Lewis Pinault is a partner at Airbus Ventures , where he invests and serves as board director for space technology related startups across the globe. A NASA-trained meteoriticist, he is also a resea… [+14111 chars]
Thanks to their easily fossilized exoskeleton, trilobites largely dominate the fossil record of early complex animal life. However, trilobite appendages and the anatomy of the underside of their body… [+4340 chars]
Much of what scientists think about soil metabolism may be wrong. New evidence from Northern Arizona University suggests that microbes in different soils use different biochemical pathways to process… [+4801 chars]
Sunspots aren't the only speckles decorating the dynamic face of our Sun. Solar physicists have made a close study of tiny, fleeting speckles of brightness that emerge and fade in less than a minute … [+3978 chars]
To owls, the distress call of the greater mouse-eared bat sounds similar to hornets buzzing.Credit: F. Deschandol and P. Sabine/Biosphoto/Minden Pictures Some bats can imitate the sound of buzzing h… [+3200 chars]
It's not the Auroral Borealis, but it might be the closest you're going to see on Florida's Space Coast. Locals were treated to a dazzling display early on Friday, May 6, when SpaceX launched its la… [+2109 chars]
A new University of Michigan study that used fossil oyster shells as paleothermometers found the shallow sea that covered much of western North America 95 million years ago was as warm as today's tro… [+5853 chars]
A Hubble image taken on Dec. 5, 2005 of the Main Belt asteroid 2001 SE101 passing in front of the Crab Nebula. (Image credit: © NASA/ESA HST, Image processing: Melina Thévenot) Astronomers have re… [+4618 chars]
10 May 2022 An intuitive algorithm is opening up access to previously unexplored materials used in energy technologies, sensing and computing. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Na… [+4964 chars]
Alterations in metabolic processes are a hallmark of cancer and can lead to a tumor environment that is acidic. As a result, cancer cells must adapt to survive in this inhospitable environment. In a … [+3717 chars]
SWNS The Red Planet just got even more peaceful, as the Mars rover made an accidental Zen garden. NASA’s Perseverance rover left some picturesque track marks around a rockcreating a scene resemblin… [+816 chars]
Ever wondered what the void sounds like? NASA has just released an audio recording from inside a black hole - the largest in the universe. From inside the Perseus black hole, listeners are invited t… [+1668 chars]
