The brain is arguably the single most important organ in the human body. It controls how we move, react, think and feel, and enables us to have complex emotions and memories. The brain is composed of… [+3550 chars]
NASA keeps sharing reports and photos of awesome new discoveries and pictures from space that look simply amazing, which leave us virtually bewitched! The truth is that all these dazzling NASA photos… [+2577 chars]
The first study to compare the accumulation of mutations across many animal species has shed new light on decades-old questions about the role of these genetic changes in ageing and cancer. Researche… [+6334 chars]
Above Santa Barbara County, the Surface Biology and Geology High-Frequency Time Series, or SHIFT, campaign collects data to understand land and aquatic ecosystems. With a plane crisscrossing the sky… [+4508 chars]
As it turns out, littering in space can result in much more than a fine and a slap on the wrist. NASA reported in May 2021 that there were 23,000 objects "bigger than a softball" currently floating a… [+1092 chars]
These announcements come on the heels of the cancellation of the ExoMars mission, which was set to launch this year as well. The Luna-25 mission was scheduled to photograph the lunar topography with… [+3195 chars]
NASA, after three failed attempts to complete a wet dress rehearsal of its Space Launch System, has decided to return its gigantic rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The move will likely mean f… [+3782 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 forms … [+3714 chars]
The path to faster and more powerful quantum computers could be paved with a gemstone called cuprite. Its unique properties have long made it useful for quantum research, but a new experiment could p… [+2985 chars]
The South Pole-Aitken Basin on the Moon formed from a gigantic impact about 4.3 billion years ago. But that impact may have changed everything about the Moon, and explain why the lunar farside looks … [+4719 chars]
Newswise — While most people think first of atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuels when considering climate change, the planet’s soil actually stores more carbon and could become a major sour… [+4184 chars]
The dust buildup on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's InSight Mars lander is severe enough to see from orbit. You can see the red Martian regolith covering the lander, which touched down in Novem… [+2706 chars]
