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]
Researchers have detailed the life and grisly death of a male mastodon that died 13,200 years ago by scrutinizing the chemical composition of one of its tusks. The tusk revealed the mastodon grew up … [+4687 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]
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]
The crew for the first mission in the privately funded Polaris program is scaling new heights to prepare for their record-breaking SpaceX flight later this year. A mission profile, launch schedule e… [+4487 chars]
Lasers use coherent waves of light: All the light inside a laser vibrates completely in sync. Meanwhile, quantum mechanics tells us that particles like atoms should also be thought of as waves. As a … [+5798 chars]
Scientists have created a new high-resolution map of the moon using data from China's recent lunar missions. The detailed map was created using data primarily from China's Lunar Exploration Program … [+1293 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]
Even though people employ the concept of navel-gazing as a pejorative insult, I still find my belly buttons remarkably intriguing. Ever since my mother elucidated the reason behind my belly button as… [+1520 chars]
ARCADIA, Calif. A SpaceX cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station will now launch no earlier than July 11, a delay of more than a month after engineers identified the source of elevate… [+1224 chars]
Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface.The researchers, which recently discovere… [+3363 chars]
(CNN)A male mastodon died fighting with a rival during mating season about 13,200 years ago in what is now northeast Indiana. Now, his well-preserved fossil and tusks reveal not only how the 8-ton ad… [+3862 chars]
