Lunar ‘Lava Sandwiches’ Could Harbor Earth’s Earliest Biology
Apollo 17 – NASA, 1972. Geologist-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt worked next to a huge, split boulder at geology Station…
Why plastic-filled ‘Neptune balls’ are washing up on beaches
In 2018 and 2019, Sanchez-Vidal’s team examined seagrass balls washed up on four beaches on the island of…
Giant sandy ‘slug’ crawls through floodplains in Kazakhstan, but it could soon be frozen in place — Earth from space
A large field of sand dunes located alongside the village of Oyyl in the Kazakh Steppe bears a…
What your genes can tell you, Afghanistan quake + crying on the job
If you could find out how you were going to die, would you want to? It’s a question…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year » Explorersweb
The 61st Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is underway. Run by London’s Natural History Museum, the annual…
Soil DNA Test Shows Plants’ Hidden Climate Role
Plant roots are essential for both food production and climate, yet until now they have been nearly impossible…
A record-breaking black hole 36 billion times the mass of the Sun may have been detected
They’re cosmic icons and sci-fi legends—and nearly 50 years after becoming scientific headliners, black holes are still full…
Reducing bull purchasing risk and increasing profitability
Geneticist Dr Dave Johnston has a goal for every bull sold across Australia to be backed by…
Dirty laundry in space: Chinese team joins race to develop washing machine for astronauts
Astronauts have to get used to many things in space, including that they cannot wash their dirty clothes.…
Scotland’s wild boar numbers to rise 60% in 50 years
Wild boar numbers across Scotland are set to rise significantly over the next 50 years, according to a…
Carl Sagan’s Profound ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Speech Set to a Beautifully Calming Classical Soundtrack
Become Human took the audio from the iconic “Pale Blue Dot” speech by renowned astronomer Carl Sagan, removed…
Program brings greater understanding to star and galaxy formation
“One of the goals of the Webb telescope is to find the first stars, the first galaxies,” Danilo…