Orbiting high above our heads is a technology that has changed every aspect of our lives. From the GPS on your phone to the sport you watch on TV, satellites have become a cornerstone of modern lif… [+4697 chars]
Powerful earthquakes that shook Earth some 3.8 billion years ago split open the planet's crust and allowed chemical reactions to unfold deep within the fractured rock. These reactions, fueled by seis… [+6524 chars]
For the first time, researchers can get a high-resolution view of single blood stem cells thanks to a little help from microscopy and zebrafish. Researchers at the University of WisconsinMadison and… [+6008 chars]
Zakaria Al Balushi.Credit: California Institute of Technology ZAKARIA AL BALUSHI: Material builder Zakaria Al Balushi and his team are devising ways to produce next-generation nanomaterials at the… [+9516 chars]
A powerful new approach for the precise, flexible modification of a broad class of chemical compounds called bicyclic aza-areneswhich are commonly used to build drug moleculeshas been developed. The … [+3553 chars]
KINGSTON, R.I. Aug. 10, 2022 Over the next three years, three University of Rhode Island researchers are hoping to broaden the scientific understanding of methane emission dynamics in ultramafic rock… [+7266 chars]
Panoramic view of the Serranía del Perijá in Colombia, where a vertebra was found in 1943. The vertebra has allowed for scientists to identify a new species of sauropod, the Perijasaurus lapaz. Image… [+7724 chars]
NASA has not issued a warning to male astronauts about the danger of masturbating in space. Some online have misattributed a quote from a comedian in a podcast to a guest on the show who works as a m… [+2389 chars]
Photo credit: Linda Tanner, via Flickr (cropped). In a series of posts (here, here, here, and here) I have been responding to YouTuber Gutsick Gibbon, aka Erika, on the question of whether the paper… [+2791 chars]
NASA is about to launch its new mega moon rocket called Space Launch System. As it turns out, important cargo from Apple will be involved. SLS is sending an uncrewed spacecraft called Orion to the Mo… [+4268 chars]
The world's largest and heaviest living carnivore is not a big cat, a bear or a wolf: it's the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Bulls of this species can be 5 metres long and can weigh up t… [+4573 chars]
Davos touches the spot behind his ear to set his Memorex chip to record. He will need it both for the interview and his other business. He doesnt try to stop his smirk as the asteroid comes into view… [+5656 chars]
