Category: 7. Science

Earth’s Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for scientists.

During earlier and later time periods, tectonic plates kept a steady pace, climate zones were normal, and the…

Scientists have grown embryo-like structures in the laboratory that produced human blood cells, raising new possibilities for regenerative medicine.

The ability to generate blood stem cells in the laboratory may one day make it possible to treat…

JWST might have spotted the ‘smoking gun’ of a hypothetical object called a dark star in the distant Universe. If confirmed, this discovery could solve several mysteries of physics.

A dark star may sound like an oxymoron, but it would still…

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

Buried deep in Greenland’s ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense…

For decades, the standard story went like this: as the last ice age waned, Antarctica’s vast ice sheets were believed to be the main engine pushing global sea levels higher.

However, a new study turns that narrative upside down. Led by Tulane…