Enlarge/ Artist's representation of the merger of two neutron stars to form a black hole (hidden within bright bulge at center of image). The merger generates opposing, high-energy jets of material (… [+6372 chars]
image: Researchers at TUS have discovered the gene group which regulates this plants immune responses to external threatsview more Credit: Riken BioResource Research center Plants can be largely d… [+6456 chars]
Long-necked dinosaurs including diplodocus had a gait that was unlike any living animal but most similar to a hippopotamus, a new study shows. Researchers have studied sauropod footprints to learn… [+6572 chars]
Marcel Dicke already knew that insects are an excellent source of protein for humans, but he didn’t expect to learn that they have such a positive impact on plants. In an Opinion paper published on M… [+3077 chars]
SpaceX is aiming to launch more rockets in 2022 than it has in any year past, and with todays successful Starlink launch, its well on its way to reaching that goal. The Starlink 4-9 mission lifted o… [+1897 chars]
Space can seem like a beautiful painting with stars twinkling and celestial bodies floating around against an immense black background. But a closer look will tell you how terrifying it can truly be.… [+2287 chars]
If, like most people in the world, you can't afford to travel into space, why not send you name up there instead? NASA is offering people the chance to "fly your name around the Moon" as part of its … [+1258 chars]
Science is all about refinement. Take Pluto, for example: First a planet, then a dwarf planet, then avenged with a new ninth planet... then potentially one of, like, 150 planets in our solar system? … [+2157 chars]
Biologists from ETH Zurich have discovered speargun-like molecular injection systems in two types of bacteria and have described their structure for the first time. The special nanomachines are used … [+5353 chars]
Ron Garan, a former NASA astronaut that flew on missions in 2008 and 2011, has grand plans for humanitys future. He tells Inverse that humans should seek to colonize distant planets. But before t… [+2891 chars]
Newswise — One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes to the wrong section of a host’s genome, creating the pos… [+4731 chars]
Newswise — One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes to the wrong section of a host’s genome, creating the pos… [+4731 chars]
