When an asteroid smacked into the Earth 66 million years ago, it triggered mass extinctions all…
Gene activity database could spare thousands of mice
A comprehensive database of gene activity in mice across ten disease models, which could significantly reduce…
Trillions of stars
This Hubble Picture of the Week shows the spiral galaxy Messier 98, which is located about 45 million light-years away…
Gulf of Taranto
Earth observation image of the week: the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Gulf of…
Earth from space: Gulf of Taranto
In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us over the…
Asteroids old and new
A visualisation of the orbits of asteroids observed by ESA’s Gaia satellite, including four recent discoveries …
Google endorses 'international tax deal' for multinationals
Google said Thursday it supports a global agreement on taxation that could allocate more taxes from…
Papua New Guinea deploys army to help volcano emergency
Troops have been sent to help thousands of people displaced by a volcanic eruption on a…
Sea slugs use algae's bacterial 'weapons factory' in three-way symbiotic relationship
Delicate yet voracious, the sea slug Elysia rufescens grazes cow-like on bright green tufts of algae,…
Toxic substances found in the glass and decoration of alcoholic beverage bottles
Bottles of beer, wine and spirits contain potentially harmful levels of toxic elements, such as lead…