Category: 7. Science

Scientists have observed a small comet (Comet 41P) that stopped spinning completely and then started up again, but in the opposite direction.

This unexpected reversal reveals how quickly these icy space objects can change, and it may help explain…

Astronomers say they’ve spotted evidence of a cataclysmic collision between two distant…

Humans are born with an innate capacity for music, a biological ability to detect rhythm and melody that appears from the very start of life, according to a recent study.

The research reframes music as part of human biology rather than a skill…

Astrophotographer Emil Andronic spent nearly 70 hours capturing the light of a beguiling reflection nebula near the head of the hunter in the constellation…

In a study published in New Contaminants and reported on by Science Daily, researchers have developed a potential way to track micro- and nanoplastics using fluorescence technology to better understand how they affect living organisms, including…

More than three million years ago, the world looked very different from today. Early human relatives walked across the African landscape in search of food and water. Rivers and lakes were important places for survival. However, those same waters…

Researchers in China have made what they claim to be the first samples of pure hexagonal diamond, a theorized rare variant of superstrong diamond found in meteorites from shattered dwarf planets.

Natural diamond, also called cubic diamond, has…