Category: 7. Science

Some genetic mutations that are expected to completely stop a gene from working surprisingly cause only mild or even no symptoms. Researchers in previous studies have discovered one reason why: Cells can ramp up the activity of other genes that…

Last year, we wrote about a Walsh Medical Media journal that refused to withdraw an author’s paper unless he paid a fee — even though he didn’t write or submit the article. For one reader, some details of that story were…

The universe is overrun with dark matter, outweighing the ordinary stuff that stars and planets are made of five-to-one. But some corners of the cosmos are more dominated by the invisible substance than others.

Using the stalwart Hubble Space…

The universe is overrun with dark matter, outweighing the ordinary stuff that stars and planets…

If the idea of lunar…

A combination of fungi and compost could make lunar regolith more fertile and one day help astronauts grow crops on the moon, according to new research based around experiments with chickpea plants.

Future outposts on the moon will need to be as…

CAS Space has officially set the launch of its Kinetica-2 reusable liquid rocket for late March. This launch will take place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert and will carry a prototype of the Qingzhou-1 cargo spacecraft…