May 2021
Brain Implants Turn Imagined Handwriting into Text on a Screen
Paralyzed man writes on screen with his mind (Pixabay) A man paralyzed from his neck [...]
Scientists Find Liquid Water Inside a Meteorite
Fragments of the Sutter’s Mill meteorite, collected by NASA Ames and SETI Institute meteor astronomer [...]
Farewell, Bennu! NASA spacecraft leaves asteroid to bring pieces of space rock to Earth
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this image of the asteroid Bennu on April 29, 2020. The [...]
Mangrove forests on the Yucatan Peninsula store record amounts of carbon
Mangrove trees surround Cristalino Cenote (pictured), a water-filled sinkhole on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Soils beneath [...]
‘Mars isn’t dead.’ There could be active volcanoes
Recent explosive volcanic deposit around a fissure of the Cerberus Fossae system. Research: Volcanic eruptions [...]
‘Mummified’ Plants Give Glimpse of Earth’s Future
Plants may adapt to rising CO2 levels Plant fossils dating back 23 million years are [...]
April 2021
Scientists Found a 200,000-Year-Old Human Bed
Ancient grass-ash bedding made by humans discovered A bed made by humans from grass and [...]
Warming Climate Probably Doomed Woolly Rhinos
Warmer climate likely killed off woolly rhinos Warming weather rather than human hunting was probably [...]
Myriad Exoplanets in Our Galaxy Could Be Made of Diamond And Rock
Many Milky Way planets may be composed of diamond There may be a number of [...]
New Dinosaur Species. Perfectly Preserved Fossil
Dinosaur pair likely buried alive 125M years ago Fossils of two small dinosaurs are a [...]
New Magnetic Rocket Thruster Concept Could Propel Astronauts To Mars
Travel to Mars may get boost from thruster idea Thrusters propelled by magnetic fields could [...]
Progress in the Fight Against Plastics Pollution
Robotic plastics sorting research awarded $2M grant The National Science Foundation has awarded the University [...]
The Mantis Shrimp Inspires a New Material—Made by Bacteria
By 3D-printing scaffolds and dipping them in microbe juice, scientists make robust structures that could [...]
Unprecedented Footage Reveals the Bizarre Inner Workings of a Beehive
Video shows daily life inside a beehive (Pixabay) The everyday lives of European honeybees inside [...]
March 2021
One Million Year Old Twigs and Leaves Unfurled When Hydrated
Plant fossils suggest Greenland was once ice-free Fossilized plant matter brought up from deep below [...]
A New View of Black Hole in Polarized Light
An actual photo of a black hole in polarized light which cancels glare to improve [...]
Luminescent Sharks Found Off New Zealand
3 sharks found off New Zealand glow in the dark Kitefin sharks, blackbelly lanternsharks and [...]
One Million Year Old Twigs and Leaves Unfurled When Hydrated
Plant fossils suggest Greenland was once ice-free Fossilized plant matter brought up from deep below [...]
Scientists Want to Store DNA of 6.7 Million Species on the Moon (just in case)
Storing 6.7M species' DNA on moon proposed Researchers at the IEEE Aerospace Conference proposed storing [...]
Scientists Unlock Mysteries of World’s Oldest ‘Computer
Researchers simulate inner workings of ancient device Scientists are figuring out how a bronze device [...]
Which Americans Live Longest? Education Matters More Now Than Race
Study links college education to longer life span (Wang He/Getty Images) A study published in [...]
Perseverance – Listens To Its Rock-Zapping Laser
Listen to Perseverance's laser hitting Martian rocks NASA's Perseverance rover deployed its SuperCam instrument, measuring [...]
Mars Was Warm, Wet, and Conducive to Life
Warm weather was rare on ancient Mars, study suggests (Pixabay) There were very few periods [...]
Earth’s Inner Core May Have Two Layers
Another layer may be inside Earth's inner core There might be an additional layer hidden [...]
Seafloor Life Lives On The Products Of Irradiated Water
Irradiated ocean water helps seafloor microbes thrive A study published in Nature Communications finds that [...]