Category: 7. Science

Microbiomes, the communities of microorganisms that live in and around us, play a vital role in everything from human health to soil fertility and climate regulation. But studying these tiny life forms, especially outside the human…

Remember back in 2018 when there was a discovery of a briny “lake” underground near the Martian south pole? Pepperidge Farm probably does, and anyone that works there that’s interested in space exploration will be disappointed to…

Half a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, a secretive creature drifts in the dark. It has eight tentacles with glowing tips, and a ‘cloak’ of webbed skin that it can wrap itself up in.

It is the vampire squid, and it looks like something out…

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the fragile lump of mineral in May of last year, the…

At the deadly site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, where nothing could survive due to extreme radiation, scientists have…

darkest fabric inspired by riflebird’s ultrablack feathers

 

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a method that allows them to create the darkest fabric ever made, inspired by the ultrablack feathers of the magnificent riflebird. In…

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The Copernicus Sentinel 2 mission of the European Space Agency has captured the Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert. The feature is known as the ‘Eye…

A type of black fungus found at the Chornobyl nuclear disaster site has demonstrated the ability to convert radiation into usable energy, a discovery that may be applied to space exploration.

According to Interesting Engineering…