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August 18, 2026
Scientists Have Found A Surprising Number Of “Extraterrestrial Amino Acids” Never Before Seen On Earth | IFLScience
We call them the building blocks of proteins, but only a small fraction actually does that. At least, on Earth!
Tal como no lítio, petróleo e gás, o país conta com urânio no seu subsolo, mas rejeita avaliar o seu potencial. E conta com um historial: 60 minas produziram ao longo de 90 anos. Preço do urânio disparou com uso do nuclear para alimentar a IA.
La pubertad precoz desencadena el desarrollo temprano de las características sexuales en los niños y afecta de manera desproporcionada a las niñas.
People Are Buying And Selling Mummies Online, Raising The Possibility They're Spreading The ‘Mummy’s Curse’ | IFLScience
It killed ten scientists in 1973, and now it could be in the mail.
How do telescopes see the past? Light takes time to cross space, so every telescope is also a time machine. Here is how lookback time works.
388 years ago Galileo worked out why human giants can’t exist—and explained a law of nature | Scientific American
Giants have featured in stories for millennia, but the reason why they don’t exist helps explain the natural world
La Nobel de Química repasa el desarrollo de la evolución dirigida, una de las innovaciones más influyentes de la biotecnología contemporánea. Desde el rechazo inicial de la comunidad científica hasta su consolidación en la industria farmacéutica y agroquímica, analiza también los retos de la transición verde y el uso responsable de la inteligencia artificial.
Maritime shipping costs have surged to record highs due to conflicts, climate factors — FT - Business & Economy - TASS
Last week freight rates for transporting oil from the Persian Gulf to Asia reached $15.22 per barrel
AI is bringing lost loved ones back to life - and experts are worried | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News
AI is bringing lost loved ones back to life - and experts are worried
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Intrigue, whining, and negotiations—all these and more can be found in one of the greatest troves of ancient diplomatic communications.
Verso un evento climatico storico in autunno. Secondo un report del Climate prediction center dell'Nws, El Niño si sta intensificando: "probabilità superiore al 90% di un evento molto forte durante l'autunno 2026-2027 nell'emisfero settentrionale"
La tuberculosis es la principal causa de muerte por un único patógeno infeccioso en el mundo, por delante incluso del VIH.
'This goes beyond showcasing technological soft power': China's new moon map signals bold space ambitions (video) | Space
New chronology, data about the moon's far side and a homegrown cartographic standard signal China's ambitions for how the solar system gets mapped.
On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul,” died in Detroit at the age of 76.
La nébuleuse planétaire NGC 2392 se trouve à environ 6 500 années-lumière du Système solaire dans la Voie lactée et elle est visible avec un petit télescope dans la constellation des Gémeaux. Bien ...
Piccola ma estremamente pericolosa: la zanzara è considerata l’animale più letale al mondo, perché le malattie che trasmette provocano oltre 700.000 morti ogni anno. Tra le principali minacce c’è la…
Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these personalized treatments faster, cheaper, and available to far more patients.
Os livros que passaram décadas encalhados e agora têm um misterioso comprador — a inteligência artificial - BBC News Brasil
Livreiros relatam pedidos suspeitos em grandes quantidades. Acredita-se que as obras estejam sendo usadas para treinar chats de IAs como o Claude.
Historically low water levels in the Danube are revealing over 80 years of history.
Three missing rulers reveal that Assyria’s official royal chronology may have concealed a more contested political history.
Una “tablilla enigmática” de la Edad del Bronce encontrada en el yacimiento de Lucone, la mayor concentración de estos objetos cuya función se desconoce
La campaña de excavaciones del verano de 2026 en el sitio arqueológico de Lucone, en la provincia de Brescia, ha deparado un hallazgo que los responsables del proyecto no dudan en calificar de excepcional. Durante la tercera semana de trabajos, al excavar el nivel estratigráfico identificado como US
Three common medicines have been declared carcinogenic. What does this mean for patients? | In Focus podcast - The Hindu
Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan explains the International Agency for Cancer Research's findings with regard to the widely-prescribed medications, how these findings should be interpreted, what alternatives are available and why patients must not stop their medication without a doctor's advice.
It Is Already Time To Get Ready For The Next Eclipse – August 2, 2027 Will See The Longest For The Rest Of The Century | IFLScience
The next total solar eclipse is less than one year away!
