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Life comes in all shapes in sizes, but some sizes are more popular than others, new research from the University of British Columbia (UBC) has found.

In the first study of its kind published today (March 29) in PLOS ONE, Dr. Eden Tekwa, who conducted the study as a postdoctoral fellow at UBC’s department of zoology, surveyed the body sizes of all Earth’s living organisms, and uncovered an unexpected pattern. Contrary to what current theories can explain, our planet’s biomass—the material that makes up all living organisms—is concentrated in organisms at either end of the size spectrum.

“The smallest and largest organisms significantly outweigh all other organisms,” said Dr. Tekwa, lead author of “The size of life,” and now a research associate with McGill University’s department of biology. “This seems like a new and emerging pattern that needs to be explained, and we don’t have theories for how to explain it right now. Current theories predict that biomass would be spread evenly across all body sizes.”

Year 2021 o.o!

A study suggests that tiny black holes from the early Universe could contain ‘baby universes’, and could explain dark matter.

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New experiments can re-create the young cosmos, when it was a mash of fundamental particles, more precisely than ever before.

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Year 2022 😗

Atoms are fed into the system just like a pitching machine.

Year 2022 😗

Continuous, indefinitely lasting Bose–Einstein condensation, sustained by amplification through Bose-stimulated gain of atoms from a thermal bath, creates a continuous-wave condensate of strontium atoms.

In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.

A researcher slammed the Elon Musk-signed open letter about pausing AI development and instead suggested an “indefinite and worldwide” ban.

Thanks to Edwin Hubble, we now can better comprehend the true scale of the universe.

“Have you heard about Ozempic?” A drug to control blood sugar levels in diabetics is now being touted as a weight-loss panacea.

Ozempic was developed to control blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 Diabetes. A side affect has been significant weight loss.