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City lights feed the plants
City lights feed the plants

Plants living in cities have a longer growing season, up to three weeks longer than those living in the countryside: the responsibility falls on public lighting and, to a lesser extent, on heating.

Biblical engravings deciphered in remote Canadian forest, Viking connection found
Biblical engravings deciphered in remote Canadian forest, Viking connection found

Archaeologists have discovered that mysterious symbols engraved 200 years ago into a rock discovered in 2018 in the municipality of Wawa, in the Canadian province of Ontario, are the Lord's Prayer written in Swedish, according to CBC.

Humpback whales communicate with humans
Humpback whales communicate with humans

Humpback whales may be producing large bubble rings to communicate in a friendly manner with humans, according to a study of a dozen documented incidents in different parts of the world and analyzed by researchers from the SETI Institute and the University of California, Davis.

Heat waves are longer and hit the tropics harder
Heat waves are longer and hit the tropics harder

Four billion people experienced at least 30 additional days of extreme temperatures last year as a result of climate change, with nations in the tropics being the most severely affected, according to a new study.

Space probe reveals the Sun's mysterious south pole for the first time
Space probe reveals the Sun's mysterious south pole for the first time

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft obtained the first images of the Sun's south pole, as well as various observations that will allow scientists to gain new insights into the behavior of our star, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Wednesday.

Artificial intelligence doesn't understand what a flower is
Artificial intelligence doesn't understand what a flower is

USA, June 11 – Artificial intelligence-based systems like ChatGpt can't truly understand what a flower is or what it represents to a human being. The problem is that everything chatbots know comes from words and, in some cases, images, and this information can't compensate for the lack of direct experience—the ability to smell, touch, or walk through a field full of flowers.

Coffee and healthy aging: study reveals benefits for women
Coffee and healthy aging: study reveals benefits for women

A recent study presented by Dr. Sara Mahdavi, assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto (Canada), suggests that women between the ages of 50 and 60 who consume one to three cups of coffee a day may be more likely to remain healthy in old age.

Unprecedented tattoos discovered on 800-year-old Andean mummy
Unprecedented tattoos discovered on 800-year-old Andean mummy

Tattooing, the practice of inscribing drawings or symbols on human skin, was also common in ancient times. But new implications have now emerged after the discovery of inks uncommon at the time and previously unseen figures on the body of an 800-year-old Andean mummy.

One of the longest geomagnetic storms underway
One of the longest geomagnetic storms underway

USA, June 4th. - One of the longest geomagnetic storms of the current solar cycle is still ongoing.

The existence of time mirrors previously thought impossible has been confirmed
The existence of time mirrors previously thought impossible has been confirmed

A team of physicists at New York City University experimentally demonstrated the existence of time mirrors, a phenomenon in which electromagnetic waves can reverse their flow in time.

Darkness is advancing in 20% of the oceans
Darkness is advancing in 20% of the oceans

United Kingdom, May 31 – Darkness is advancing across one-fifth of the world's oceans: over the past 20 years, the depth of the areas penetrated by sunlight and moonlight, essential for 90% of marine life, has shrunk by a total area of ??more than 75 million square kilometers.

New theory challenges the law of gravity
New theory challenges the law of gravity

USA, May 25 – Two researchers from Aalto University in Finland, Mikko Partanen and Jukka Tulkki, have unveiled a revolutionary proposal: a reinterpretation of gravity that doesn't require hidden dimensions or undiscovered particles, unlike the popular string theory.