[ad_1] Most of the space rocks that pass near the Earth are lonely travelers who make their way around the Sun and glide across our planet. The 1999 KW4 asteroid, which will make a distant pass to Earth on May 25, is quite different. The large primary body of the object is thought to be … Read more
[ad_1] 3D-Fuge uses 3D printed discs designed to hold small flasks of liquid. The single wire is used to spin the discs. Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech A 5,000-year-old toy still appreciated by today's kids has inspired an inexpensive, hand-powered scientific tool that could not only affect how biologists in the field lead their research, … Read more
[ad_1] Watermelons were a favorite feast of ancient Egyptians who ate domesticated versions of sweet and red fleshed fruit 3,500 years ago. The discovery took place after the DNA was extracted from fruit leaves dating back to 1876 Scientists have discovered a genomic sequence affecting cucurbitacins and lycopene An old image also shows the green … Read more
[ad_1] Sharks are quite eclectic eaters. They will tackle prey from fish and invertebrates to marine mammals and turtles. A shark may even have a blast on the odd surfer. If they can catch it or pick it up, and that is made of meat, the sharks will usually eat it. A new study identifying … Read more
[ad_1] WATER arrived on Earth exactly at the same time as the creation of the Moon, more than 4 billion years ago, according to a new study. This phenomenon is thought to have occurred when an "ancient planet" called Theia was crushed on Earth. Getty – Contributor Theia's collision hypothesis is as follows: Many scientists … Read more
[ad_1] Australian police captured beautiful images of a meteor illuminating the night sky. Police, fire and emergency services in the Northern Territory posted CCTV images on Facebook on May 19. "Whoa! Police have received reports that a large "fireball" will cross the sky between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek just after midnight, "officials said. "It … Read more
[ad_1] This site may generate affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. When astronomers search the sky, they are not just looking for objects that we already know exist. They are also looking for evidence of physical phenomena that we think should exists but has not been found yet. When you … Read more
[ad_1] Under the green light and assisted by an ionic liquid, the gold nanoparticles, at the bottom, allow the electrons to convert the CO2 molecules, the red and gray spheres in the center, into more complex hydrocarbon molecules. Credit: Graphic: Sungju Yu, Jain Lab from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chemists from the University … Read more
[ad_1] A multi – billion year old microfossil of mushrooms contains the oldest documented presence of chitin, a fibrous substance found today not only in the cell wall of fungi, but also in the exoskeletons of arthropods. and fish scales. (Loron et al. 2019, DOI: 10.1038 / s41586-019-1217-0) The mushroom among us is a key … Read more
[ad_1] A tiger shark in the Bahamas.Photo: Albert Kok (Wikimedia Commons) In 2010, scientists were monitoring a shark population on the border between Mississippi and Alabama. They had hoisted a little tiger shark to tag when something strange happened: feathers. An analysis of the DNA revealed that the shark had eaten a brown carpet, a … Read more