Jul 6 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith A global team of astrophysicists has located the area in space that is shaped like a “Manatee,” a gigantic aquatic creature, from which strong, extremely energetic X… [+4816 chars]
A team of international researchers discovered 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater 1.8 miles (2.9 km) below the Earth's surface in a uranium and gold mine in Moab Khotsong, South Africa, a press stateme… [+3845 chars]
Could a brain ever exist on its own, divorced from or independent of a body? For a long time, philosophers have pondered such "brain-in-a-vat" scenarios, asking whether isolated brains could maintain… [+5008 chars]
Though sci-fi movies would have us believe that space is incredibly cold — even freezing — space itself isn’t exactly cold. In fact, it doesn’t actually have a temperature at all. Temperature is a … [+5823 chars]
A team led by Philipp Werner, professor of physics at the University of Fribourg and leader of NCCR MARVEL's Phase 3 project Continued Support, Advanced Simulation Methods, has applied their advanced… [+5466 chars]
<li>Fan, X. et al. A survey of z>5.7 quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. II. Discovery of three additional quasars at z>6. Astron. J.125, 16491659 (2003). ADS Article Google Scholar … [+17274 chars]
Using images collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, researchers have traced the progress of a landslide on the asteroid Bennu that resulted from an impact with another object. The team determine… [+3557 chars]
A small asteroid the size of a bus will make an extremely close approach to Earth on Thursday (July 7), passing within just 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers) — or about 23% of the average distance bet… [+2273 chars]
A research team of Chinese and American paleontologists suggest that the giant pandas' dedicated bamboo diet originated at least six million years ago. This finding was based on an analysis of a foss… [+470 chars]
Strychninea complex monoterpene indole alkaloidwas isolated in 1818 from the seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica (poison nuts)5, which were used in traditional medicine in China and South Asia. Currently, … [+24263 chars]
Though sci-fi movies would have us believe that space is incredibly cold — even freezing — space itself isn’t exactly cold. In fact, it doesn’t actually have a temperature at all. Temperature is a … [+5823 chars]
The massive eruption from the underwater Tonga volcano in the Pacific earlier this year generated a blast so powerful, it sent massive pressure waves rippling through the atmosphere and around the gl… [+3348 chars]
