science
Fresh look at mysterious Nasca lines in Peru
A scientific approach has been used to re-identify huge birds etched into the desert plains of southern Peru around 2,000 years ago. The birds...
Astronomers make first detection of polarized radio waves in Gamma Ray...
Good fortune and cutting-edge scientific equipment have allowed scientists to observe a Gamma Ray Burst jet with a radio telescope and detect the polarisation...
Reaching and grasping: Learning fine motor coordination changes the brain
When we train the reaching for and grasping of objects, we also train our brain. In other words, this action brings about changes in...
Astronomers see ‘warm’ glow of Uranus’s rings
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes -- they weren't even discovered until 1977 -- but they're surprisingly bright...
Gut microbes eat our medication
The first time Vayu Maini Rekdal manipulated microbes, he made a decent sourdough bread. At the time, young Maini Rekdal, and most people who...
Discovery of a ‘holy grail’ with the invention of universal computer...
A new type of computer memory which could solve the digital technology energy crisis has been invented and patented by scientists from Lancaster University...
Plate tectonics may have driven ‘Cambrian Explosion’
The quest to discover what drove one of the most important evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth has taken a new,...
Narwhals and belugas can interbreed
A team of University of Copenhagen researchers has compiled the first and only evidence that narwhals and beluga whales can breed successfully. DNA and...
Dinosaur bones are home to microscopic life
Bad news, Jurassic Park fans -- the odds of scientists cloning a dinosaur from ancient DNA are pretty much zero. That's because DNA breaks...
The fellowship of the wing: Pigeons flap faster to fly together
New research publishing June 18 in the open-access journal, PLOS Biology, led by Dr Lucy Taylor from the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology now...
Two new Earth-like planets discovered near Teegarden’s Star
An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has discovered two new Earth-like planets near one of our closest neighboring stars. "Teegarden's...
