If you peer at the sky during a cloudless dawn or dusk, you’d immediately spot Venus. Appearing as a brilliant, steadily shining speck, it’s the second-brightest object in the night sky after the moon.
“The planet is about 100 times brighter…
Category: 7. Science
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Evolutionary dynamics of FoxQ2 transcription factors across metazoans reveals three ancient paralogs
Shimeld, S. M., Degnan, B. & Luke, G. N. Evolutionary genomics of the Fox genes: origin of gene families and the ancestry of gene clusters. Genomics 95, 256–260 (2010).
Yu, J.-K. et al. The…
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In-situ sound speed modelling makes underwater navigation smarter and more precise
In-situ sound speed modelling makes underwater navigation smarter and more precise
In-situ sound speed modelling makes underwater navigation smarter and more precise
KNOXVILLE, TN, December 21, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ –…
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Exploring single-cell biosynthetic noise and dynamics for enhanced betaxanthin production in Escherichia coli
Olsson, L., Rugbjerg, P., Torello Pianale, L. & Trivellin, C. Robustness: linking strain design to viable bioprocesses. Trends Biotechnol. 40, 918–931 (2022).
Jiang, T., Li, C., Teng, Y.,…
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How new modules and facilities expanded research potential on NASA’s International Space Station
circa 1998: An artist’s impression of the completed International Space Station. (Photo by NASA/Space Frontiers/Getty Images)
According to a December 19, 2025, episode of Houston We Have a Podcast Season 1, Episode 406, ISS leaders Laura…
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Astrophysicists map the invisible universe using warped galaxies
In today’s leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: about 95 percent of the universe is made up of dark matter and dark energy. Scientists still do not know what either one actually is, but their influence is unmistakable….
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Lemon-shaped exoplanet challenges planet formation theory
Astronomers spotted an object that looks like a planet, weighs about as much as Jupiter, and yet behaves like nothing anyone has seen before.
This strange world sits dangerously close to a dead star. Its air is filled with carbon instead of water…
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The Doomsday Glacier Flunks 2025 Checkup
Thwaites, the most studied glacier in the world, commands attention because it is not only the widest in the world at 80 miles but also the shakiest. And its nickname “The Doomsday Glacier” certainly sets it apart from the 500 other…
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Scientists found climate change hidden in old military air samples
By examining DNA preserved in decades-old air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, scientists at Lund University in Sweden have uncovered clear evidence that the seasonal release of spores by northern mosses has changed dramatically…
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Scientists found climate change hidden in old military air samples
By examining DNA preserved in decades-old air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, scientists at Lund University in Sweden have uncovered clear evidence that the seasonal release of spores by northern mosses has changed dramatically…
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