Nasa discovered a deep blue planet 63 light-years away, but its blue colour comes from glass, not water |
From a great distance, the planet could easily give the wrong first impression. Seen in…
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International Space Station’s $23 million toilet does far more than collect waste. It helps recycle about 98% of the station’s water into drinking water |
Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) depends on making the most of every available…
Scientists found a 2,865-pound predator from before dinosaurs ruled Earth; now 2,000 ordinary people are helping reveal its skeleton
Under the watchful eye of scientists, volunteers clean the skeleton of a mastodonsaurus A huge…
Scientists discover a new beetle genus named after One Piece’s Luffy, and its unusually long body parts explain why |
A scientific paper describing a previously unknown group of rove beetles has produced an unusual…
A tapeworm infects worker ants and makes them live several times longer by turning their bodies more like those of queens
A worker ant of the species Temnothorax nylanderi infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis, recognizable…
Invasive plants may be boosting mosquito numbers in lower-income areas, showing how neighbourhood vegetation can quietly shape public-health risks
Hand reaching into a mosquito enclosure. Credit: Credit: Edwin Remsberg / University of Maryland Low-income…
Astronomers warn millions of satellites could permanently brighten Earth’s night sky |
The night sky has inspired people for thousands of years, but scientists now say it…
A silent coral reef came back to life after scientists played recordings of healthy reefs underwater |
The decline of coral reefs is often described through bleaching events, rising sea temperatures and…
Hawaii: In 1955, Hawaii released a cannibal snail to control another invasive snail, but the predator instead helped push the islands’ rare native tree snails toward extinction
Still, the outlook for Hawaii’s snails is uncertain, symbolizing a new era in the conservation…
128 new Saturn moons discovered: Scientists say they are fragments of ancient worlds |
Saturn has strengthened its position as the planet with the largest known family of moons…