The Antarctic midge might be smaller than a pea, but its the continents largest land animaland only native insect. The midge has clearly evolved to survive in extreme conditions, yet a warming climat… [+2781 chars]
ASAs Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of a sulfate-bearing region using its Mastcam on May 2, 2022, the 3,462nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Dark boulders seen near the center are thou… [+3549 chars]
Most people use walking as their primary form of locomotion. It’s hard to imagine that millions of years ago, our ancestor primates crawled on four limbs and rarely walked on two limbs. Over time, hu… [+1784 chars]
Researchers at McMaster University have unlocked an evolutionary mystery of a deadly pathogen responsible for fueling the superbug crisis: itcan reproduce by having sex. And while such fraternizi… [+3178 chars]
Chaos in natural populations appears to be much more common than previously recognized, according to a new analysis by scientists at UC Santa Cruz and NOAA Fisheries.Populations of organisms in natur… [+3070 chars]
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A newly discovered supercluster of galaxies is so distant that astronomers say its light has been traveling for over 12 billion years to reach telescopes on Earth. But this cluster, named SPT2349 ?… [+3291 chars]
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A small international team of researchers has found that it is possible to test navigation skills in chimpanzees using virtual reality technology. In their paper published in the journal Science Adva… [+2923 chars]
House sparrows (Passer domesticus) have adapted to urban environments, which are changing and growing faster than ever before. A range of both biotic and abiotic factorsincluding habitat fragmentatio… [+3337 chars]
Single photons are ideal carriers of quantum information, especially because they are fast, they barely interact with the environment or each other, and large-scale infrastructure for their distribut… [+4815 chars]
Striking new details are emerging in data collected on nearly two billion objects throughout the Milky Way galaxy and beyond, according to new information released by the European Gaia mission. Resea… [+2671 chars]
