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Update: The Terran 1 rocket was not launched on 8 March due to an issue involving the temperature of the…
When we consume alcohol, our liver produces more of the hormone FGF21, which helps to protect the organ from alcohol-induced…
ON A regular basis, I wonder why we have a cat. This thought was most recently prompted by Peggy jumping…
A recent study, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, conducted by researchers from the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland,…
Migration choices and contributions across rounds at each lab. Credit: Lo Iacono et al A multi-lab replication of a 2006…
Credit: Sonja Vasiljeva, Broad Communications Researchers have used a highly precise genome-editing technology called base editing to make hundreds of…
Typical septoria symptoms on wheat leaf produced by the ascomycete fungus Zymoseptoria tritici. Credit: Dr. Janine Haueisen Worldwide, growers lose…
The images in the bottom row were recreated from the brain scans of someone looking at those in the top…
Noah’s flood is one of the most recognized Bible stories. According to the Old Testament, “In the six hundredth year…
Life for all animals, including humans, would be simpler if diseases had a sign saying “beware!” with flashing lights and…
More than three years after the COVID-causing virus first infected humans, possibly via a wild animal sold at a market…
Unlocking the secrets of magnetic materials requires the right illumination. Magnetic x-ray circular dichroism makes it possible to decode magnetic…
Chemotherapy treatments produce strong side effects. A new agent that accumulates in the tumour tissue and is activated there by…
Open your favorite social media platform and note how many friends or followers you have. Specifically, note the first digit…
Feeling like we have a degree of control makes us tolerate pain better. In the case of fibromyalgia, however, this…
This “electroadhesion” technique can stick all matter of materials together without any adhesives or glues. Credit: American Chemical Society If…
Bumblebees spread behaviour through social learningRichard Becker / Alamy Stock Photo Bumblebees can teach each other how to solve a…
Since the outbreak of warfare in Ukraine, intelligence reporting from publicly available information, open-source intelligence (OSINT), has made a groundbreaking…
Researchers at Simon Fraser University are studying the genes of superbugs to aid the development of new and effective treatments…
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, center, attends the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin,…
Graphical abstract. Credit: Molecular Systems Biology (2023). DOI: 10.15252/msb.202211320 It’s the quiet bacteria that you’ve got to watch out for,…
Getting vaccinated against covid-19 during pregnancy can reduce your newborn’s risk of infectionGary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Covid-19…
Worms can entangle themselves into a single, giant knot, only to quickly unravel themselves from the tightly wound mess within…
Astronomers have detected one of the longest, brightest and most energetic cosmic objects ever observed — and they’ve named it…
The river Wharfe in Ilkley was England’s first bathing riverPaul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images There are close to 1500 rivers in the…
Normal red blood cells are round, but those affected by sickle cell are crescent shapedScience Photo Library/Getty Images Millions of…
CLIMATEWIRE | A record-breaking heat wave in the western Mediterranean last month would have been nearly impossible without the influence of…
Pierced deer tooth discovered from Denisova Cave in southern Siberia that yielded ancient human DNA. Credit: Max Planck Institute for…
Natural disasters can devastate a region, abruptly killing the species that form an ecosystem’s structure. But how this transpires can…