Articles for author: Sumi

Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of mathematics

Beyond Equations: How Scientists Pushed Math to Its Limits in 2025

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A Giant Leap Toward the Infinite (Image Credits: Images.newscientist.com) Mathematicians in 2025 ventured into uncharted territories, probing the limits of numbers and logic in ways that reshaped foundational concepts. A Giant Leap Toward the Infinite Researchers edged closer to identifying a colossal number that could upend the core principles of mathematics. This elusive figure, lurking ...

Most normal matter in the universe isn't found in planets, stars or galaxies – an astronomer explains where it's distributed

Hunting the Hidden Universe: Where Ordinary Matter Hides in Space

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The Enigma of Baryonic Matter (Image Credits: Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net) Astronomers have long puzzled over the whereabouts of the universe’s ordinary building blocks, revealing that much of this matter drifts far from the familiar glow of stars and galaxies. The Enigma of Baryonic Matter Scientists faced a longstanding riddle in cosmology: the Big Bang theory predicted a ...

From ‘extinct’ to growing, a rare snail returns to the wild in Australia

Snail Comeback: How Bold Conservation Rescued Australia’s Tiny Treasure

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A Discovery That Defied the Odds (Image Credits: Imgs.mongabay.com) Norfolk Island – Scientists have turned the tide for a minuscule mollusk long feared lost to extinction, marking a quiet victory in the fight to preserve Australia’s fragile biodiversity. A Discovery That Defied the Odds The Campbell’s keeled glass-snail, a delicate creature no larger than a ...

15 forces that could reshape conservation in the next 10 years

Saving the Wild Tomorrow: Key Trends Set to Transform Conservation by 2035

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Technological Advancements Driving Change (Image Credits: Imgs.mongabay.com) Wildlife conservation stands at a pivotal juncture, where emerging pressures and innovations promise to redefine efforts to protect biodiversity across the globe. Technological Advancements Driving Change Conservationists have long relied on traditional methods, but recent developments in technology are accelerating monitoring and protection strategies. Tools such as camera ...

UK set for cold start to 2026 with amber health alert issued

Winter Bites Back: Britain Prepares for a Frozen Start to 2026

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A Sudden Shift to Subzero Temperatures (Image Credits: Static.independent.co.uk) Northern England faces a sharp turn toward wintry conditions as the new year begins, prompting health officials to issue urgent alerts for vulnerable residents. A Sudden Shift to Subzero Temperatures The United Kingdom experienced a relatively mild close to 2025, but forecasters predicted a rapid change ...

Climate Change Perceptions

Earth’s Long Climate Story: Why the Past Still Matters Today

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Natural Fluctuations in Earth’s Climate Record (Image Credits: Flickr) Throughout Earth’s long history, periods of warming and cooling have shaped the planet’s climate long before human influence became a factor. Natural Fluctuations in Earth’s Climate Record The Earth’s climate has never remained static. Over 4.6 billion years, natural forces drove significant shifts in temperature and ...

What our brains are doing as we experience musical pleasure.

Why Music Gives You Goosebumps: The Brain Waves Behind Musical Bliss

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Decoding the Neural Dance of Music Enjoyment (Image Credits: Flickr) Researchers have pinpointed a specific brain wave pattern that transforms simple melodies into sources of profound joy, revealing the neural underpinnings of why music moves us so deeply. Decoding the Neural Dance of Music Enjoyment The human brain lights up in intricate ways when we ...

A Planet Made of Soot and Diamonds: Webb Spots One of the Strangest Worlds Ever

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered one of the most bizarre planetary atmospheres ever seen: a Jupiter-sized exoplanet with skies thick with soot clouds and conditions that could condense carbon into diamonds, challenging existing models of how planets form and evolve. The planet—officially designated PSR J2322-2650 b—orbits a pulsar (a rapidly ...

Ice Giants No More? Uranus and Neptune May Be Rocky at Heart

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A striking new study suggests that Uranus and Neptune—long classified as “ice giants”—may instead be better described as “rock giants” with cores dominated by rock rather than frozen materials. This challenges decades-old assumptions about these distant planets’ internal compositions and opens fresh questions about how giant planets form and evolve. The research, led by planetary ...

Evolution study finds history and environment shifts can steer species in very different directions

Evolution’s Unpredictable Paths: How Environmental Shifts Reshape Species Adaptation

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The Relentless Pressure of Environmental Variability (Image Credits: Pixabay) Burlington, Vermont – Recent research from the University of Vermont demonstrates that fluctuating environments and a species’ historical background can propel populations toward markedly different evolutionary outcomes. The Relentless Pressure of Environmental Variability Life on Earth constantly navigates a world in flux, where seasonal transitions from ...