The discoveries of exoplanets in recent years have been absolutely extraordinary, and they could relatively soon be reached by our technology. At Cape Canaveral in Florida, on April 18, 2018 at 6:51p… [+13169 chars]
The James Webb telescope explores deep space on alien planets background. JWST launch art. Elements ... [+] of this image furnished by NASA. getty According to a news release by NASA, with its mirr… [+4577 chars]
The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures. However, when the temperature fluctuates more often, as it does with climate change, the flightless bird with a 40-gram br… [+2797 chars]
Enlarge/ A brown bear with two cubs looks out of its den in the woods under a large rock in winter. 8 with 6 posters participating Every spring, as days in the north stretch longer and melting snow… [+6024 chars]
An international research team has now succeeded in detecting hydrotrioxides (ROOOH) for the first time under atmospheric conditions. Until now, there was only speculation that these organic compound… [+4249 chars]
After four years of digging for fossils in a churchyard in York, Pennsylvania, amateur paleontologist Chris Haefner made an intriguing find. I knew it was worth keeping, he said. He posted his disc… [+6089 chars]
<li>Chipman, A. D. et al. The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima. PLoS Biol.12, e1002005 (2014). P… [+19169 chars]
Researchers have developed a low-cost gel film that can pull water from the air in even dry climates like the desert. More than a third of the worlds population lives in drylands, areas that experie… [+4203 chars]
<li>Costa, A., Caricchi, L. & Bagdassarov, N. S. A model for the rheology of particle-bearing suspensions and partially molten rocks. Geochemistry, Geophys. Geosystems10, 113 (2009). Article G… [+13639 chars]
A tiny group of stars has shed light on the existence of a Super-Earth exoplanet that also has the potential of being quite habitable. Gabriel Perez Diaz, SMM/IAC Reported first by ScienceAlert, th… [+1802 chars]
Syzygium smithii is now classified as an unwanted organism (in forest and scrub) under the Biosecurity Act 1993. Photo / Getty ImagesLilly pilly or white monkey apple (Syzygium smithii; formerly Acme… [+3656 chars]
This guest post was written by Danny Baker, an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut, for an assignment in the Fall 2021 Foundations of Modern Astrophysics class taught by Professor … [+8497 chars]