Shaun the Sheep completes astronaut training with ESA

Children’s film character Shaun the Sheep has completed his microgravity training ahead of the launch of…

Betting on speculative geoengineering may risk an escalating 'climate debt crisis'

The opening of the Oscar-winning film The Big Short, a comedy-drama on the global financial crisis…

Largest genomic study on type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan African populations

Researchers have performed the largest GWAS study on type 2 diabetes in the sub-Saharan African populations,…

Astronauts less likely to faint on Earth if they exercise in space; findings may help others with fainting issues

Up to two hours of endurance and resistance exercises daily during a long space flight mission,…

Transfer of oncogene in colon cancer cells demonstrated

For years, doctors and scientists have known very little about why patients can receive drugs successfully…

Theory that ridged skin helps dolphins debunked

A dolphin is obviously not a golf ball. However, many scientists believed that the way one…

Study unveils a new supersolid phase in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates

Generally, matter exists in three distinct forms: as a solid, a liquid or a gas. Past…

Peanut plant's 'chemical breath' could give clues to drought and other stresses

Peanut growers could someday identify emerging threats such as drought, pests or disease by testing a…

Study finds small mammals aid expansion of warm-climate trees

A new study by Alessio Mortelliti, an assistant professor of wildlife habitat ecology at the University…

Powering the future with lunar soil

Building a lunar base would be one of the next logical steps in our exploration of…