E. coli cells used in the long-term evolution experiment (LTEE) on an agar plate.Credit: Jeffrey Barrick On 24 February 1988, evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski filled 12 flasks with sugary growt… [+8431 chars]
Its hard to find a place on Earth untouched by palladium. The silvery-white metal is a key part of catalytic converters in the worlds 1.4 billion cars, which spew specks of palladium into the atmosph… [+16958 chars]
Stars experience starquakes similar to earthquakes on our planet, scientists have discovered. Officially known as non-radial oscillations, starquakes are tsunami-like movements on stars' crusts whic… [+2331 chars]
ByArizona State UniversityJune 14, 2022 This illustration shows an intermediate polar system, a type of two-star system that the research team thinks V1674 Hercules belongs to. A flow of gas from th… [+7781 chars]
BySpace Telescope Science InstituteJune 14, 2022 This is an illustration of a close-up look at a black hole drifting through our Milky Way galaxy. The black hole is the crushed remnant of a massive … [+19977 chars]
The sixth full moon of the year will take place later today. Almost a month on from May's super flower blood moon phenomena, this particular full moon will also be a larger supermoon and thus appear … [+1825 chars]
ByArizona State UniversityJune 14, 2022 This illustration shows an intermediate polar system, a type of two-star system that the research team thinks V1674 Hercules belongs to. A flow of gas from th… [+7781 chars]
Go ahead and order that drum kit, as noise-cancelling wallpaper may not be too far away. Scientists have found that when they mount tiny sections of moth wings onto a hard surface they are able to … [+6858 chars]
