At the cellular scale, the way muscle tissue repairs itself becomes surprisingly complex. The body does not respond the same way to all forms of damage. A sudden muscle tear from a sports injury differs greatly from the slow decline in muscle…
Category: 7. Science
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Satellite sees Antarctic ice shrink to 3rd-lowest max ever photo of the day for Nov. 24, 2025
Antarctic sea ice reached its seasonal winter maximum on Sept. 17, 2025, but even at its greatest extent of the year, coverage remained strikingly low by historical standards. Satellite imagery and data highlighted by the NASA Earth Observatory…
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Understanding Flux, from the Wettest Ecosystems to the Driest
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Many ecosystems on Earth are affected by pulses of activity: temperature swings between seasons, incoming and outgoing tides, the yearly advent of rainy periods. These variations…
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COVID vaccine tech could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites
The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites, according to a new study published in Trends in Biotechnology today [24 November].
Scientists from the University of Reading and…
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The Box vs The Bulldozer: The Story of Two Space Gas Stations
Using in-situ propellant has been a central pillar of the plan to explore much of the solar system. The logic is simple – the less mass (especially in the form of propellant) we have to take out of Earth’s gravity well, the less…
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Plants brought back from Space stun scientists by continuing to grow on Earth
Moss spores that spent nearly nine months outside the International Space Station have continued to reproduce after returning to Earth, surprising researchers and opening new possibilities for studying life in extreme environments.
The…
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A study of genomic complexity underlying multidrug resistance in Candida auris strains in Thailand
Diezmann, S., Cox, C. J., Schönian, G., Vilgalys, R. J. & Mitchell, T. G. Phylogeny and evolution of medical species of Candida and related taxa: a Multigenic analysis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42, 5624–5635.
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Chinese scientists decipher mystery of sticky soil on moon’s far side-Xinhua
BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have unraveled the mystery behind the unusually cohesive lunar soil retrieved by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the far side of the moon.
The soil’s sticky and clumpy characteristics — which…
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The Internet is broken and the inventor of the World Wide Web wants to fix it
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2025)
The World Wide Web is one of those rare innovations that truly reshaped the world. It is now so deeply embedded in our daily lives…
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New Hubble Image Brings Gigantic Star-Forming Cloud into Focus
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have released a beautiful new image of part of N159, a massive star-forming cloud located about 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado.
This Hubble image shows part of the…
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