NASA has announced that it has broken two records on the surface of Mars with its newest Mars rover called Perseverance. According to NASA JPL, the Perseverance rover has recently broken two records… [+1028 chars]
The analysis of astrophysical plasmas is vital in the quest to learn about some of the Universe’s most powerful and mysterious objects and events such as stellar coronae and winds, cataclysmic variab… [+2690 chars]
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) 2022 marks the 100th birthday of Nobel Prize winning chemist Har Go… [+6523 chars]
Like diseases affecting humans, parasites can wage a deadly evolutionary “arms race” against their hosts. But can hosts and parasites upgrade their weapons at the same rate?This can be a very unequal… [+2341 chars]
The issue around renaming the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has not been settled yet as new revelations claim NASA was completely aware of the alleged homophobia exhibited by the telescope's name… [+2101 chars]
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What happens when a cat climbs onto a sunflower? The sunflower is unstable, will quickly bend, and the cat will fall to the ground. However, if the cat only needs a quick boost to catch a bird from t… [+6255 chars]
Life on Earth runs in 24-hour cycles. From tiny bacteria to human beings, organisms adapt to alterations of day and night. External factors, such as changes in light and temperature, are needed to en… [+3958 chars]
Over the years, there have been a number of proposed explanations for why the forelimbs of the T. rex were so short. These include social signaling, holding down prey, stabbing enemies, helping the d… [+2372 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Gilead's remdesivir fails to show benefit in European trial; no fetus risk seen with first trimester vaccination The following is a summary of… [+1512 chars]
How many planets exist in the Milky Way galaxy? This is the all-compelling question for the team of astronomers deciphering old data collected by the Kepler Space Telescope, a spacefaring telescope t… [+1103 chars]
The term near-Earth object or NEO refers to any celestial body of a significant size. The starting point is to find out those objects whose orbit brings them close to Earth. These include asteroids, … [+3660 chars]
