least two […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A leader of a New Mexico military-style Christian sect is facing dozens of child sexual abuse charges in a case that authorities say is connected to widespread abuse by the religious commune. Peter Green of the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps in the remote community of Fence […]
Police in Denmark are carrying out DNA tests on a headless torso found in waters near to an area where a Swedish journalist disappeared, investigators said Tuesday. Jens Moller Jensen of the Copenhagen Police said in a YouTube video (in Danish) that the arms and legs of the torso had […]
Physicists throw new light on the interaction between the planet Mars and supersonic particles in the solar wind.
A sophisticated mechanism that allows plant roots to quickly respond to changes in soil conditions has been identified by an international research team.