Eighty million years ago humans, rats, and mice shared the same mammalian ancestor. More recently, researchers made the astonishing discovery […]
Researchers spot a clue as to why human and mouse genomes overlap Read Post »
Environmental activists take part in a flash mob at Circo Massimo as the COP16 biodiversity conference resumes at the UN’s
Saving nature can ‘unite world’, countries told at rebooted UN talks Read Post »
Time measurements and calendars have often been refined over the years. | Photo Credit: Alexey Savchenko/Unsplash A: A tropical year
Why don’t century years get leap days unless divisible by 400? Read Post »
The sun sets next to a smokestack from a coal-burning power station in Beijing January 9, 2008. | Photo Credit:
China aims to eliminate severe air pollution this year Read Post »
General relativity and quantum mechanics are two highly successful theories. The former explains gravity and the latter teams up with
Physicists propose tabletop experiment to test gravity’s quantumness Read Post »
Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south polar region, where
First detailed map of moon’s south pole area made from Chandrayaan data Read Post »
Astronomers have detected a massive radio jet extending more than 200,000 light-years—twice the width of the Milky Way. This colossal
Astronomers spot the largest cosmic giant of its kind in the distant universe Read Post »
The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other issues. As
How does space travel affect astronaut health? Read Post »
The three most common phases of matter or visible in this image: the solid earth, the liquid water, and a
Condensed matter: a big piece of physics Read Post »
A view of Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip. | Photo Credit: Microsoft In a head-turning announcement earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled
Majorana 1: A quantum phenomenon Read Post »
Some people wake up vividly recalling their dreams from the night, and can tell precise stories experienced during the night,
What makes us remember our dreams? Read Post »
Powering a sustainable future
Powering a sustainable future Read Post »
