Over the next two weeks ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Drew Feustel and Japanese astronaut…
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Enabling longer space missions
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing has reignited interest in space travel. However,…
Meet the 'rock star' frog breeder vying to save Southern California's rarest amphibian
It was happy hour at the “Frog Shack,” a tiny building at the Los Angeles Zoo…
Microbes on the menu for bee larvae
Bees only feast on nectar and pollen, right? Click here for original story, Microbes…
Scientists discover star dust in Antarctic snow
A team of scientists hauled 500 kilograms of fresh snow back from Antarctica, melted it, and…
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/20/2019
Biorock: The crew removed the Biorock container samples from Kubik 5 and 6 and placed them…
Indigenous scholars confront the power, limitations of genomics
They traveled to central Illinois from Manitoba, Mexico City, Nova Scotia and 18 U.S. states, bringing…
Shedding light on the reaction mechanism of PUVA light therapy for skin diseases
The term “PUVA’ stands for ‘psoralen’ and ‘UV-A radiation.’ Psoralens are natural plant-based compounds that can…
Decades-old puzzle of the ecology of soil animals solved
An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has deciphered the defence mechanism of…
A solution to prevent beer bottle explosions
Some contaminant yeasts make beer bottles and cans explode. Apart from being dangerous for consumers these…