Environmental drivers such as sea level affect genetic evolution and point to where conservation efforts may be focused. What drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, resear…

The agency wants to send huge payloads towards the moon starting with Artemis 5. Getting there requires more power from recycled RS-25 space shuttle engines.

The public is invited to take part in virtual activities and events ahead of the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 2:07 a.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space …

Joe Mimran’s latest collaboration addresses the occupational hazards of being glued to a chair

The discovery of an 80-million-year-old fossil plant pushes back the origin of a diverse plant group, including modern coffee and potatoes, far back into the geological past.

The James Webb Space Telescope detected what is believed to be a new supernova some 3 to 4 billion light-years away.

Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have the potential to significantly improve how medical imaging professionals are trained and perform, but advancements in ...

A wide-scale examination of early Neolithic human skeletons reveals the violent history of a supposedly peaceful period.

Stars dim as the sky gets brighter, a result of expanding cities and bright LEDs. Simple low-tech changes can help preserve dark night skies.

To find the first direct evidence of heightened UV radiation during the end-Permian mass extinction, researchers turned to chemical evidence preserved in pollen grains.

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Scientists have discovered a new layer of partly molten rock under the Earth's crust that might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic plates move. Researchers had previously identified patches of melt at a similar depth. But a new stu>

It is human nature to seek higher resolution to zoom in on a photo that interests us. However, this magnification is far from infinite, and our curiosity may be demotivated by a blurred pixel point that cannot be resolved more clearly. Unfortunately,

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most commonly encountered bacterial infections. Due to the misuse or excessive use of antibiotics, the upsurge of multidrug-resistance cases in UTIs has now become a global threat to public health. Explo…

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The state of hibernation is much more than just sleep.

Right in the middle of this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope lies the newly discovered dwarf galaxy known as Donatiello II.

While experts believe the phenomenon has something to do with the sun’s magnetic field, it is unclear what exactly caused it and its repercussions.

The Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns have added to the unpaid household labour for women. However, to what extent is this event unique in doing so? In this article, we try to place the impact of the pandemic in the broader dynamics of household …

Juice spacecraft’s ambitious 12-year voyage will observe Jupiter and three of its moons

Scientists have discovered a huge chunk of the sun has broken off and was circulating in a polar vortex. WATCH the video here.

Mysterious green lasers lighting up the night sky were originally thought to be the work of a NASA satellite; however, additional analysis shows the...

Latest results show that classical computers retain an edge when simulating quantum chemistry problems – at least for now