The universe's most massive known star just got its best ever close-up, and it reveals the star might be smaller than astronomers previously thought. Astronomers using the Gemini South telescope in … [+3189 chars]
TAMPA, Fla. Intelsat said Aug. 19 it has lost control of its Galaxy 15 satellite after it was likely hit by a geomagnetic storm. High space weather activity likely knocked out onboard electronics ne… [+1698 chars]
University of California - Riverside Red medusa found just off the bottom of the deep sea in Alaska. CREDIT Hidden Ocean 2005/NOAA A previously overlooked factor the position of continents helps f… [+4285 chars]
Designing viral diagnostic tests for point-of-care use involves many trade-offs. Yet ease of use, low cost and accuracy shouldnt be compromised. An ideal point-of-care test to check for infection (o… [+7681 chars]
Recently, a team led by Professor Dong Zhang from the College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, published a research article entitled "Transcriptome analysis reveals the regulatory mecha… [+2938 chars]
NASA's Lucy mission, whose targets of observation are multiple Trojan asteroids of Jupiter, has discovered a tiny satellite in orbit around the asteroid Polymele. The discovery was made serendipitous… [+1819 chars]
Spectacular images of the Northern Lights have been captured by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station. They show the aftermath of a 'cannibal' ejection from the sun, which triggered g… [+8210 chars]
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Many mammals have a sweet tooth, but birds lost their sweet receptor during evolution. Although hummingbirds and songbirds independently repurposed their savory receptor to sense sugars, how other bi… [+4012 chars]
It gets weirder: Some giant planets that spark star-killing ejections may also bring new worlds into existence as they are immolated in the stellar furnace. You can have a planet that is engulfed, th… [+1956 chars]
Our bodies' genes work together to regulate how our cells behave. For example, if you skin your knee, your genes use a chemical messaging system to direct an army of cells to heal the abrasion. If sc… [+4897 chars]
In the Sacred Monkey Forest of Bali, food is everywhere and masturbation is rampant. The thousand or so long-tailed macaques that live in this hotbed of hedonism have it really, really good. Every … [+3849 chars]
