Your body is made of close to 100 trillion cells that keep you healthy and alive. Each cell has billions of parts of its own, all of them working in tandem to keep life's processes moving. One vital… [+5227 chars]
Engineers in China have successfully deployed an ultra-thin sail attached to a rocket part to expedite its departure from low Earth orbit and reduce the amount of space junk aimlessly floating above … [+2521 chars]
Beginning skywatchers can get great value for their dollar with a deep discount on one of our favorite telescopes. The Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ is on sale at Walmart right now for $199.9… [+2461 chars]
Newswise — New climate models have found that the amount and location of land on a planet’s surface can significantly impact its habitability. Astronomers have identified substantial differences in s… [+2558 chars]
Using new technologies to study thousands of genes simultaneously within immune cells, researchers at Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford School of Medicine have created the m… [+5552 chars]
For a polymer composed of very simple repeating units, polyethylenimine (PEI) has an astounding number of practical applications, including detergents, adhesives, cosmetics, industrial agents, CO2 ca… [+4172 chars]
How does a nose remember that it's a nose? Or an eye remember that it's an eye? As scientists probe the question of how cells remember what kind of cells they are supposed to be, or their genetic li… [+8204 chars]
It's comforting to know that there are people who are literally paid to watch the night sky to ensure that at least we'll be informed if an asteroid will hit the Earth. Technology and near-Earth sur… [+3469 chars]
Sweating fighter is punched in the face getty This story on neuro-regeneration is part of an extended series on Regenerative Medicine. For other stories on this topic see williamhaseltine.com and s… [+8358 chars]
One of the largest comets known is about to zip by our planet on the only trip through the inner solar system it will make during our lifetimes. Five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted a… [+2231 chars]
Newtons constant of gravitation has been measured by studying the gravitational interaction between vibrating metal beams, according to a paper published in Nature Physics. The experiment conducted i… [+1235 chars]
In 2019, astronomers observed the nearest example to date of a star that was shredded, or "spaghettified," after approaching too close to a massive black hole.That tidal disruption of a sun-like star… [+7206 chars]
