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20,000-year-old crane bones solve 150-year-old mystery DNA

Scientists Finally Solve a 150-Year-Old Mystery Involving 20,000-Year-Old Remains

Neutron Star Merger

A Strange New Phenomenon Hidden in Einstein’s Equations Could Change How We Understand Gravity

The First LaserSETI Stations in Asia Are Now Active in Saudi Arabia

exoplanet TIC 241249530

Newly Discovered Exoplanet Baffles Astronomers, Who Call it “Wacky” and “Eccentric”

MJ Banias·July 16, 2024
Astronomers have found an eccentric exoplanet, making it quite “wacky” compared to other exoplanets that have been found.
dual-mode hypersonic ramjet

Advanced Propulsion Researchers from GE Aerospace Successfully Test Cutting-Edge Dual-Mode Hypersonic Ramjet

Christopher Plain·July 16, 2024
Researchers from GE Aerospace have announced their first-ever successful test of a dual mode hypersonic ramjet engine.
This image shows an artist's impression of a neutron star, surrounded by its strong magnetic field (blue). It emits a narrow beam of radio waves (magenta) above its magnetic poles. When the star's rotation sweeps these beams over the Earth, the neutron star can be detected as a radio pulsar. Credit: NASA Goddard/Walt Feimer,

Could Pulsars Be Used to Identify Dark Matter?

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 16, 2024
Physicists are trying to use pulsars, a sort of “ticking” neutron star, to detect unknown mass concentrations that could be dark matter.
tunnel-like feature

NASA Radar Data Confirms Existence of Subsurface “Tunnel” Near Famous Apollo-Era Lunar Landing Site

Micah Hanks·July 15, 2024
Scientists have confirmed the existence of a subsurface tunnel-like feature near the landing site of the first crewed mission to the Moon.
neanderthal lost species

Evidence of Ancient Human Interactions with Intelligent “Lost” Species Offers Clues to Their Mysterious Disappearance

Micah Hanks·July 15, 2024
New research is revealing insights into the genetics of modern humans, while offering clues to the mysterious disappearance of the Neanderthals. 
tachyons

Bizarre Tachyons That May Be Able to Send Data Back in Time Could be Reconciled with Special Relativity

Micah Hanks·July 15, 2024
New insights into mysterious tachyons could help shed light on questions involving our understanding of the quantum world.
AI creativity

AI Can Boost Creativity, Making Stories More Engaging and Enjoyable

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 15, 2024
New research suggests generative AI can boost an author’s creativity by suggested changes that would make a story more engaging to its target audience.
Photon Energy System Spheres

Photon Energy System Allegedly Generates 60 Times More Power than Solar Panels, May Power an Electric Car without a Battery

Christopher Plain·July 15, 2024
The company behind a new Photon Energy System claims its futuristic-looking spheres can generate 60 times more power than solar panels.
time traveling quantum

‘Time Traveling’ Quantum Sensor Breakthrough Allows Scientists to Gather Data from the Past

Micah Hanks·July 13, 2024
A breakthrough that leverages "spooky action at a distance" could lead to practical time-traveling quantum sensors.
virus

4.2 Billion Years Ago, Our Last Universal Common Ancestor Was in an “Arms Race” Against Life’s Greatest Adversary: The Virus

MJ Banias·July 13, 2024
Scientists have traced the origins of life back 4.2 billion years, and how our earliest ancestor fought life’s greatest enemy, the virus.
data

Experts Warn Quality of Non-Partisan Governmental Data May Soon Decay. Here’s Why.

