Category: Science

The view from a swamp on Rishiri Island near Hokkaidō, Japan, where scientists sampled peat cores for paleoclimate research. Credit: Masanobu Yamamoto The island prefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan's second-largest island,...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have used computer modeling to show how a hypothesized type of supernova would evolve on the scale of...

Pandanus estellae reconstruction. Credit: Artist Alison Douglas A silicified 30-million-year-old fruit fossil could hold the clue to unlocking more information about screw palms (Pandanus) in Australia. A walk along most...

Photograph showing the splatometer positioned over a number plate. Credit: The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey: https://cdn.buglife.org.uk/2022/05/Bugs-Matter-2021-National-Report.pdf A team of researchers with the Buglife project, working with the Kent Wildlife...

Fullerene. Credit: Shutterstock Russian scientists have synthesized a new ultra-hard material consisting of scandium containing carbon. It consists of polymerized fullerene molecules with scandium and carbon atoms inside. The work...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Birds call forth a myriad of meanings in the Gilgameš Epic. Winged creatures convey abundance and revelry, enhance the narrative's soundscape, and foretell events in the...

In this image made from video supplied by NASA, SpaceX Dragon space capsule is lifted out of the water after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, May...

This series of images of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was captured by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 12 August 2015, just a few hours before the comet reached the closest point to the...

The Jivdaya Charitable Trust's animal hospital in Ahmedabad has treated around 2,000 birds over the past month, many weak and severely dehydrated. A volunteer scoops up a fledgling kite lying...

Credit: Harvard University For years, scientists have been attempting to engineer tiny, artificial cilia for miniature robotic systems that can perform complex motions, including bending, twisting, and reversing. Building these...