A new study has found that double ridges, the most common surface feature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa, are similar to parallel ice ridges in Greenland, suggesting the Jovian moon's icy shell could b… [+2158 chars]
Scientists have discovered a new way male spiders avoid being eaten after sex: catapulting away. After mating, some species of female spiders kill and eat their partners. The catapulting spiders ar… [+1557 chars]
A venomous bloodworm species grows bizarre, deadly metal teeth, and now scientists know how: with a single, simple protein that transforms copper deposits located at the bottom of the seafloor into f… [+2812 chars]
A venomous bloodworm species grows bizarre, deadly metal teeth, and now scientists know how: with a single, simple protein that transforms copper deposits located at the bottom of the seafloor into f… [+2812 chars]
Bloodworms are not for the faint-hearted. These fleshy-looking marine tubes might look harmless from a distance, but don't be deceived. Bloodworms (aka 'bristle worms' of the genus Glycera) are carn… [+3302 chars]
Europe's Large Hadron Collider has started up its proton beams again at unprecedented energy levels after going through a three-year shutdown for maintenance and upgrades. It only took a couple of d… [+2978 chars]
NASA and SpaceX are making final preparations for the launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A. The Crew-4 astronauts were orig… [+2062 chars]
CERNs Large Hadron Collider came back online last week after a three-year break for maintenance and upgrades; yesterday, the collaboration announced that two proton beams had been accelerated to a re… [+2153 chars]
Toronto - One of the oldest fossils of a marine animal was recently uncovered right here in Canada. In a paper published in the Journal of Paleontology on March 24, paleontologists announced the d… [+2519 chars]
Scientists have discovered a new way male spiders avoid being eaten after sex: catapulting away. After mating, some species of female spiders kill and eat their partners. The catapulting spiders ar… [+1557 chars]
If you live in Ontario, keep your eyes peeled for “suspicious rocks.” On Sunday (April 17), skywatching cameras in the Canadian province recorded a massive fireball that likely produced tens to hund… [+2081 chars]
The two largest marsquakes to date have been recorded in the Red Planet's 'shadow zone' but they would only have rattled the dishes here on Earth. According to seismologists and astronomers, the tw… [+8094 chars]