And because the system only needs stem cells, not real fertilised eggs, the supply is vast and there are fewer logistical and ethical hurdles in the way of research. The embryos are not real, Prof … [+1167 chars]
It has been more than half a century since humans first walked on the moon, with Neil Armstrong uttering those immortal words: 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'. Eleven mor… [+33599 chars]
<li>Park, E., Pan, Z., Zhang, Z., Lin, L. & Xing, Y. The expanding landscape of alternative splicing variation in human populations. Am. J. Hum. Genet.102, 1126 (2018). CAS PubMed PubMed C… [+12875 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new image of the Cartwheel Galaxy - alongside two smaller companion galaxies - which was created as the result of an intergalactic collision. The orbiti… [+1719 chars]
On first glance, it looks like this giant crater has been left after a colossal hand punched down and gouged out tonnes of earth. The gigantic holepunch which is a 50,000-year-old meteor crater was … [+2432 chars]
In a first for radio astronomy, scientists have detected millimeter-wavelength light from a short-duration gamma-ray burst. This artist's conception shows the merger between a neutron star and anothe… [+8090 chars]
Scientists have recorded Earth's shortest day since its rotational period began to be recorded with highly precise atomic clocks: On June 29, 2022, Earth's spin was completed in 1.59 milliseconds und… [+3255 chars]
On first glance, it looks like this giant crater has been left after a colossal hand punched down and gouged out tonnes of earth. The gigantic holepunch which is a 50,000-year-old meteor crater was … [+2432 chars]
No earlier than (NET) 7:08 pm EDT (23:08 UTC), August 4th, a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from SpaceX’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station LC-40 pad as part of the company’s… [+3326 chars]
Enlarge/ A NASA rendering of the Lucy spacecraft before efforts were made to fully open one of its solar arrays in May and June. 15 with 14 posters participating NASA confirmed this week that its L… [+3524 chars]
An image of the most distant known star in the universe has been captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Named Earendel, after a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' prequel 'The… [+7523 chars]
Rocket debris believed to be from Elon Musks SpaceX has rained down on a sheep farm in rural Australia, piercing the landscape with chunks of jagged metal. Lumps of rocket were found embedded in far… [+789 chars]