SpaceX launched its Transporter-5 mission in its Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 12:05 am (IST) on May 26. Meant to be a ride-share mission, but it is also b… [+1860 chars]
arising from Ian W. Keesey et al. Nature Communicationshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09087-z (2019) The structure of nervous and sensory systems reflects the interactions between selection pres… [+24446 chars]
Curtin scientists who analyzed seawater samples taken by Jon Sanders on his recent circumnavigation voyage have found microplastics present in the vast majority of samples, including those from very … [+3389 chars]
Inside Egypts Great Pyramid of Giza lies a mysterious cavity. This void has never been seen by any human alive today. Its surface is untouched by modern hands. Luckily, scientists are no longer limit… [+14824 chars]
Adalia Rose Williams died in January at the age of just 15 due to complications arising from progeria syndrome. The famous YouTuber was a fashion and beauty blogger, who also often discussed her hea… [+3025 chars]
About 460 light-years from Earth lies the small but lovely star cluster IC 2391. It only has about 250 stars in it, but one of them is special because its actually four stars, a quaternary system. As… [+5525 chars]
The US is committed to helping the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reach its goal of putting the first Japanese astronaut on the moon by 2030 potentially making Japan just the second nation… [+2473 chars]
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Some of the world's most powerful particle accelerators have helped researchers draw new leading limits on the existence of long theorized magnetic monopoles from the collisions of energetic cosmic r… [+3455 chars]
The researchers point out that the regolith characteristics could help turn lava tubeshollow voids and caves on the surfaceinto hospitable human habitats. These would provide protection from cosmic … [+2553 chars]
China has announced its first plans to search the stars for nearby habitable planets that could one day expand humanity's "living space" across the Milky Way. In the project, called Closeby Habitab… [+5321 chars]
Birds keep themselves warm with heat generated by some of the most hard-working metabolisms on the planet, while lizards rely on the sun to keep them toasty. Both of these groups are linked to dinosa… [+6681 chars]