A team of researchers with members affiliated with MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, UCLA and Harvard University has found that a woman without a left temporal lobe developed a language network in the… [+2682 chars]
Iron-rich chert from the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt, Québec, Canada. Likely the red coloration ... [+] was caused by microbial activity. Dominic Papineau New research published in Science Advan… [+2751 chars]
Phase transitions, such as the boiling of water or the melting of a metal, are commonplace but fascinating phenomena that spur surprises decades after decades. They often occur as the temperature of … [+2396 chars]
Phase transitions, such as the boiling of water or the melting of a metal, are commonplace but fascinating phenomena that spur surprises decades after decades. They often occur as the temperature of … [+2396 chars]
If there was ever any doubt the 2011 discovery by a post-doctoral student was indeed the hottest rock on Earth, new findings from a Western-led research team are putting that uncertainty to rest. El… [+5517 chars]
UK researchers have for the first time compared the accumulation of mutations across many animal species and humans to explore the role of the genetic changes in ageing and cancer. The team from the… [+2395 chars]
A new global analysis of the last 19 million years of seafloor spreading rates found they have been slowing down. Geologists want to know why the seafloor is getting sluggish. New oceanic crust form… [+4268 chars]
In brief: The James Webb Space Telescope recently passed a challenging milestone as it continues preparations for scientific missions later this year. The instruments have been passively cooling in t… [+1793 chars]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States have predicted that a large geomagnetic solar storm will h… [+4061 chars]
The image shared by NASA has garnered more than 449,000 likes. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday released a stunning image of a Mars crater, which has left netize… [+1662 chars]
Traveling by snail may not sound like the quickest way to get around, but it's faster than walking ... if you're a tardigrade. Eight-legged, endearingly tubby tardigrades — near-microscopic organ… [+5689 chars]
Astronomers have discovered a 'slimmer' type of red giant that they believe is having its mass sucked away by a neighbouring star. Experts had predicted the existence of such objects but this is th… [+4965 chars]
