Scientists Uncover Macrophage Aging Variability
Why does the immune system become less effective as we age? A new USC study published in BMC…
Seven Britons among 12 foreign nationals killed in Spain’s deadly wildfires | Spain
Seven Britons are among 12 foreign nationals killed in wildfires in southern Spain, authorities said. Officials said 12…
NASA once reactivated Voyager 1 thrusters that had been unused for 37 years, sending commands across interstellar space to machinery built before many of the engineers operating it were born
On 28 November 2017, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sent Voyager 1 a command to fire four…
Genetic Clues From Tumor-Prone Reptile Boost Cancer Study
A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, suggests a pet gecko with an unusually…
Life at Davis Station: 24 minutes of sun after six weeks of darkness
For six weeks, the sun did not rise above the horizon at Australia’s southernmost Antarctic research station. The…
Research Reveals Mystery of Hillside Staircases
Grazing animals like cattle and sheep may be quietly reshaping the mountain slopes, according to a new study…
We tend to assume Earth is a rare cosmic fluke, but a full analysis of NASA’s Kepler data found at least 300 million rocky, habitable-zone planets around Sun-like stars in the Milky Way alone — and that is the conservative count
NASA’s Kepler mission did not detect 300 million temperate rocky planets. It observed a narrow field of stars,…
Kids News: sugar molecule found near centre of the Milky Way
A sugar molecule found in raspberries and fake tan has been detected in a gas cloud near the…
Canada Ties New West Coast Pipeline to Oil Sands Expansion
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers, the Alberta provincial government, and the federal government have reached a new milestone…
Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions
Astronomers have spotted four dead star white dwarf stars playing a game of cosmic hide-and-seek, all four of…
New evidence undermines our theories of the universe
New observations appear to have undermined our leading theories of the universe — so claims Kansas State University computer…
Scientists are deep-freezing koala eggs and sperm to protect the species from extinction
Scientists in Australia are deep-freezing koala eggs and sperm as a “genetic backup” to save the wild population…