Category: 7. Science

In stunning new time-lapse videos, biological nanoparticles scoot and flit across a starry field of glowing dots. Guided by the invisible chemistry of attraction, these microscopic travelers eventually group together to form…

I met a triathlete when I was in Chamonix this year, whose workout routine made my weekly slate look absolutely pedestrian. He runs just as much as I do (at least 25 miles a week), but also swims 160 laps, tallies almost four hours of…

Earth’s atmosphere is opaque to X-rays, which is probably good news for life on this planet. It is not good news for astronomers, however, because that means the best way for them to see high-energy events like black holes and neutron stars is…

Astronomers have been able to catch the earliest phases of supernova explosions with one of the most powerful observatories on Earth. These incredible observations have provided our first look at what the shape of a supernova is. It turns out,…

For decades, researchers assumed RNA would never survive the Ice Age.

Now, a team at Stockholm University has recovered authentic RNA from woolly mammoth tissues preserved in Siberian permafrost. The study shows that gene activity…

For decades, researchers assumed RNA would never survive the Ice Age.

Now, a team at Stockholm University has recovered authentic RNA from woolly mammoth tissues preserved in Siberian permafrost. The study shows that gene activity…