Ryan Whalen·July 13, 2024
A new study finds that America's statistical data is under threat, not from cyber criminals but from bureaucratic mismanagement.
electron neutrinos

CERN Physicists Report First Direct Detection of Electron Neutrinos in Groundbreaking Experiment

Micah Hanks·July 12, 2024
Electron neutrinos have been experimentally observed for the first time during recent experiments by physicists at CERN.
NASA UAP

NASA Has Little to Say About UFOs as Anniversary of Study Team Report’s Release Nears

Micah Hanks·July 12, 2024
NASA officials seem reluctant to discuss the agency’s status regarding UAP as the anniversary of the release of an official agency report looms near.
spacesuit

New Spacesuit Inspired by ‘Dune’ Allows Astronauts To Convert Urine into Drinking Water

Tim McMillan·July 12, 2024
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a new spacesuit that allows astronauts to convert urine into drinking water.
The ESA's Ariane 6 rocket launches into space with the CURIE system onboard. Photo credit: ESA/S. Corvaja

NASA’s CURIE Mission Launches to Investigate Mysterious Radio Waves from the Sun

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 12, 2024
NASA has launched the CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment, or CURIE, to investigate the mysterious origins of radio waves from the Sun.
Neuralink

Elon Musk Announces Second Neuralink Brain Implant Scheduled for Next Week

Chrissy Newton·July 12, 2024
Elon Musk says Neuralink will implant its brain-computer interface system in a second human patient next week.
dark comets

Mysterious “Dark Comets” May Hold Clues to Origins of Earth’s Water, New Study Reveals

Tim McMillan·July 11, 2024
A new study suggests that mysterious asteroids known as "dark comets" likely contain ice and could explain Earth's water origins.
space warfare

With Concerns Over Space Warfare on the Rise, Existing International Law May Be the Answer

Ryan Whalen·July 11, 2024
A new analysis says attacks on satellites and similar acts of space warfare may fall under existing international agreements.
high-speed propulsion

The Southwest Research Institute’s New High-Speed Propulsion Facility Officially Breaks Ground

Christopher Plain·July 11, 2024
The Southwest Research Institute has officially broken ground on their new CAMP high-speed propulsion facility.

Breakthrough in Robotics: New Actuator Mimics Human Muscle Allowing For Safer, More Flexible Robots

Tim McMillan·July 11, 2024
Engineers develop breakthrough actuator that mimics human muscle, allowing for the advancement of softer, safer robots.
Moon bases

Future Moon Bases Could be Built Using This Game-Changing Technology Derived from Off-Planet Material

Micah Hanks·July 10, 2024
Scientists have proposed a novel method of allocating materials for the future construction of Moon bases using resources already present on the lunar surface.
Draper Ursa major Test Fire

Air Force-Funded Ursa Major Successfully Test Fires “Draper” Engine Built to Power Spacecraft of the Future

Christopher Plain·July 10, 2024
Ursa Major has announced the first successful test firing of its Draper engine, which will power both hypersonic and in-space flight.
Habitable Zone Exoplanet

Webb Telescope Reveals “Best Habitable Zone Exoplanet Currently Known,” and It Could Be Home to Alien Life

Micah Hanks·July 9, 2024
The James Webb Space Telescope has helped identify “one of the most promising habitable zone exoplanet candidates” ever discovered.
emotionally charged

New Study Illuminates Brain’s Response to Emotionally-Charged Stimuli, Highlighting Evolutionary Survival Mechanisms

Tim McMillan·July 9, 2024
New research reveals how the human brain processes emotionally charged situations more effectively than AI machine learning.
lithium batteries

Lithium Batteries Could Soon Be Greener, Thanks to This Game-Changing New Process

Ryan Whalen·July 9, 2024
A new process may soon make lithium batteries, which can hold twice or more the charge of current lithium-ion batteries, more environmentally sound.
exoplanet

Clues to Exoplanet Formation Unveiled in Smelly New Astronomical Discovery

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 9, 2024
A multi-university team of researchers has recently identified a crucial compound in the atmosphere of exoplanet HD 189733 b.
AI avatars

Could AI Avatars Become 21st-Century Tombstones?