A new study warns that astronomers measuring the rotation of distant exoplanets may often be measuring atmospheric winds instead, since the clouds of Venus circle the planet roughly 60 times faster than Venus itself actually spins. Kane proposes using multi-wavelength observations to correct for this, work that will matter enormously once the European Space Agency's PLATO mission launches in 2027 and, researchers predict, discovers several hundred Venus like exoplanets.
Raytheon awarded $22.9 billion ‘landmark’ contract to boost Tomahawk output for US Navy | The Independent
Raytheon said that the deal will boost annual Tomahawk output to over 1,000 missiles, up from its present rate of 60 per year
How Animals That Use The Earth’s Magnetic Field To Navigate Survive When The Poles Flip | IFLScience
We don’t know the full answer, but scientists have some fun ideas on how to study the question if anyone will fund them.
What happens if the Falcon rockets stop flying?
SpaceX launched two of its Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart on Saturday evening (Aug. 15), setting a new spaceflight record.
The FCC’s strict made-in-America robotics mandate is starving U.S. startups of Chinese components before domestic suppliers exist.
A 58-kilometre-long spacecraft called Chrysalis won an international design competition in 2025 by laying out in extraordinary detail how 2,400 people could live, reproduce and govern themselves on a 400-year voyage — long enough for generations to be born, grow old and die without ever seeing Earth or the world their descendants were travelling toward.
The competition-winning Chrysalis concept treats a generation ship as a closed society, combining fusion propulsion, rotating habitats, reproduction policy and government.
Nessuna restrizione col passaggio da Rosso ad Arancione. L'Ingv registra un'intensa attività stromboliana sui crateri sommitali, con colate e cenere in quota
Chiamato la "stella-buco nero" dagli autori dello studio pubblicato sulla rivista Nature, spiegherebbe il mistero dei punti rossi visti dal telescopio spaziale
Possible Göbekli Tepe homes are emerging from a new excavation area, where rectangular buildings may reveal how people lived beside the famous monuments.
The Milky Way is not at the center of the universe today, but cosmic expansion could leave future astronomers with a much smaller view of space.
A meteorite that fell near the Australian town of Murchison in 1969 turned out to contain silicon carbide grains roughly 7 billion years old, meaning fragments inside that rock formed around dying stars more than 2 billion years before the Sun ignited
Silicon carbide grains inside the Murchison meteorite, which fell on a Victorian dairy town in 1969, have been dated to roughly 7 billion years old — condensed around stars that died more than 2 billion years before the Sun ignited.
🔭 Le très attendu télescope spatial Roman prêt pour son lancement fin août - Actualités - Techno-Science
Le télescope spatial Nancy Grace Roman a franchi une nouvelle étape avant son lancement. Les équipes de la NASA ont achevé le remplissage de ses réservoirs le 25 juillet 2026, au centre spatial Kennedy, en Floride. L’observatoire doit désormais être…
The James Webb Space Telescope spots a close pair of ancient black holes, offering new clues about rapid growth, galaxy mergers, and the early universe.
EDP quis mudar corredor da linha elétrica para minimizar impacto no abutre preto, mas proposta veio tarde e sem a necessária fundamentação. Centrais solares flutuantes estão num impasse.
El hombre que fotografió los átomos: Jerome Karle | Noticias de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (Amazings® / NCYT®)
¿Cómo podemos diseñar medicamentos contra enfermedades complejas si no conocemos la forma exacta de las moléculas que las causan? Durante décadas, la ciencia estuvo atrapada en un callejón sin salida: sabíamos que podíamos usar rayos X para
Através de um novo contrato com a Força Aérea Portuguesa, os drones AR5 da Tekever vão apoiar missões de longo alcance, incluindo a vigilância da Zona Económica Exclusiva (ZEE) de Portugal, podendo ser também utilizados em áreas como segurança costeira e proteção ambiental.
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured Earth disappearing behind Mars’ moon Phobos, a rare occultation seen from the surface of another planet.
Bangladesh’s worsening gas shortages, forex crunch and dependence on imported fuel are pushing Dhaka closer to India, opening a strategic opportunity for Indian refiners, power companies and energy infrastructure players.
Patinho Feio, Cobra e clone do Mac: a pré-história da tecnologia 100% brasileira de computadores - BBC News Brasil
No Dia da Informática, relembre como a indústria viveu seu auge em décadas passadas, após anos de pesquisas em universidades e nas Forças Armadas.
SpaceX is pumping out rocket launches like nobody's business.
Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth, although a rival Chinese mission aims to make it back first.
A new molecule uses electricity to recover metals from e-waste while cutting chemical consumption by up to 100-fold.
