Achieving the perfect al dente texture for a pasta noodle can be tough. Noodles can take different times to fully cook, and different recipes call for different amounts of salt to be added. To boot, … [+2658 chars]
In chemistry, there are structures that are particularly stable, such as the so-called "benzene ring" consisting of six interconnected carbon atoms. Such rings form the structural basis for graphite … [+3578 chars]
Achieving the perfect al dente texture for a pasta noodle can be tough. Noodles can take different times to fully cook, and different recipes call for different amounts of salt to be added. To boot, … [+2658 chars]
Genetic changes known as somatic mutations – occur in all cells throughout the lifespan of an organism. While most of these mutations are harmless, some of them can impair normal cell functioning or … [+2551 chars]
Colliding spherical pressure waves from a phase transition at around 10 picoseconds after the Big Bang would generate gravitational waves observable by LISA. Credit: David Weir Phase transitions, su… [+2663 chars]
Quantity of mutations acquired similar over lifetime of 16 species, despite vast differences in lifespan and body mass. The first study to compare the accumulation of mutations across many animal sp… [+6152 chars]
A geomagnetic storm is expected to hit the Earth on Thursday. American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said that a geomagnetic storm, triggered by a high-intens… [+2264 chars]
A key instrument on Nasas James Webb Space Telescope that detects infrared light has fallen to its final operating temperature, just a few degrees above absolute zero. The Mid-Infrared Instrument (… [+2927 chars]
NASA's Insight lander captured this image of sunrise on Mars on April 10, 2022. (Image credit: NASA) If you think sunrises on Earth are amazing, wait until you see one on Mars. This stunning view … [+1966 chars]
The following is an excerpt fromHow to Save the World for Just A Trillion Dollars: The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix, by Rowan Hooper. Disclaimer: When you purchase products through the B… [+9892 chars]
On Mars, the Curiosity rover narrowly avoided colliding with some razor-sharp rocks. The robotic explorer, which landed on Mars over ten years ago, has spent the last month climbing Mount Sharps Gre… [+4461 chars]
WASHINGTON—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… [+5372 chars]
