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Astronomers May Have Found the First Direct Hint of Planet Nine - ZME Science

Illustration of hypothetical Planet Nine. Credit: ZME Science. For years, astronomers have wondered whether another huge planet is lurking unseen in the cold darkness beyond Neptune. It sounds sill…

Out-of-Body Experiment: Researchers Asked People to See Remotely Into Another Room. Things Got Weird - ZME Science

Credit: Pexels Look with your minds eye and you may start visualizing different environments and perspectives. But most probably, youll see what your brain expects you to see. That, at least, is t…

People Gained Lean Mass on Creatine Even Without Hitting the Gym. But There’s a Catch - ZME Science

Credit: Pexels Creatine, already one of the most studied and widely used supplements in the world, may have just gotten a little buff. A new study suggests some of its benefits for lean tissue and s…

Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary People After the Western Roman Empire Fell - ZME Science

Credit: ZME Science. The end of Rome supposedly came as suddenly as thunder, relative to history’s long arc. The legions withdraw from their frontiers, opening the door to the barbarian hordes de…

The First Denisovan Arm Bone Offers a New Clue to What These Ancient and Mysterious Humans Looked Like - ZME Science

The fossil is only about 4.5 centimeters long, a broken piece of the radius near the elbow. But for scientists trying to reconstruct the Denisovans, it fills an enormous anatomical blank. Until now,…

Scientists Discover Bacteria That Can Make Testosterone Near the Prostate, With Potential Implications for Cancer - zmescience.com

Illustration made with the help of AI. Credit: ZME Science. The prostate relies on testosterone to regulate normal growth, development and function. But in some situations, this natural relationshi…

Scientists Bent Graphene Almost as Sharply as Atoms Allow and Something Strange Happened - ZME Science

In 2008, two physicists proposed that something strange should happen when graphene is bent almost as sharply as atoms allow. The bend, they argued, could nudge electrons out of balance, producing el…

These 7 Stunning Space Images Show the Universe Through the Largest Digital Camera Ever Built - ZME Science

The LSST camera, with one of the color filters positioned in place. Credit: Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory On a remote Chilean mountaintop, inside a domed observatory named after…