Men who have had the procedure can expect 10-20% more girth for the next six to nine months - but it can go wrong.
A infraestrutura, que exige a construção de novos oleodutos, demorará quatro anos a ficar pronta e tem um custo estimado de 15 mil milhões de dólares.
On April 24, 1880, the sky over Stockholm was lit up with fireworks and a salute echoed across the city. Gas flames illuminated the Royal Palace and the city's facades were also illuminated. Fires crackled
Nearly 50 years after launch, NASA has found a clever way to stretch Voyager 2’s fading power supply and buy its science mission at least another year.
Las vibraciones sísmicas con una fuente controlada permitirían detectar la presencia de agua en la superficie lunar
La Tierra es como 'un cabello podrido' y alberga en su interior una sustancia que parece de otro mundo
Se trataría de una forma exótica de gas que actúa como líquido y conduce electricidad, redefiniendo el conocimiento sobre el núcleo del planeta.
São vários os fatores que determinam a existência de mais animais, como a maior quantidade de alimento no lixo ou a falta de predadores. Animais podem transportar doenças contagiosas.
Brussels has signalled it is monitoring unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and has hinted at improving capabilities, according to documents seen by Euronews.
Puberdade precoce: os casos que intrigam médicos de todo o mundo (incluindo no Brasil) - BBC News Brasil
A puberdade precoce consiste no desenvolvimento das funções sexuais em crianças com pouca idade. A condição afeta majoritariamente as meninas e requer tratamento para evitar problemas de saúde na idade adulta.
'I didn't think of stopping at any time': A US physicist's inside account of Nagasaki's atomic bombing in WW2
Thirty years after the bombing of Nagasaki, a US physicist who helped to assemble the bomb revealed to the BBC why the blast couldn't be stopped.
La prima azienda cinese ad approdare in borsa ha raccolto dai piccoli risparmiatori ordini di 8.288 volte le azioni disponibili. Altre aziende in fila: la corsa agli umanoidi è iniziata, verso l'integrazione di reti neurali avanzate in sistemi fisici
Une équipe sud-coréenne a présenté une pile électrique d'un nouveau genre. Présentée sous la forme d'une cellule bêtavoltaïque au carbure de silicium, elle est conçue pour fournir de l’électricité en totale autonomie pendant plus de 50 ans. Ce dispositif miniature…
Heart Aerospace successfully flew its 25,000-lb (11,340-kg) X1 demonstrator – the world's largest all-electric aircraft – in a 27-minute test flight over Plattsburgh, New York.
Des trous noirs géants cachés dans des étoiles : James-Webb a-t-il enfin percé le mystère des petits points rouges ?
Les énigmatiques quasars des années 1960 n'étaient pas des étoiles supermassives, mais bien des trous noirs supermassifs. Les énigmatiques Little Red Dots des années 2020 seraient, eux, encore...
The fact that cars in factories get painted by robots is not a surprise to anyone. The car
Booksellers are reporting mysterious bulk orders. It's thought the books are being used to train AI - and ending up pulped.
For The First Time Ever, A Nurse Shark Has Filmed A Great White Shark Swimming Around A Reef | IFLScience
We hear they're screening the film in the sea-nema.
Una inscripción en escritura Lineal A encontrada en la isla de Creta revela un ritual minoico y el nombre de un dios anterior a Dioniso
Un pequeño objeto de piedra oscura, tallado con una precisión asombrosa hace casi 3.500 años, ha proporcionado a los investigadores una de las ventanas más claras hasta ahora sobre la religión de la antigua Creta. Se trata de la inscripción conocida como IO Za 2, grabada en una minúscula mesa de lib
Los Hijos de Milé, la ciencia detrás de la leyenda irlandesa que sitúa el origen de los celtas en el norte de España
En el año 2006, el genetista Bryan Sykes, catedrático de Genética Humana de la Universidad de Oxford, publicó los resultados de un estudio que le había llevado una década completar. Su equipo había recogido y analizado el ADN mitocondrial y el cromosoma Y de 10.000 voluntarios de Inglaterra, Escocia
Airbus Finds Rare Triple Hydraulic Failure On Air India Phuket-Delhi Flight, Pilots Lost Control For 4 Seconds | Republic World
The ailerons moved together, leading to unintended lift and requiring manual control to stabilize. Airbus has yet to determine the root cause of the hydraulic failure.
Long before Ukraine, Britain backed anti-Russian forces in the Caucasus with weapons, agents and propaganda. This is how the campaign ended.