Breathable atmospheres may be more common in the universe than we first thought

The existence of habitable alien worlds has been a mainstay of popular culture for more than…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/13/2019

Gravitational References for Sensimotor Performance:  Reaching and Grasping (GRASP): The crew performed GRASP quasi-free sessions. The…

Amid the wasteland of the Salton Sea, a miraculous but challenging oasis is born

It came as a bittersweet surprise to biologists and government agencies monitoring the steadily shrinking Salton…

Rare find: Human teeth used as jewellery in Turkey 8,500 years ago

At a prehistoric archaeological site in Turkey, researchers have discovered two 8,500-year-old human teeth, which had…

Moongoose females compete over reproduction

Researchers at the University of Exeter, UK, followed a population of wild banded mongooses (Mungos mungo)…

3-D scanning of sandstone fossil reveals oldest known record of amphibian tracks in the UK

A new paper has revealed an ancient trackway, found imprinted on a block of sandstone from…

Microplastics 1 million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought

Nothing seems safe from plastic contamination. A new study by NSF-funded researchers at the Scripps Institution…

Video: OPS-SAT, the flying laboratory

On 17 December, ESA will launch a first-of-its-kind space laboratory, OPS-SAT. The small, low-cost test satellite…

Protein injections in medicine

Pathogens can use a range of toxins to damage their host organism. Bacteria, such as those…

Image: Baltic blooms

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the green algae blooms swirling around the Baltic Sea. …