One Tiny Chemical Difference in RNA Could Help Explain the Origins of Life
Researchers found that RNA droplets can shift from fluid structures into more rigid, gel-like networks. That behavior could…
Australia’s red soil may be hiding a massive clean energy source
Researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) have identified a potentially important source of low-emission energy beneath Western Australia,…
How did the solar system form? Ancient meteorite reveals a key magnetic force alongside gravity
How did the solar system form? Ancient meteorite reveals a key magnetic force alongside gravity – Futura-Sciences August…
On January 27, 2025, asteroid 2024 YR4 crossed the 1% impact-probability threshold; two days later, the International Asteroid Warning Network sent its first-ever formal asteroid warning to the UN’s space office—activating a planetary-defence protocol created more than a decade earlier but never previously used.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 did not hit Earth, and it will not do so in 2032. Its importance lies…
Goliath The Squirrel Monkey: A 1.5-pound squirrel monkey named Goliath was launched from Cape Canaveral in 1961; 35 seconds later, the Atlas E rocket was destroyed after the flight went wrong |
Goliath weighed barely less than a carton of milk and stood just six inches tall, but he became…
Experience: I brought a bear back to life | Life and style
I’ve been a dentist for 40 years. I spend most of my time treating patients at my surgery in Chichester,…
When is the next lunar eclipse?
August’s “almost Blood Moon” partial lunar eclipse has come and gone, delighting stargazers with a gorgeous natural light…
SpaceX test-fires Starship Super Heavy booster ahead of critical Flight 14
SpaceX just took another step toward the highly anticipated next test flight of its Starship megarocket. The company…
Researchers Find Shark Graveyard—in the Desert
In a stretch of Egyptian desert that today feels anything but aquatic, scientists say they’ve found evidence…
New ‘Google-like’ search engine can scan millions of cells for hidden RNA clues in seconds
Malva can search RNA sequences across millions of individual cells in seconds without requiring researchers to download enormous…
Heatwaves show UK must do more to promote sustainable transport, campaigners say | Public transport
Dozens of civil society groups have demanded the UK government do more to promote cycling, walking and shared…
In 1965, two radio engineers at Bell Labs spent months scraping pigeon droppings out of a giant horn antenna trying to eliminate a faint background hiss they couldn’t explain, only to discover the noise was the leftover heat of the Big Bang itself, arriving from every direction at once
A twenty foot horn antenna built to bounce satellite signals across an ocean, and two grown men standing…