Avi Loeb·July 9, 2024
Rather than staring at a tombstone in a graveyard, what if one could engage in fresh conversations with AI avatars?
Webb

James Webb Space Telescope is Revealing Surprising Secrets About a Massive and Extremely Remote Space Object

Micah Hanks·July 8, 2024
The James Webb Space Telescope is obtaining significant new insights into the early universe with detailed new imagery of the quasar PJ308–21.
scars of Mars

Mysterious ‘Scars’ of Mars Unveiled in Images of Massive Feature Captured by Mars Express Spacecraft

Micah Hanks·July 8, 2024
Striking new images obtained by the Mars Express spacecraft have revealed a massive scar on the surface of Mars.
structures

NASA’s GOLD Satellite Discovers Mysterious Plasma Structures in the Earth’s Atmosphere

Tim McMillan·July 8, 2024
NASA's GOLD satellite has stumbled onto bizarre X-and C-shaped plasma structures in the Earth's atmosphere, leaving scientists stumped.
Neuralink

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Delays Second Brain Implant Procedure

Chrissy Newton·July 8, 2024
Neuralink recently revealed that it chose to postpone the insertion of a second brain chip implant in a procedure that had been eagerly anticipated by the medical and tech communities. 
near-Earth objects

NASA Tracked Two Near-Earth Objects During Their Recent Close Approaches. One Wasn’t Traveling Alone.

Micah Hanks·July 6, 2024
New images reveal stunning images of a pair of near-Earth objects recently tracked by NASA. But that's not all they found.
satellites

New Gravitational Insights Unveil Mysterious Relationship Between Satellites and Earth’s Core Cycles

Avi Loeb·July 6, 2024
A study suggests that the Earth's core follows a 70-year cycle, which alludes to the "dance" between satellites and the Earth's core.
Observatory

Sci-fi ‘Spaceship’ Observatory in Cyprus May Look Like a “Villainous Lair,” But It’s Attracting Stargazers Worldwide

Chrissy Newton·July 6, 2024
The new spaceship-inspired Troodos Observatory in Cyprus looks like something straight out of a science fiction movie.
AI-Generated

Yes, the George Carlin AI-Generated Comedy Special Was Fake. But AI Can Still Be Funnier Than Humans.

Tim McMillan·July 5, 2024
Research finds that AI-generated jokes are as funny, if not funnier, than human ones, challenging beliefs AI and emotion.
brain-computer

China Aims to Set New World Standards for Brain-Machine Interfaces, Echoing Elon Musk’s Neuralink

Chrissy Newton·July 5, 2024
China announced its efforts to develop standards for brain-computer implants (BCI) akin to Elon Musk's Neuralink.
A collage of the Lithouva grape fossil, the oldest grape species in the western hemisphere.

These Ancient Fossils Are Revealing New Clues to Post-Dinosaur Plant Evolution

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 5, 2024
New research is revealing how the extinction of the dinosaurs helped shaped the evolution of ancient grape species.
sword in stone

Authorities Baffled After Legendary Sword in Stone Mysteriously Vanishes from Seemingly Inaccessible Location

Micah Hanks·July 4, 2024
The Durandal sword, a famous weapon protruding from stone and a cherished artifact of Rocamadour in southern France, has mysteriously vanished, according to recent reports.
AI or aliens

Will Contact With Non-Human Intelligence Involve Aliens or AI?

Avi Loeb·July 4, 2024
Distinctions between AI and human intelligence might offer a first taste of what we may one day encounter with the discovery of ET technology.
monoliths

Return of the Monoliths: I Visited One of the Recent Monolith Sites. It Wasn’t What I Expected

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 4, 2024
Mysterious monoliths are appearing around the world again. We sent The Debrief's Kenna Castleberry into the field to investigate.
dark matter trap

Scientists Devise a New Strategy for Solving the Mystery of Dark Matter: They Want to Trap It

Micah Hanks·July 3, 2024
Scientists have proposed a novel method of potentially detecting dark matter: by using a 3D-printed vacuum system to “trap” it with ultra-cold lithium atoms.
lunar swirls

