ByBill Steigerwald, NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterMay 3, 2022 A new NASA Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United State… [+7612 chars]
At the mere mention of the solar system, a very high percentage of people will be interested in the planet Saturn. Why? Because of its enormous and distinct rings. With 82 moons, Saturn attracts the … [+2722 chars]
Every plant, animal or other nucleus-containing cell also harbors an array of miniature organs that perform essential functions for the cell. In plants, for example, organelles called chloroplasts ph… [+2184 chars]
Sometime around 14,000 years ago, the first humans crossed the Bering Strait to North America with canines, domesticated dogs they used for hunting, by their side. But long before the canines arrive… [+6475 chars]
Scientists breed mutant algae to save world’s corals from bleaching. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside are exploring options to save corals from climate change by reversing the … [+4326 chars]
A California-based company got closer to pulling off the feat of catching a falling rocket on Tuesday as it seeks to make them reusable for satellite launches. But after briefly catching a spent roc… [+806 chars]
Corals, a keystone species of marine ecosystems, are being killed off because of climate change and ocean warming. Corals, along with sea anemones and jellyfish, all belong to a group of animals know… [+2853 chars]
An anti-idling campaign at two elementary schools was effective in reducing idling time by 38%, and an air monitoring experiment found that air quality around schools can vary over short distances. T… [+4054 chars]
The left hand looks like the right hand in the mirror but the left-handed glove does not fit on the right hand. Chirality refers to this property where the object cannot be superimposed on to the mir… [+2862 chars]
Never-ending fields, towering dunes, and irregular ridges on Io could be formed by winds and lava flowing under a crust of sulfur dioxide ice. A study published on April 19, 2022, in Nature Communica… [+1216 chars]
We all must play the game of life with the cards were dealt, so the common aphorism goes. In biology, this means organisms must compete through natural selection with the genes and anatomy they were … [+6315 chars]
New research published today in eLife by researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the University of Bristol (UB) moves back the moment of the radiation of squa… [+3378 chars]
