While people were isolating in their homes at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Allen Foster was in the only place on Earth that didnt have COVID: the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctic… [+3513 chars]
UNITED STATES: The Institute for Advanced Concepts at NASA is well known for funding incredible theories in the domains of astronomy and space travel. The institute has funded a wide range of initiat… [+4005 chars]
Trilobites, extinct marine arthropods that roamed the world's oceans from about 520 million years ago until they went extinct 250 million years ago at the end of the Permian period, may have grown in… [+3176 chars]
A team of astronomers have found that the jets from supermassive black holes influences the process of star formation in interstellar clouds. The astronomers compared the gas pressure in ambient clou… [+2013 chars]
Ethics statements and consent to participate This study was approved by the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Ethical Committee (G1178, R91). Written, informed consent was obtained from t… [+8834 chars]
image: Alsophila spinulosa in a forestview more Credit: Quanzi Li Land plants evolved 470 million years ago from algae and have since reshaped our world. Throughout their evolution, ferns have und… [+3983 chars]
Ethics statements and consent to participate This study was approved by the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Ethical Committee (G1178, R91). Written, informed consent was obtained from t… [+8834 chars]
Could the global actions to reduce harmful air pollutants in the atmosphere be deemed futile? New research has found that clean air is fostering global warming while pollution keeps our planet cool.… [+974 chars]
A semiconductor is a material whose conductivity lies somewhere between that of a conductor and an insulator. This property allows semiconductors to serve as the base material for modern electronics … [+6286 chars]
An international team including a University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher has discovered a new large meat-eating dinosaur, called Meraxes gigas (shown above), which provides clues about the ev… [+5245 chars]
The International Space Station operates the coldest refrigerator in the Universe. The exotic species of matter produced there will tell the fundamental laws of physics. Cold Atom Lab [Photo: NASA, … [+249 chars]
Individual contributors have become less and less prominent in scientific fields as the discipline itself has matured. Some individuals still hold the public spotlight for their discoveries, such as … [+3443 chars]
