A new collaborative study, led by the Natural History Museum and the Max Planck Institute for…
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A layer of 'aerogel' could make Mars habitable and even enable life to develop there
Transforming the red planet to support life has long been a dream of science fiction. Mars…
Radiation from atomic testing in Marshall Islands still too high for human habitation
A team of researchers from Columbia University has found that radiation levels from atomic testing in…
How tech firms make us feel like we own their apps—and how that benefits them
Possessions are going out of fashion. An endless stream of media reports claim millennials – that…
Gaia's biggest operation since launch
On Tuesday 16 July, teams at ESA’s mission control will perform an “orbit change maneuver” on…
The counter-intuitive solution to getting people to care about climate change
In a May episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Bill Nye the Science Guy…
Teeth 'time capsule' reveals that 2 million years ago, early humans breastfed for up to 6 years
Humans’ distant ancestor Australopithecus africanus had a unique approach to raising their young, as shown in…
Better genome editing for bioenergy
CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications.…
Small fragments of carbon-rich asteroids too fragile to survive atmospheric entry
Ryugu and other asteroids of the common “C-class” consist of more porous material than was previously…
The protein that gives identical cells individuality
New insight into a protein’s role in regulating tight DNA packing could have implications for combating…