A mysterious, repeating radio signal in the Milky Way that baffled astronomers could be an object so rare, only one other has ever been tentatively identified. According to a paper by astrophysicist… [+4549 chars]
A potential cornucopia of neuroactive compounds, which might yield clues to the design of future psychiatric and neurological drugs, has become more accessible to synthetic chemists, thanks to new wo… [+3243 chars]
Russia will start work on its own Mars mission given that the European Space Agency (ESA) has suspended a joint project in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, Interfax news agency quoted a top official… [+1066 chars]
Researchers led by the University of Bristol show that the earliest jaws in the fossil record were caught in a trade-off between maximizing their strength and their speed. Almost all vertebrates are… [+3630 chars]
The thought of reviving the foregone dodo is no longer one for the birds. The recent discovery of a fantastic specimen of dodo DNA was the last clue needed to complete the extinct birds genome, anno… [+2980 chars]
Russia's Soyuz space ship carrying three cosmonauts have docked with International Space Station amid heightened geopolitical tensions between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine. In this frame grab … [+3292 chars]
How do you bring together two molecules that positively repel each other? A Northwestern University-led research team has developed a simple and versatile solution: Introduce an electron with a jolt … [+4346 chars]
In physics, simplicity is beauty. Chinese astronomers, using devices including the world's most sensitive radio telescope, identified a single parameter to describe the mysterious repeating fast radi… [+2159 chars]
A sturdy and stocky armored dinosaur with distinctive plating was discovered in southwestern China and scientists believe this new species to be the earliest well-preserved armored dinosaur found in … [+1796 chars]
A new search for the elusive Planet Nine has once again yielded nary a sniff of a sneaky outer Solar System body. Although the hypothetical object continues to evade detection, a six-year search in … [+4061 chars]
According to a new study, wildfire smoke depletes the ozone layer. Researchers warn that as the frequency of major fires increases as a result of climate change, more harmful ultraviolet radiation fr… [+2096 chars]
The more sensitive the instrument, the harder it is to keep clean. Essentially, this was the case for the James Webb Space Telescope while it awaited launch late last year, after it arrived at Aria… [+4649 chars]