Since Pompeii was destroyed in 79 AD, volcanic disasters have been investigated, giving the public the impression that scientists now know why, where, when, and how long volcanoes will erupt. These fundamental issues, according to volcanologist and head of PS…

Once an hour the octopuses entered an active sleep phase, during which their brain activity closely resembled their waking brain activity

A new asteroid deflection method would use the space rock's own regolith to alter its trajectory.

Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squeezing everything in the ...

Liz Sockett recounts lessons learned by getting to know Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, a single-celled predator that invades and kills Gram-negative bacteria from within.

The Milky Way's black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, briefly flared at least a million times brighter 200 years ago.

The Milky Way's black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, briefly flared at least a million times brighter 200 years ago.

Ticks can be attracted across air gaps several times larger than themselves by the static electricity that their hosts naturally accumulate, researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered.

Data collected with the Very Large Telescope shows a vast region of gas and dust resembling a celestial cat with a cluster of young stars right under its nose.

Insights into healing and aging were discovered by National Institutes of Health researchers and their collaborators, who studied how a tiny sea creature regenerates an entire new body from only its mouth. The researchers sequenced RNA from Hydractinia symbio…

The path of a gravitational wave passing near a galaxy can be bent, producing multiple signals that could help next-generation detectors measure the expansion of the Universe.

New Delhi: India, this year, experienced the third-highest instances of heatwave and severe heatwave conditions in the last 23 years, after 2019 and 2022, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.The Met agency said heatwave and severe heatwave cond…

Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) mission is designed to test the ability of the researchers to operate in highly challenging conditions, such as they would face on Mars.

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"Simultaneous contrast illusions" rely on altering the backgrounds of images to change how we perceive the colors and brightness of objects within them. Now, a computer model may have revealed exactly how they fool us.

A relative of jellyfish and corals regrows its entire body with help from “aging” cells.

Fossil skeletons have long fascinated researchers as a window to prehistory. But so far, little is known about details of sexual development in extinct creatures. An international team of researchers from China, Germany and Japan, with significant participati…

Scientists discovered Fanzor proteins, which work like CRISPR but are smaller and more easily delivered into cells, and used them to edit human DNA.

Constant monitoring of vital health signs is needed in a variety of clinical environments such as intensive care units, for patients with critical health conditions, health monitoring in aged care facilities and prisons, or in safety monitoring situations whe…

Ahead of the first asteroid sample collected by the U.S. arriving on Earth in September, media are invited on Monday, July 24, to see NASA’s newly-built OSIRIS-REx Sample Curation Laboratory where the agency will study the sample at its Johnson Space Center i…

Jennifer Wiseman talked with Melissa Hall about what we can expect in her home state of Arkansas.

Scientists have discovered the key to felines ability to detect food friends and foes This research was published in PLoS Computational Biology According to the first detailed analysis of the domestic cat s nasal airway the credit goes to a complex collection…

Some molecules exist in two forms, such that their structures and their mirror images are not superimposable, like our left and right hands. As a result of their asymmetry, these molecules exhibit a trait known as chirality.

The intrepid rotorcraft may head skyward again within the week.