NASA has released an absolutely beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of PLCK G004.5-19.5, a massive cluster of galaxies in the...
Low doses of far ultraviolet C light can inactivate airborne influenza and other viruses without harming human tissues, according to a study published...
An unusual composite image created by ESO astronomers reveals the aftermath of a catastrophic collision between two similar disk galaxies, which happened...
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of fossil fish from 90 million-year-old (Cretaceous period) deposits in Colombia. A paper reporting this...
Chimpanzees’ overall intelligence is correlated to their ability to exert self-control and delay gratification, according to a study published in the...
Angiosperms (flowering plants) are neither as old as suggested by previous molecular studies, nor as young as a literal interpretation of their fossil...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have produced this vivid image of a distant pair of interacting...
Viruses fall back to Earth via dust storms and precipitation, according to new research published in the International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal.
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After many years of experiments, physicists have observed that under extreme temperatures and pressures, water takes on a new form called superionic ice....
According to a new study published in the journal Hippocampus, spending too much time in dimly-lit environment may change the brain’s structure and hurt...
A remarkable tailed arachnid found in the mid-Cretaceous (approximately 100 million years ago) Burmese amber of Myanmar documents a key transition stage...
A team of linguists from Lund University in Sweden announced this week they have identified an endangered minority language known as Jedek that is spoken...
Scientists at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine have discovered a link between rheumatoid arthritis and Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis,...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have conducted the first spectroscopic survey of exoplanets within the habitable zone around TRAPPIST-1....
An international team of scientists led by the National University of Singapore’s Cardiovascular Research Institute has discovered that chondroitin sulfates...
A new study has found that planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, an ultracool dwarf star 38.8 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, are mostly made of...
Several dwarf galaxies orbiting around a nearby elliptical galaxy called Centaurus A are rotating in synchrony around their host, to astronomers’ surprise....
Woodpeckers experience forces up to 1,200-1,400 g while pecking. It is assumed due to evolutionary adaptations, the woodpecker is immune to brain injury....
