Comet Leonard, shown here on Dec. 4, 2021, was the brightest comet to whiz past Earth that year. (Image credit: Franco Tognarini/Getty Images) The brightest comet to whiz past Earth in 2021 has like… [+3219 chars]
Imagining RNA and proteins as little input-output machines that carry out algorithmic genetic instructions explains the tendency toward symmetry in a way that Darwinian survival of the fittest hasnt … [+1620 chars]
Wait, wasn't this the plot to that one Kurt Vonnegut novel? Ice Man Cometh Science can do almost anything these days including apparently creating a new type of ice. Which, for the record, is appro… [+2214 chars]
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have selected two astronauts to launch on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astron… [+3427 chars]
The largest ever carnivorous dinosaur bigger than the Tyrannosaurus rex hunted its prey underwater, according to researchers. Driving the news: A team of researchers recently published a study that … [+1141 chars]
In biology, symmetry is typically the rule rather than the exception. Our bodies have left and right halves, starfish radiate from a central point and even trees, though not largely symmetrical, stil… [+4753 chars]
The recent eruption of Tonga's Hunga TongaHunga Haapai volcano, at 04:14:45 UT on Jan. 15, was recently confirmed to have launched far-reaching, massive global disturbances in the Earths atmosphere. … [+3795 chars]
We're still in the early days of searching for life elsewhere. The Perseverance rover is on its way to a paleo-delta on Mars to look for fossilized signs of ancient bacterial life. SETI's been watchi… [+11399 chars]
In biology, symmetry is typically the rule rather than the exception. Our bodies have left and right halves, starfish radiate from a central point and even trees, though not largely symmetrical, stil… [+4753 chars]
NASA's SLS megarocket and Orion spacecraft are backlit by the rising sun at the launchpad in Florida. NASA There's a very, very big moon rocket sunning itself on a launchpad in Florida, and it look… [+2105 chars]
Spinosaurus, the largest known carnivorous dinosaur, had one of the densest bones which allowed it to hunt under water, researchers have claimed, finally putting rest to the debate on how it hunted. … [+1820 chars]
[Courtesy of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute ] SEOUL -- Three state-run research bodies have joined hands to push for South Korea's first asteroid exploration mission in April 2029 w… [+2527 chars]
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