1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (569+ words) We spend billions of dollars scanning the cosmos for signs of life that look nothing like us, yet we often ignore the fact that we share a planet with creatures that might as well be from the moons of Jupiter....

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (576+ words) They used four high-tech eyes to survive the Cambrian. Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It's been that way for millions and millions of years. But maybe it wasn't like that forever....

6+ hour, 50+ min ago   (518+ words) The distance could provide some tricky questions for scientists. Europa has always been the Solar System's most tantalizing "maybe." This Jovian moon almost certainly hides a massive, salty ocean beneath its frozen exterior, which makes a prime candidate for life…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (693+ words) Home " Space " Astronomy New simulations suggest the first small black holes could binge on gas and balloon quickly. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted supermassive black holes'objects up to millions of times the sun's mass'at times when…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (542+ words) A massive study of 250,000 people has mapped the genetic "clock" of our digestion. We all have our own "pooping patterns," but these patterns actually say a lot more about your health than you might think. It's a direct reflection of…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago   (909+ words) Home " Other " AstroPicture Weak magnetic hiccups can cascade into a flare and a lingering rain of plasma. Imagine standing on a snowy mountain ridge. A single fracture forms in the ice crust, or a small patch of heavy snow shifts…...

23+ hour ago   (735+ words) Scientists use bacterial enzymes to turn Type-A kidneys into universal Type-O. But what if we could just" delete the blood type? A team of researchers has seemingly managed to do just that: they successfully converted a Type A human kidney…...

23+ hour, 8+ min ago   (562+ words) Here on Earth, kaolinite most often forms when rocks are weathered for a long time by liquid water. The Perseverance rover has come across light-toned rocks at Jezero Crater. These inconspicuous rocks are aluminum-rich, and some contain kaolinite, a clay…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1403+ words) Home " Features " Space & Astronomy " Astrophysics From degeneracy to galactic archaeology, white dwarfs are helping scientists make sense of some of the universe's burning mysteries. White dwarfs are the final stop for stars that aren't massive enough to go out in…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (898+ words) So you thought great white sharks aren't awesome enough? A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly through the water, each slow, deliberate sweep of the powerful tail driving a body specialised for…...