Category: 7. Science

Your genome isn’t a tidy string of letters. Inside every nucleus, two meters of DNA loop, fold, and coil into an intricate architecture that helps decide which genes switch on, when they switch off, and how cells choose their fates. 

A landmark…

For most, getting into a car is a task that can be done without assistance. Yet for those whose destination is the Moon, the process of getting inside and secured – in this case, in NASA’s Orion spacecraft – requires help. That’s the role…

Stargazers may get an extra gift this Christmas, as the northern lights could put on a subtle show thanks to ongoing unsettled space weather activity from the sun.

While this isn’t likely to be a major aurora event, conditions are more unsettled…

It may be on its way away from Earth and heading out of the solar system, but interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS still has some surprises for researchers.

New research reveals that jet structures in the sun-facing “anti-tail” of this comet,…

The Chernobyl tragedy was one of the most dreadful tragedies of all time. It happened when a routine test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant went horribly wrong. A massive explosion ripped through Reactor 4, spewing radioactive poison across…