When a cell divides normally, it makes a copy of every chromosome and then shares them equally between the two new cells. This function is carried out by a complex machine in the cell called the mito… [+2128 chars]
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The mystery behind where the earth ends and space begins has been an open question for centuries. However, the answer is extremely simple - the Karman line. The FAI which keeps records of aeronautic… [+1547 chars]
Hidden below the waves, the ocean contains vast reserves of sugar that we never were aware of, according to new research. Scientists have discovered that seagrass meadows on the ocean floor can stor… [+3290 chars]
How clean are the cooking oils we use in our homes? What about the cooking oils used at restaurants? Recently, a team of researchers at POSTECH often called fluorescent alchemists has developed a str… [+2350 chars]
NASA explains that before the ISS, the first U.S. space station, Skylab, demonstrated that humans could live in space for up to a year. Skylab became a space outpost from 1973 to 1974. During those y… [+1482 chars]
Looks like fun! Space Ride Charming footage from from the interior of the International Space Station shows what happens to the astronauts inside when the ship fires its thrusters. Thats cool on i… [+1504 chars]
What would you do if a massive asteroid was coming our way? We've all likely enacted disaster movie scenarios in our heads. Thankfully though, we won't have to witness one on May 6, despite recent r… [+2959 chars]
There are water molecules and ice up on the Moon, so how did they get there? Asteroid and comet collisions are likely to have produced some of it, but a new study suggests another source of lunar wat… [+3299 chars]
Canada is working on legislation that would allow legal action against crimes committed on the moon, among other space locations. A budget bill containing the proposed space law amendment for the m… [+4911 chars]
Since graphene was first isolated and characterized in the early 2000s, researchers have been exploring ways to use this atomically thin nanomaterial because of its unique properties such as high ten… [+5206 chars]
Some animals, such as rosemary beetles and starlings, possess brilliant iridescent colors that constantly change in the light. In a new study from the University of Bristol, researchers have found th… [+2359 chars]
