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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just solved a 20-year-old mystery about how ancient stars could host massive planets.In the early 2000s, the Hubble Space Telescope observed the oldest…
Don’t brush off this warning. As a flurry of holiday gifts arrive on people’s doorsteps this season, unsuspecting shoppers could also receive packages addressed to them that they never ordered.…
Psychology is a relatively young science. The first person to call himself a psychologist, Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt, began his work in the 1860s in Germany and established the first-ever psychology…
The road to hell is paved with good intentions — and so is the path to a potential surveillance state. After losing its high-profile case in the US Court of…
The Celestron PentaView LCD digital microscope has been a joy to review, and we loved being able to use it as a whole class. Pupils have learned so much, thanks…
Future robots might be able to detect how you’re feeling just by touching your skin.In a new study, scientists used skin conductance — a measure of how well skin conducts…
Name: Leaf sheep, or leaf slug (Costasiella kuroshimae)Where it lives: Shallow waters across Asia and the Coral TriangleWhat it eats: AlgaeWhy it’s awesome: These tiny marine creatures are probably better…
Iguanas falling from trees during cold weather has become so common in Florida, it’s even been included in weather forecasts. But why do these reptiles react this way to the…
Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India in just 13 years, when he was king of Macedonia. His conquest started in Persia, where he…
Killer squirrels, backyard fossil finds and a 124th birthday party for a giant crocodile are just some of the headlines we’ve seen in this week’s science news. But unfortunately it…