Scientists just proved the moai could walk, solving a 500-year mystery

For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and on-the-ground experiments, a team including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, has confirmed that the statues…

Proposta di FdI, divieto del velo integrale – Notizie – Ansa.it

Divieto del velo integrale che copre il volto in luoghi pubblici, uffici, scuole e università; regolamentazione dei finanziamenti alle moschee; pene più severe per il reato di induzione al matrimonio mediante l’inganno: sono alcune delle novità normative che FdI punta a introdurre con un progetto di legge “contro il separatismo”.…

Record Amazon fires release more carbon than an entire country

A new study by researchers at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which triggered record-breaking carbon emissions and exposed the region’s growing ecological fragility despite a slowing trend in deforestation. The 2024…

The Red Sea that vanished and the catastrophic flood that brought it back

Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have provided conclusive evidence that the Red Sea completely dried out about 6.2 million years ago, before being suddenly refilled by a catastrophic flood from the Indian Ocean. The findings put a definitive time on a dramatic event that changed…

Scientists unlock the quantum magic hidden in diamonds

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Humboldt University in Berlin have developed a way to capture nearly all the light emitted from tiny diamond defects known as color centers. By placing nanodiamonds into specially designed hybrid nanoantennas with extreme precision, the team achieved record photon collection at…

Glowing shark and hidden crab found deep off Australia

Researchers have described a new species of deep-sea lanternshark and crab, both with the help of specimens collected from a CSIRO-led 2022 voyage of CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator. Called the West Australian Lanternshark and a porcelain crab, the new species were described by separate research teams in papers published…

Scientists shocked as birds soaked in “forever chemicals” still thrive

A new study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry by Oxford University Press reports that many tree swallow populations across the United States are living in areas with high levels of exposure to “forever” chemicals. Surprisingly, the researchers found that this exposure did not appear to harm the birds’ reproductive…

Scientists discover orchids sprouting from decaying wood

Deadwood-decomposing fungi feed germinating orchids, providing the carbon their tiny seeds don’t have. The Kobe University finding not only closes a gap in our understanding of wild orchid ecology but also uncovers an important carbon flux in the ecosystem. Orchid seeds are as small as dust and do not provide…

Bankitalia: in manovra coperture certe, limitare misure spot – Notizie – Ansa.it

Il Documento programmatico di finanza pubblica “non include informazioni sufficienti per avanzare valutazioni sulle singole misure” della prossima manovra. “In ogni caso, gli interventi di copertura dovranno essere certi”. Lo afferma il capo del Dipartimento Economia e Statistica di Bankitalia, Andrea Brandolini, in audizione sul Dpfp. “Sarebbe inoltre opportuno limitare…

A strange quantum metal just rewrote the rules of electricity

Quantum metals are metals where quantum effects — behaviors that normally only matter at atomic scales — become powerful enough to control the metal’s macroscopic electrical properties. Researchers in Japan have explained how electricity behaves in a special group of quantum metals called kagome metals. The study is the first…

Scientists uncover a hidden power source inside a monster black hole

For nearly two centuries, it was unclear that the bright spot in the constellation Virgo, which Charles Messier had described in 1781 as “87: Nebula without stars,” was in fact a very large galaxy. As a result, there was initially no explanation for the strange jet discovered in 1918 emerging…

Hubble captures a galaxy that glows in blue and gold

Stars of all ages are on display in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week. This sparkling spiral galaxy is called NGC 6000 and it is located 102 million light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. This galaxy has a glowing yellow center and glittering blue outskirts. The colors…