Study reveals rich genetic diversity of Vietnam

Vietnam features extensive ethnolinguistic diversity and occupies a key position in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). Vietnam,…

Foot feathering birds flock genetically together

Like trains running on separate but parallel tracks, sometimes the forces of evolution can affect different…

Foot feathering in domesticated breeds of pigeons and chickens use same gene regulatory networks

Poultry geneticists have long studied the inheritance of a prized fancy chicken breeding trait; feathered legs. …

Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths

The question of how the brain gives rise to subjective experience is the hardest of all.…

Dancing gargantuan black holes perform on cue

Scientists predict the explosive behaviour of two supermassive black holes almost to the hour. …

Mars Helicopter Installed On Mars Perseverance Rover

NASA’s Mars Helicopter is installed on the agency’s Mars Perseverance rover inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing…

Scientists recreate DNA damage caused by toxins from smoking

Researchers have recreated how toxins from smoking cause unique patterns of DNA damage. The discovery could…

How hero shrews' bizarre backbones evolved

Hero shrews have some of the weirdest backbones in the animal kingdom — they’re incredibly strong,…

Asteroid 1998 OR2 to safely fly past Earth this week

The large near-Earth object is well known to astronomers and will get no closer than 3.9…

Spitzer Telescope Reveals the Precise Timing of a Black Hole Dance

Black holes aren’t stationary in space; in fact, they can be quite active in their movements.…