Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth. While about 80% of earth is nitrogen, it is mostly contained in the atmosphere as gas, and hence,...
Charismatic, iconic and Instagram-friendly, the weedy seadragon is a favorite with divers and snorkellers. The first genomic study of east coast Australian seadragon...
A botanical marvel emerges from the deep past.
There’s a powerful scene in the movie “Contact” (one of my favs) where lead character Ellie Arroway is sitting among an array of telescopes and hears...
Scientists have released an analysis of a meteorite fragment gathered after an asteroid near-collision with Earth. The results suggest that special, water-holding...
Wayne Oldham's devoted wife was so afraid she would lose him that she started planning his funeral
The perfect transmission of sound through a barrier is difficult to achieve, if not impossible based on our existing knowledge. This is also true with other...
Astronomers specializing in the search for alien life have detected an intriguing radio signal that appears to have originated from the
Millions of tons of organic carbon and methane beneath the Arctic Ocean thaw out and ooze to the surface each year. And climate change could speed...
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. and one in Saudi Arabia has developed a way to produce jet fuel using carbon...