The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a beautiful picture of a galaxy called UGC 695.
This Hubble image shows the dwarf galaxy UGC 695. The picture...
According to a series of experiments by Yale University and University of Bath researchers, ordinary people see beauty in complex mathematical arguments...
The blue-banded sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus) uses a complex system of large blood vessels in its head to draw in extra oxygen when it dives and swims...
Astronomers using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) have found a remarkable source of X-rays in NGC 6946, a spiral galaxy located...
Tyrannosaurus rex, a species of carnivorous dinosaur that lived about 68 million years ago, had an internal thermostat in its head, according to a study...
NASA has released a stunning infrared image snapped by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy Messier 81.
This infrared image taken by NASA’s...
A new study published in the JNeurosci shows that through selective breeding, humans have significantly altered the brains of different lineages of domestic...
Astronomers using the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility have caught an active asteroid called (6478) Gault in the act of changing color — in the near-infrared...
An international team of scientists from the United Kingdom and the United States has discovered a previously unknown type of electromagnetic wave: a Dyakonov-Voigt...
Venus’ surface has never been seen by the human eye because of opaque, highly reflective clouds which permanently cover the planet. What is curious about...
Sleep is crucial for our survival, and many conditions, including cancer, autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer’s, are linked to...
University of Copenhagen researcher Isabelle Augenstein and colleagues trawled through 3.5 million fiction and non-fiction books, all published in English...
A team of scientists at the University of Georgia has used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to engineer brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) with transmissible mutations...
An international team of marine geologists has found evidence for meteoric water flow at 2,625 feet (800 m) below sea level near the Lofoten archipelago...
Astronomers using data from ESA’s Gaia spacecraft have identified a number of clusters, associations and co-moving groups of stars within about 3,300...
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a thread-like ferromagnetic robot that can glide through complex...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of a dwarf irregular galaxy named UGC 685.
This Hubble image shows the dwarf galaxy...
A team of researchers at the University of Iowa has found that a single bout of aerobic exercise improves cognitive functions and working memory in older...
One of the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics is quantum superposition, in which a particle exists in two or more states simultaneously. In a...
Human and non-human primate studies show that in adolescence, a time of increased reactive behavior, self control is limited.
A juvenile rhesus macaque...