Strange Swirling Structures on the Moon Could Point to Unseen Activity Beneath the Lunar Surface

Micah Hanks·July 3, 2024
New research is closing in on what causes mysterious lunar swirls, pointing to unexplored phenomena occurring beneath the Moon's surface.
time crystals

Time Crystals Could be the Circuit Boards of Future Quantum Computers

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 3, 2024
Researchers say that time crystals could one day become a core component in the construction of quantum computers.
tiny red dots

Webb Telescope Discovers Mysterious “Little Red Dots” at Cosmic Dawn

Avi Loeb·July 2, 2024
NASA's Webb Telescope is helping to reveal new insights into how mysterious galaxies known as "little red dots" formed at the cosmic dawn.
Vacuum Levitation

Researchers Achieve High Vacuum Levitation of Silica Nanoparticle, Paving the Way for Future Levitation Technologies

Tim McMillan·July 2, 2024
Researchers achieved high-vacuum levitation of a silica nanoparticle on a photonic-electric chip, revolutionizing nanotechnology.
SpaceX debris

NASA Officially Confirms Mysterious Object Recovered in NC Mountains is SpaceX Debris

Micah Hanks·July 2, 2024
NASA has officially confirmed that a mysterious object found on a remote North Carolina trail is SpaceX debris that once belonged to one of the American spacecraft company's Dragon capsules.
A male leafy seadragon carries bright pink eggs on his tail within a tank at the Birch Aquarium

Yes, Sea Dragons are Real… and Right Now Several of Them Are Hatching

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 2, 2024
While “sea dragons” may sound like mythical and monstrous oceanic creatures, real seadragons are less mysterious but equally fascinating.
CERN

Game-Changing CERN Experiments Offer Physicists Unprecedented New Insights into the Universe’s Mysteries

Micah Hanks·July 1, 2024
Groundbreaking new advancements at CERN are revealing deeper insights into the fundamental nature of our universe.
DNA origami

Scientists Develop Breakthrough “DNA Origami” Nanobots That Can Precisely Target and Kill Cancer Cells

Tim McMillan·July 1, 2024
Scientists have developed DNA origami nanorobots that precisely target and destroy cancer cells in mice, sparing healthy cells.
Crop on Mars

Scientists Discover Stress-Tolerant Moss That Could One Day Be a Crop on Mars

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 1, 2024
Scientists have identified a plant that could be a crop on Mars thanks to its ability to withstand harsh environments.

The Intelligence Brief

Chinese spaceplane

New Defense Intelligence Report Reveals Growing Threats in Space—and China’s Secretive Spaceplane

Science & Discovery News

Wildfire

Los Angeles Wildfires Exposed 7 Million People to Toxic Lead Pollution 80 Times Above Normal Levels, Study Finds

Masaya

Something Strange Is Happening Beneath a Dangerous Volcano Near Two Million People

age reversal

A New Breakthrough in Cellular Reprogramming Reverses 60 Years of Molecular Aging

Archaeology & Ancient History

Japan Haniwa

Archaeologists Unearth 1,500-Year-Old Figurine Depicting Mysterious Female Shaman in Japan

60,000-year-old ochre ancient humans

“A Pivotal Period in Human Prehistory”: 60,000-Year-Old Ochre Analysis Reveals Clues About Stone Age Technology

mysterious skeleton roman sarcophagus

A Mysterious Skeleton Found in an Ancient Sarcophagus May Have Finally Been Identified

Physics, Time & the Cosmos

Neutron Star Merger

A Strange New Phenomenon Hidden in Einstein’s Equations Could Change How We Understand Gravity

ball lightning

Scientists Create Mysterious Ball Lightning-Like Phenomenon in Laboratory Breakthrough

Schrödinger

Lost for 80 Years, a Recovered Manuscript by Schrödinger Reveals a Surprising Quantum Physics Mystery

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