Could Earth microbes become even more deadly in space? (Getty) A new study has shown that in situations imitating microgravity, as found in environments such as the International Space Station, micr… [+4411 chars]
A team of botanists from Guinea and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the UK have sounded the death knell for a plant in the Saxicolella genus that is endemic to a single location in Guinea. The sad … [+5194 chars]
In between Earth's rigid tectonic plates above and its convecting mantle below is a hot and soft layer known as the asthenosphere. At mid-ocean ridges, upwelling of the hot asthenosphere to the surfa… [+2982 chars]
The total lunar eclipse on May 15, 2022, was a spectacular sight with many photographers capturing amazing astrophotography shots. Adding to this collection of gorgeous images is a unique photograph … [+3390 chars]
ByXi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityJune 1, 2022 Researchers discovered that supplementing a diet with the sea organisms Ascidiacea, also known as sea squirts, reverses some of the main signs of ag… [+8178 chars]
WAR AND blockades in Ukraine are the largest but far from the only problems squeezing the global food systemand with prices already way up, a catastrophe of hunger looms. The prospect of whole-genome… [+314 chars]
A study from the Missouri Ozarks highlights the importance of spatial aspects of biodiversity for healthy functioning of naturally occurring forests. Biologists from Washington University in St. Lou… [+7987 chars]
Not long ago, the idea of photographing a black hole was as quixotic as photographing a unicorn. Now, scientists have not one but two images of two different supermassive black holesand they both loo… [+6029 chars]
MONTREAL By studying the differences between patients hospitalized in intensive care who have died of COVID-19 or who have recovered, researchers in Montreal have succeeded in identifying three candi… [+1309 chars]
While sky watchers who stayed up or woke up to catch the Tau Hercules meteors werent treated to a meteor storm, the shooting stars did come out. And if casual viewers were disappointed not to see 1,0… [+3687 chars]
Ohio State University astronomers have identified about 116,000 new variable stars, according to a new paper. These heavenly bodies were found by The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN… [+4100 chars]
ByWillow Reed, University of Colorado BoulderJune 1, 2022 NASAs Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is the first Mars orbiter specifically designed to study the planets upper a… [+8600 chars]
