Category: 7. Science

The gravitational interaction between the Earth and Moon has led to one hemisphere of the Moon being locked facing away from Earth. Don’t be misled, though. The Moon does rotate, it just takes as long to rotate once on its axis as it takes…

Europe’s next planet-hunting spacecraft just spread its “wings” in preparation for launch.

PLATO‘s twin solar panels, which will power the Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars spacecraft’s search for Earth-like exoplanets, spread out…

More than 97% of electron microscope images aren’t reported in peer-reviewed scientific papers, according to a large-scale analysis.

The authors of the study, analysed scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy…

Source: AGU Advances

Increased warming in high-latitude wetlands seems poised to increase the activity of methanogens, or methane-producing microbes. These ecosystems are complex places, however, making outcomes hard to…

Skull cups and skeleton masks have been discovered among a pile of 5,000-year-old discarded human bones in China, according to a new study.

The sculpted skulls were found jumbled up with pottery and animal remains, but the purpose of the macabre…

Pakistani and Chinese scientists have identified 47 important genes in wheat that could help develop new varieties resistant to a major fungal disease and better able to withstand climate challenges. 

The joint research has been…