Category: 7. Science

Introduction

Worldwide, the estimates for the prevalence of persons with intellectual disabilities, an IQ below 70, vary between 1% and 3% [-], which is 80-234 million people. In the Netherlands, 2.3% of the population (around 400,000 out of 17.4…

In a forest, death feeds life. A fallen tree doesn’t end a story – it starts another. Beneath damp bark and soft moss, fungi grow, feed, and connect.

Scientists at Kobe University discovered that these fungi don’t just recycle wood; they…

Scientists studying clam and cockle shells have found signs that the currents in the Atlantic Ocean may be approaching a “tipping point”, which could have significant consequences for climate patterns.

The researchers studied the layers of 

An unexpected deep-sea deposit may be the smoking gun from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova in the relatively recent past.

Earlier this year, a team of scientists in Germany discovered a strange spike in beryllium-10 in the seafloor…

An amazing new video shows flashes of sunlight sparkling off a batch of SpaceX satellites, with a green aurora glowing just below.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an accomplished amateur photographer, captured the stunning “train” of SpaceX Starlink…