CDC has updated the estimated range maps for Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes by using a model that predicts possible geographic ranges for these mosquitoes in the contiguous United States. The model used county-level records, historical records, and...
These two images, taken a year apart, reveal a moon orbiting the dwarf planet 2007 OR10. Each image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, shows the companion in a different orbital position around its parent...
This is a Humpback whale 'spy hopping'.
Credit: BRAHSS project (photo taken under permit as part of the Behavioural Response of Humpback Whales to Seismic Survey project)
A new international study has measured the effect of loud sounds on migrating humpback...
Olivine, the most abundant mineral found in the Earth's mantle, is considered to be a robust model of the interior of the Earth's composition.
Credit: Evan Krape/ University of Delaware
University of Delaware professor Jessica Warren and colleagues from Stanford University,...
Halley's Comet.
Credit: NASA
Researchers at the University of York have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted into the building blocks of DNA.
They found that organic compounds, called amino nitriles, the...
The sampling site used to isolate the methanotroph, namely a geothermal field in Rotokawa, New Zealand.
Credit: Dr Carlo Carere (GNS Science)
An international research team co-led by a Monash biologist has shown that methane-oxidising bacteria -- key organisms responsible for...
A new map of the thickness of Mars’ crust shows less variation between thicker regions (red) and thinner regions (blue), compared to earlier mapping. This view is centered on Valles Marineris, with the Tharsis Montes near the terminator to...
Artist's impression of Anatoliadelphys maasae.
Credit: Peter Schouten
Scientists have discovered fossil remains of a new carnivorous mammal in Turkey, one of the biggest marsupial relatives ever discovered in the northern hemisphere.
The findings, by Dr Robin Beck from...
X-ray microtomography image of trace fossil in sediment.
Credit: Luke Parry - University of Bristol
Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all animals evolved on earth.
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A polynya, or an opening in the sea ice, was present in the Southern Ocean in the 1970s. This image shows the sea ice concentration averaged over three September months 1974-1976 during the Weddell Polynya, made with data from...
This image shows a self-reconfiguring modular robots scheme.
Credit: Iridia Lab ULB
Researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles have developed self-reconfiguring modular robots that can merge, split and even self-heal while retaining full sensorimotor control. The work may take us...
