Toxic “forever chemicals” found in 95% of beers tested in the U.S.

Infamous for their environmental persistence and potential links to health conditions, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called forever chemicals, are being discovered in unexpected places, including beer. Researchers publishing in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology tested beers brewed in different areas around the U.S. for these substances. They found…

Tiny skaters beneath the arctic ice rewrite the limits of life

If you pull an ice core from the outer edges of the Arctic polar cap, you might spot what looks like a faint line of dirt. Those are diatoms – single-celled algae with outer walls made of glass. Their presence in ice isn’t new, but because they seemed trapped and…

NASA spacecraft detect a mysterious force shaping the solar wind

This illustration shows Earth’s magnetosphere interacting with the solar wind. The magnetosphere shields the Earth from harmful solar and cosmic radiation. Credit: NASA Goddard/CIL/Josh Masters A new study led by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Michael Starkey has provided observational evidence from the SwRI-led Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission of pickup ions…

A doomed star system could soon shine as bright as the Moon

A greedy white dwarf star not far from Earth is devouring its closest celestial companion at a rate never seen before, space scientists have discovered. Their study found the double star, named V Sagittae, is burning unusually bright as the super-dense white dwarf is gorging on its larger twin in…

Black hole explosion could change everything we know about the Universe

Physicists have long believed that black holes explode at the end of their lives, and that such explosions happen — at most — only once every 100,000 years. But new research published in Physical Review Letters by physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found a more than 90%…

Secrets unearthed: Women and children buried with stone tools

Study has revealed new insights into Stone Age life and death, showing that stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men. The discovery, from Zvejnieki cemetery in northern Latvia, one of the largest Stone Age burial sites in Europe, challenges the idea…

These dinosaur eggs survived 85 million years. What they reveal is wild

In the Cretaceous period, Earth was plagued by widespread volcanic activity, oceanic oxygen depletion events, and mass extinctions. Fossils from that era remain and continue to give scientists clues as to what the climate may have looked like in different regions. Now, researchers in China have examined some of them:…

I 100 anni di Treccani, la mostra itinerante inaugurata a Londra – Notizie – Ansa.it

All’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Londra è stata inaugurata in collaborazione con l’Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana la mostra itinerante ‘Palazzo Treccani’, aperta al pubblico dal 12 settembre al 9 ottobre, che rappresenta un viaggio alla scoperta di un’istituzione al servizio della cultura e della storia d’Italia dal 1925. La tappa…

La Polizia postale chiude la piattaforma di contenuti sessisti – Notizie – Ansa.it

È stato chiuso dalla Polizia postale la piattaforma Phica.eu, dove venivano pubblicate, senza autorizzazione, foto rubate di donne, anche attrici, influencer, politiche. Perquisito il presunto gestore, il 45enne Vittorio Vitiello, originario di Pompei ma residente a Firenze. L’uomo al momento non risulta indagato. Gli agenti si sono mossi in esecuzione…

La Lega vuole le sue Regioni. Tajani: ci sono altre urgenze – Notizie – Ansa.it

Tutti assicurano che “non ci sono problemi” e “la quadra si troverà”. Ma la diversa urgenza con cui nel centrodestra si guarda al dossier Regionali conferma che l’intesa sui candidati non è dietro l’angolo, soprattutto per quanto riguarda il Veneto. La Lega lo rivendica apertamente, senza contemplare uno scambio che…