Cancer may be breaking its own DNA to keep growing
Cancer may be damaging its own genetic material by forcing critical genes to operate at extreme levels. New…
Scientists left water inside a battery and nearly doubled its power
Sodium ion batteries could offer a more sustainable way to store large amounts of energy, and new research…
“It’s cloned itself to reach a whopping size of 77 square miles.” 6 biggest organisms on the planet including the Humongous Fungus
The most colossal organisms on the planet are almost unimaginable in scale. From a huge fungal network to…
Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome
Rodríguez-Eugenio, N., McLaughlin, M. & Pennock, D. Soil Pollution: A Hidden Reality (FAO, 2018). Montanerella, L. et al.…
New Observations Reveal the Staggering Scale of the Universe’s Largest Galaxy
As new observations reveal the outer edges of IC 1101 for the first time, scientists have confirmed it…
Meet the binturong, a rare species worth saving
With the distinct appearance of a “maskless raccoon,” or a puppet from Jim Henson’s “The Dark Crystal,” the…
Mars has such thin air that around noon near the equator, sunlit ground beneath your boots could reach 24 degrees Celsius while the air around your head remained below freezing — allowing one standing person to span temperatures resembling spring and winter at the same time.
Imagine placing two thermometers on Mars at noon. One lies flat against dark, sunlit soil near the equator.…
As wildfires rage, Britain isn’t ready for its boiling hot future
Sandy McCook, the local community council chairman, says: “It has been absolutely traumatic. We sit on the edge…
Mysterious Milky Way object accelerates protons beyond one quadrillion electron volts
Scientists have conclusively identified a source in the Milky Way that can accelerate protons to some of the…
First-of-its-Kind Footage Shows the Ocean From a Whale Shark’s Perspective
Researchers attached cameras to whale sharks, the world’s largest known fish, to witness krill chases for the first…
Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming
Global warming has sped up since around 2015, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for…
The world’s largest digital camera captured more than 500,000 galaxies and 50,000 stars in one deep view of the universe
Rubin Observatory stacked hundreds of images from its 3.2-billion-pixel camera; the final view contains over half a million…