An uncommon conch While the study focused on Florida horse conchs, the species, Triplofusus giganteusis, lives from North Carolina down the Atlantic coast, around the Gulf, and south to Mexicos Yuca… [+3378 chars]
Just as asking a single person about their health will provide tailored, personalized information impossible to glean from a large poll, an individual cell's genome or transcriptome can provide much … [+3608 chars]
A Soyuz 2.1b rocket has successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, carrying a Lotos electronic signals intelligence satellite into orbit for the Russian military. Liftoff took place at 11:20… [+5721 chars]
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite has just captured in a series of images a photo of the Ingenuity drone / helicopter, as well as, in another image, the Perseverance rover. The front page ima… [+2668 chars]
An asteroid the size of a small house flew by Earth Tuesday evening. The space rock came within 79,000 miles (127,000 kilometers) of Earth, or about one-third of the distance between the moon and Ea… [+1257 chars]
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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Shane Keating (opens in new tab), Senior Lectur… [+6647 chars]
A new study published in PeerJ uses modern methods to understand the preservation of unique ichthyosaur fossils. Two new ichthyosaur specimensone complete animal and one tailare the first to preserve… [+4239 chars]
The hunt for clues of life on Mars is intensifying. Scientists claim to have discovered new evidence of subsurface volcanic activity on the globe in a study published last week. They claim that hea… [+2452 chars]
The molecule trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) can be used to reversibly modulate the rigidity of microtubules, a key component of molecular machines and molecular robots.Kinesin and microtubules (MTs) a… [+3598 chars]
Researchers from Monash University have discovered a new design motif derived from the rigid external covering of invertebrates that may help create more damage tolerant materials for future building… [+3308 chars]
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said relations between US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts were cordial at the International Space Station (ISS), even as tensions continued to escalate between the two… [+2174 chars]