The Arctic ground squirrel survives conditions that would cause irreparable brain damage in almost any other mammal on the planet. Here’s how, according to research.
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If you cool a human brain by even just a few degrees, its neurons will…
Photographer Martin Giraud captured a breathtaking view of January’s full “Wolf Moon” rising over…
Astronomy helps scientists understand how stars are born, live, and eventually die. One key question people…
Researchers at the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology have reportedly found a way to synthesize starch directly from carbon dioxide. Achieved using only enzymes and raw materials, this new process, they report, is 10 times more…
Researchers are exploring how to achieve incredibly fast optical switching , controlling light with extreme speed , and a new study details a promising mechanism using indium nitride. Junjun Jia (Waseda University) and Minseok Kim and Yuzo…
At least three large pieces of space debris — old satellites and spent rocket stages — fall back to Earth every day on average, but researchers have only a very limited understanding of where these potentially dangerous fragments land and…
On the moon‘s extreme western rim, straddling the border with the lunar far side, a landmark nearly 600 miles wide almost completely escapes Earth’s view.
A colossal asteroid-like…
Many common products, including plastics and detergents, rely on chemical reactions that depend on catalysts made from precious metals such as platinum. These metals are effective but costly and limited in supply. For years, scientists have been…
Astronomers at the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have produced the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever assembled. The new image presents an extraordinary view of our galaxy as seen from the…
Astronomers at the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have produced the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever assembled. The new image presents an extraordinary view of our galaxy as seen from the…