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Governments must start preparing for Black Swan events, says researcher Florian Ulrich Jehn.
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Governments must start preparing for Black Swan events, says researcher Florian Ulrich Jehn.
Following nearly 10,000 older women for 10 years, researchers found that tea drinking was associated with slightly higher hip bone density. Moderate coffee consumption did not appear harmful, but drinking more than five cups a day was linked to lower bone density. The findings suggest tea may offer a small bone-health boost, while excessive coffee could carry some drawbacks.
A search for one mysterious particle unexpectedly revealed evidence for two different structures that may belong to the bizarre family of exotic subatomic particles known as XYZ states. The findings could help physicists uncover new ways that quarks and gluons combine to create matter.
NASA-funded studies suggest Earth’s climate has been influenced by both the Sun’s travels through dense regions of the Milky Way and the violent superflares of its youth. Those events may help explain ancient ice ages as well as how early Earth stayed warm enough for liquid water when the Sun was much dimmer.
Obesity appears to leave a molecular imprint on key immune cells that may persist for 5 to 10 years after weight loss. This long-lasting “obesity memory” could help explain why some obesity-related health risks remain elevated even after body weight returns to normal.
In Denmark, a homeowner digging in their backyard unexpectedly found the country's largest silver hoard from the Viking Age.
The proposed changes, which would have given control of science funding to appointed bureaucrats, were criticized widely by the scientific community
A new study hinted that at least 25% of former NFL players who died in recent years had CTE. Do you think the league is doing enough to prevent this in its current athletes?
Simulations suggest rocky planet building blocks could have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang.
A 1,800-year-old shield filled with the cremated remains of a Vandal warrior was discovered at a junkyard in Poland.
Shadowy dark matter has eluded scientists for decades. The LZ experiment may have spotted one particle, called a WIMP, but more data is needed to check.
The world’s biggest dark matter search saw a particle it cannot explain