There are some Really Big Things coming up in the world of exoplanets in 2026. Sadly, they’re not until the tail end of the year – tough for someone like me who struggles with patience.
True story: as a child, I’d get so excited about my…
Around 445 million years ago, Earth underwent a dramatic transformation that reshaped the future of life. In a remarkably short geological period, massive glaciers spread across the southern supercontinent Gondwana. As ice locked up water, vast…
Researchers have found a strain of phage-resistant bacteria that can help sink Carbon to the bottom of the ocean.
The discovery sheds light on the constant battle between phage viruses as they try to infect bacteria, and the bacteria that try to…
Using the Age of Exploration as a metaphor, Tianqiao Chen, founder of Shanda Group and TCCI, says humanity is entering a new era of biological enhancement. He advocates a shift from a “therapeutic” to an “evolutionary” paradigm, and calls…
We’re now in the last lunar phase before the New Moon, which means we’re almost at the end of this lunar cycle. The lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days, during which the Moon completes a…
We’re now in the last lunar phase before the New Moon, which means we’re almost at the end of this lunar cycle. The lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days, during which the Moon completes a…
Going to the moon was one thing; going to Mars will be quite another. The distance alone is intimidating. While the moon is 238,855 miles away, the distance to Mars is between 33 million and 249 million miles. The…
BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have successfully developed a lightweight model for beef cattle behavior recognition from quadruped robot video in grassland pastures, improving the efficiency of herd feeding and management.
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Astronomers at the University of California, Irvine have identified what appears to be the largest stream of super-heated gas ever observed in the universe, flowing out of a nearby galaxy known as VV 340a. The findings were reported in the…
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