IntroductionThe Role of Microbes in the EnvironmentHow Human Activity Affects Microbial PopulationsHow Do Microbes Respond and Adapt to Environmental Change?Adaptation of Marine Microbes to Climate C… [+6492 chars]
A supercomputer simulation shows massive stars forming (red) in a cloud of ancient gas. (Image credit: University of Portsmouth / Nature) Twinkling like cosmic lighthouses on a shore 13 billion ligh… [+3831 chars]
Fish are helping researchers track down the origins of how brains compute math, according to a review (Quantity as a Fish Views It: Behavior and Neurobiology) in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. An intern… [+4291 chars]
ByMatt Williams, Universe TodayJuly 15, 2022 Artists impression of how Triton, Neptunes largest moon, might look from high above its surface. The distant Sun appears at the upper left and the blue c… [+16268 chars]
A possible scene at Liang Bua around 70 000 years ago. A giant marabou stork challenges a juvenile ... [+] Komodo dragon for access to the carcass of a dwarf proboscidean while other giant marabou st… [+2541 chars]
<li>Dionisio, F., Matic, I., Radman, M., Rodrigues, O. R. & Taddei, F. Plasmids spread very fast in heterogeneous bacterial communities. Genetics162(4), 15251532 (2002). CAS PubMed PubMed … [+14118 chars]
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule will meet up with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday (July 16), and you can watch the orbital action live. The robotic Dragon launched atop a two-stage F… [+4792 chars]
Astrophysicists prove neutrinos originate from blazars Newswise — Cosmic rays, charged particles that travel up to nearly the speed of light from deep outer space, constantly bombard Earth. For mor… [+4521 chars]
The biomolecule diphthamide is essential for the proper formation of proteins in cells. When humans are infected with diphtheria, diphthamide is altered by the diphtheria toxin so that life-threateni… [+2918 chars]
A megacomet has just passed safely by Earth, but there's still a chance it will grow brighter through the summer as it reaches its closest approach to the sun in December. Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS… [+2824 chars]
Scientists may have to avoid pointing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in certain directions too often to minimise the risk of damage from space rocks. Nasa operators are considering limiting … [+2611 chars]
New York, July 15 Astronomers have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy that appears to be flashing with surprising regularity, similar to a 'heartbeat'. The signal … [+2302 chars]
