[ad_1] Researchers examining decades-old x-rays of a 390-million-year-old trilobite fossil found that it had a very unique ocular structure made up of 200 large lenses in each eye. Phacops geesops, a trilobite of the suborder Phacopina, lived in the Devonian, about 390 million years ago. Under each optical lens in each of the eyes of … Read more
[ad_1] 3D model of DNA. Credit: Michael Ströck / Wikimedia / GNU Free Documentation License Our genetic code is millions of times more efficient at storing data than existing solutions, which are expensive and use immense amounts of energy and space. In fact, we could get rid of hard drives and store all the digital … Read more
[ad_1] Mercury is finally back in the spotlight, with a space probe passing its crater surface for the first time in six years. As it flew over Mercury on Friday, the BepiColombo spacecraft took the above photo 1,500 miles (2,418 kilometers), about 10 minutes after flying over the planet. The image shows ancient lava fields … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: Pixabay / CC0 public domain Imagine there is a bus that arrives every 30 minutes on average and you arrive at the bus stop not knowing when the last bus has left. How long can you wait for the next bus? Intuitively half of the 30 minutes sounds good, but you would be … Read more
[ad_1] Actor William Shatner. Credit: NASA Blue Origin confirmed on Monday that actor William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in “Star Trek,” will fly into space during a suborbital launch on October 12 from West Texas. Monday’s announcement followed a report last month from TMZ that a sci-fi actor was flying into space during a … Read more
[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY – A new survey shows more and more young adults in Utah are returning to live with their parents. The survey conducted by isoldmyhouse.com interviewed 3,500 people in August this year and found that 27% of young adults in Utah have returned to live with their parents in the past year. … Read more
[ad_1] NASA urges media to launch double asteroid redirect testNasa NASA’s “Armageddon” style asteroid deflection mission takes off in NovemberTechCrunch See full coverage on Google News [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The universe may be overflowing with molecules necessary for life, according to a new study. The results come from the most comprehensive maps ever made of the types and locations of chemicals in the gas and dust surrounding newborn stars. The stars shoot up huge clouds of gas and dust, which collapse under their … Read more
[ad_1] At least dozens of people said they saw a brilliant fireball over Colorado on Sunday morning (October 3). The American Meteor Society (AMS) listed more than 40 reports in three states, primarily in the Denver area, around 4:30 a.m. CDT (5:30 a.m. EDT; 10:30 a.m. GMT). Observers saw the meteor at least as far … Read more
[ad_1] What is between the hammer and the anvil? The answer is a rare 12,000-year-old mastodon tooth. Last month at Dinosaur Hill Nature Reserve, WDIV reported, Julian Gagnon, 6, was walking with his family when he spotted on the ground what they thought was a standard boulder or dinosaur tooth. “I just felt something on … Read more