Microscope Breakthrough Yields Sharper Protein Images
Nearly 100 years ago, a seemingly simple discovery revolutionized the microscope. The introduction of phase-contrast, which garnered a…
Commercial forests and biodiversity claims | Trees and forests
Last week you published a well-balanced piece on the success story that is Kielder Forest (How England’s largest…
ESA astronaut assignment on Artemis 3 part of negotiations on revised Artemis roles
WASHINGTON — The assignment of a European Space Agency astronaut to the Artemis 3 mission is part of…
There is a black hole sitting roughly 10 billion light-years away from Earth, called TON 618, with a mass about 66 billion times that of our Sun — more massive than every star in the Milky Way galaxy combined — and its outer edge stretches across a region of space roughly 30 to 40 times wider than our entire solar system
If you point a powerful telescope at the right patch of sky on the border between the constellations…
Video shows angler freeing great white shark after surprise catch at Nantucket | Sharks
An angler who reeled in a rare great white shark at a Nantucket beach said he posted extraordinary…
Meet REMORA: The Autonomous Space Fleet Built to Tag and Track Asteroids
To truly understand what an asteroid is made up of, we need to send a probe to it.…
The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it’s a warning for our future
Around 13,000 years ago, as the world was emerging from the grip of the last ice age, much…
SpaceX, Late-Stage Capitalism, and the Trillionaire’s Race War
(Photo illustration by The Bulwark / Photos: Getty, Shutterstock) Warning: Today’s Triad is unlocked and free for everyone.…
Crayfish plague confirmed in Dublin as Minister warns: ‘Clean your kit to protect wildlife’
Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan, is urging people using rivers and lakes to ‘Check, Clean…
Collagen exists as liquid droplets inside living cells, study reveals
Collagen, the protein that builds skin, bones, tendons and organs, exists inside cells as a liquid-like droplet rather…
James Webb reveals two completely different twilights on an alien world
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered striking differences between the dawn and dusk regions…
‘I was six inches from an elephant’s backside’ — Times readers on their safari memories
Lying on a camp bed under a mosquito net in a clearing, a lion grunting somewhere nearby (“I’ve…