Category: 7. Science

Despite the common belief that reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, birds actually provide the strongest link to these ancient creatures. All modern birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs, the…

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In the previous edition, we focused on the European Renaissance and examined how Islamic astronomers influenced science to evolve in this direction. In this edition we cover the works of Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Newton, all of…

Long before the first stars appeared, the Universe was silent. No galaxies. No light. Just vast stretches of hydrogen gas and something mysterious shaping everything we now see – dark matter.

A team at Tel Aviv University has tried something…

A new space debris removal project aims to blast hazardous junk out of harm’s way from a distance, without the need for physical contact.

Called ALBATOR, the 3.9 million Euro ($4.6 million USD) early-stage concept is examining non-kinetic methods…

Strange, sinuous gullies etched into the dunes of Mars are finally giving up their secrets.

These gouges, new experiments reveal, are carved by the explosive sublimation of dry ice, burrowing down the slopes like a mole and blasting away sand…

A flapping-wing drone developed by researchers at the University of Cincinnati can locate and hover around a moving light source like a moth.

Moth-Inspired Drone