Category: 7. Science

Mr Reeves said: “It was discovered on 20 November that there was an issue with waste from the Maiden Castle tug being directed into the sea rather than its onboard containment tank.

“Portland Port takes this matter extremely seriously and action…

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites from Florida early Monday morning (Dec. 14), beating the forecast for poor weather.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 12:25 a.m. EST (0525 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space…

Some plants lack both green pigments and sexual reproduction, yet these unusual traits reveal important insights into what defines plant life. A new study involving Kobe University examined species in the genus Balanophora to understand…

Michael J. Chamberlin, an editorial board member of the Journal of Biological Chemistry and a pioneer in the study of transcription, died on November 1 at age 88. He was an American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology member for…

There’s not a whole lot to spot on the surface of the moon tonight, but if you look hard enough you’ll see one or two interesting features. And as we approach the New Moon, this will be…

There’s not a whole lot to spot on the surface of the moon tonight, but if you look hard enough you’ll see one or two interesting features. And as we approach the New Moon, this will be…

This year got off to an exciting start as we welcomed Flora Lichtman back to Science Friday as host of the show, alongside Ira. From day one, she’s delighted listeners with weird, wonderful, eye-opening stories, including an award-winning…

When it comes to brain function, neurons get a lot of the glory. But healthy brains depend on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. The most abundant of the brain’s non-neuronal cells are astrocytes,…