Looks can be deceiving. The light from an incandescent bulb seems steady, but it flickers 120 times per second. Because the brain only perceives an average of the information it receives, this flicke… [+3997 chars]
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When you think of echolocation, you probably think of bats or dolphins. But echolocation has also been used as a way for blind people to navigate, too. Despite the skill’s usefulness, few blind peopl… [+2716 chars]
Most of us know far more about animals, plants and even bacteria than we do about fungi. But this kingdom of life contains a wide array of species far more than just the mushrooms we eat and the moul… [+6379 chars]
image: How do you figure out how to alter a gene so that it makes a usefully different protein? The job might be imagined as interacting with a complex machine (at left) that sports a vast control pa… [+8583 chars]
Space watchers have spotted a giant sunspot triple the size of the Earth, expressing concern over its potential to beam medium-class (M-class) solar flares towards the Earth. NASA heliophysicst C. A… [+2184 chars]
Wringing wet cloth in space: Astronaut demonstrates water's fascinating property Jun 23, 2022, 10:59 am2 min read A video showing astronaut Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, wringing a w… [+1703 chars]
The fossils found in Brazil come from the end of the Permian period, when a massive extinction event decimated around 90pc of life on Earth. Palaeontologists have discovered more than a hundred anci… [+2650 chars]
