Category: 7. Science

Bio-tar and biochar may sound similar, but the first is a toxic byproduct and the second is a next-generation fertilizer.

In a groundbreaking study, a team of researchers developed a way to turn that tar into char, according to Interesting…

Nov. 7 (UPI) — Saturn’s Enceladus moon might be capable of supporting life, according to data collected by NASA’s Cassini mission and compiled in a new study in the Science Advances journal.

The moon is one of the most promising for supporting…

Comet 3I/ATLAS continues to captivate the public. The comet is only the third known interstellar visitor to our solar system, and has been repeatedly surprising astronomers as it flies through our cosmic neighborhood.

3I/ATLAS was first…

Finding a fingerprint on the casing of a fired bullet was once a nearly impossible task. But scientists have at last achieved a breakthrough.

Researchers at Maynooth University in Ireland have now shown they can recover human fingerprints from…

Songbirds like parrots and parakeets might be well known for squeaking out embarrassing one-liners and certain four-letter words, but those aren’t the only sounds they can mimic. Birds have been observed copying dog barks, car alarms, and even

We know of three interstellar objects (ISO) that have visited our inner Solar System. Oumuamua was the first one, and it came and went in 2017. 2l/Borisov, an interstellar comet, was next, appearing in 2019. And right now, the…

Water is one of the simplest molecules known to science, yet it continues to surprise researchers. Under normal conditions, it freezes into the familiar form of ice that floats on lakes and rivers. But when water is exposed to extremely high…