A previous study has shown that a type of squill growing in Madeira produces a chemical…
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Changes to drylands with future climate change
While drylands around the world will expand at an accelerated rate because of future climate change,…
PIA23820: Windstreaks
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…
Clues to COVID-19 coronavirus's vulnerability emerge from an antibody against SARS
An antibody recovered from a survivor of the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s has revealed…
Do urban fish exhibit impaired sleep?
Melatonin controls the body clock — high melatonin levels make us feel tired in the evening.…
To divide or not to divide? The mother cell may decide
Researchers have found that it’s actually the mother cell that determines if its daughter cells will…
Spot BepiColombo during its ‘goodbye flyby’
On 10 April, BepiColombo will be visible to amateur and professional astronomers during its first –…
Why is BepiColombo back?
BepiColombo is on its way to Mercury, but for some reason that brings it back to…
Lucy had an ape-like brain
A new study led by paleoanthropologists reveals that Lucy’s species Australopithecus afarensis had an ape-like brain.…
Week in images: 30 March – 3 April 2020
Week in images: 30 March – 3 April 2020 Discover our week through the lens …