A star about 100 light-years away in the Pisces constellation, GJ 9827, hosts what may…
MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a cellular pathway that allows specific synapses to become stronger during…
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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently turned its telescopic camera toward a field of stars, snapped…
Building a submarine gets tricky when the temperature drops to -300 Fahrenheit (-184 Celsius) and…
Rice University scientists plan to employ the power of the sun to build functional synthetic…
The ability for cancer cells to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs – known as multi-drug…
“Nature and nurture is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct…
Dark matter is increasingly puzzling. Around the world, physicists have been trying for decades to…
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows streaks forming on slopes when dust…
Order a sushi platter in the U.S. and your plate will likely include tuna from…
To build more aerodynamic machines, researchers are drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: the ocean.…
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows an impact crater looking amusingly like…
Juno accomplished a close flyby over Jupiter’s churning atmosphere on Wednesday, February 7, successfully completing…
The Sun might emit less radiation by mid-century, giving planet Earth a chance to warm…
Cockroaches are so hardy, a popular joke goes, that they’ve occupied the Earth long before…
A new study sheds light on how obesity may contribute to male infertility. Published in…
Extremely distant galaxies are usually too faint to be seen, even by the largest telescopes.…