Researchers at UC Davis are developing transgenic lettuce that could one day provide medicine as well as morale-boosting food on the International Space Station and beyond Researchers at University… [+8660 chars]
A pair of researchers from Universit´e Paris-Saclay, CNRS and Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR, respectively, has used math to help describe the process involved when short strands of fiber are twisted into lo… [+2795 chars]
Parrots are famous for their remarkable cognitive abilities and exceptionally long lifespans. Now, a study led by Max Planck researchers has shown that one of these traits has likely been caused by t… [+5591 chars]
The Sun has been the source of life on Earth. It is also a never-ending source of human curiosity and keeps throwing up surprises as it just did. An unexpected phenomenon has been discovered on the S… [+1944 chars]
Around 20,000 years ago, the world was so frigid that massive glaciers sucked up enough water to lower sea levels by 400 feet. As the sea pulled back, newly exposed land froze to form permafrost, a m… [+7744 chars]
Nagin Cox wants to make sure someone has wished you a happy landiversary. Where she works, its an event akin to New Years or the Fourth of July, though it has more to do with rockets than fireworks.… [+7575 chars]
Researchers from Monash University are one step closer to saving the critically endangered helmeted honeyeater, an iconic bird that serves as the emblem of the Australian state of Victoria. The sci… [+2143 chars]
With its runaway climate-change and roiling, toxic atmosphere, Venus would be a pretty unpleasant place for humans to inhabit in its current state. Its atmosphere is dense with poisonous carbon dioxi… [+7785 chars]
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside th… [+7083 chars]
A small to average-sized asteroid will zoom past Earth on April Fool's Day at about 8 miles a second, Live Science has reported. The news of an asteroid coming closer to Earth raises concerns abou… [+2041 chars]
Intuitive Machines is giving his work a ride An artistic rendering of the Intuitive Machines lander on the Moon Later this year, American artist Jeff Koons will be displaying some of his latest scu… [+3819 chars]
A massive Geomagnetic storm has hit the Earth in the early hours of March 29, according to NASA. This geomagnetic storm was classified as a G-1 class storm on the K-index. After the storm struck the … [+2430 chars]