RNA can form large 3D structures, suggesting a new role for the molecule in the origin of life on Earth
Scientists long thought that when RNA kick-started life on Earth 4 billion years ago, it could form only…
Mexico earthquake shakes Guatemala and El Salvador
A powerful earthquake in southern Mexico shook nearby countries Guatemala and El Salvador on Friday, with the US…
Terraforming Mars may be more realistic than scientists once thought
Terraforming is the process of reshaping a planet or moon so it can support humans and other Earth-like…
The Large Hadron Collider is being upgraded so that it can unlock the secrets of the Higgs boson
Deep beneath the French-Swiss border, the world’s largest scientific instrument has fallen silent. After years of smashing proton…
Elephants can send messages through the ground vibrations
Elephants can hear something humans can’t: conversations traveling through the ground beneath their feet. Along with trumpets and…
Earth’s largest particle accelerator opens new window into the early universe just after the Big Bang: ‘A culmination of a decades-long quest’
After more than two decades of searching, scientists have finally observed a phenomenon in a hot and dense…
Europe’s most effective tool to cut greenhouse gas emissions ‘risks being weakened’ | Emissions trading
Europe’s most effective method of cutting dangerous planet-heating gases risks being weakened after the European Commission proposed an…
Total Solar Eclipse August 2026: The Best Spots To See It In Spain and Iceland
There are plenty of exciting events happening across the world this year, but one of the rarest and…
Anatoli Bugorski survived a proton beam to the head
On June 3, 1978, Soviet physicist Anatoli Bugorski was checking malfunctioning equipment on the U-70 synchrotron — the…
A gray wolf’s rear teeth can generate more than twice the bite force of a domestic dog’s, and the skull geometry behind it helps the predator process the bones of elk-sized prey
The gray wolf’s bite is powerful, but the familiar 1,200 psi figure needs context before it can be…
Scientists are Teaching Shrimp to Eat in Microgravity for Future Moon Bases
As far as we know, food doesn’t exist naturally in space. We have to bring it with us…
X-Ray Eyes Reveal the Magnetic Secrets of the Lighthouse Pulsar’s Cosmic Wake
Occasionally, when a massive star dies in a supernova, it can leave behind a dense, rapidly spinning core…