Planet Earth may have harboured and nurtured life for millions of years but there have been catastrophic events in the past. Some of them were (literally) out of this world. An asteroid that struck E… [+1286 chars]
WASHINGTON NASA says it expects to know by June whether a Russian cosmonaut will fly on a Crew Dragon mission in September in exchange for a NASA astronaut flying on a Soyuz, as the agencys leadershi… [+3735 chars]
One of NASA’s rovers has recorded an impressive sight using its Mastcam-Z camera system. The Perseverance Mars rover captured a video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. This foot… [+2695 chars]
Post-starburst (PSB) galaxies represent a rapid transitional phase between major, gas-rich mergers and gas-poor, quiescent early-type galaxies. Post-starburst galaxies were previously thought to sca… [+6412 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]
This story is part of Mysteries of the Brain, CNET's deep dive into the infinite complexities of the human brain. Picture a red apple. Great. Now, which of the following describes you? Group 1: Yo… [+6918 chars]
Scientists at the Center for Genome Engineering at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Daejeon, South Korea, have developed a programmable tool that can perform adenine (A)-to-guanine (G) base c… [+7058 chars]
China's mountainous southwestern area is home to one of the country's most ethnically diverse populations. In the most comprehensive genetic analysis of the native people there to date, researchers r… [+3080 chars]
