To uncover the secrets of exoplanets, try listening to them
Oct 24, 2016 04:35 am UTC| Science
From rainfall patterns to share price performance, the usual way to analyse any data that shows something changing over a period of time is to put it into a graphic. Making data visual usually makes it much easier to...
Deepwater Horizon: scientists are still trying to unravel mysteries of the spill
Oct 21, 2016 14:05 pm UTC| Science
The film Deepwater Horizon, starring Mark Wahlberg, captures the chaos and drama that ensued after the massive fireball that engulfed the oil rig of the same name in 2011, which killed 11 people and injured many others....
How many genes does it take to make a person?
Oct 21, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Science
We humans like to think of ourselves as on the top of the heap compared to all the other living things on our planet. Life has evolved over three billion years from simple one-celled creatures through to multicellular...
What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars
Oct 20, 2016 11:42 am UTC| Science
Researchers at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, had another of those nervous days waiting to hear first from a probe designed to land on Mars surface, and then from the probes orbiting mother...
Biggest map of giant voids and clusters in the universe solves major cosmological puzzle
Oct 19, 2016 18:56 pm UTC| Science
Since its discovery in 2008, astronomers have been puzzled by a cosmic mystery so vexing that it has even led some to question whether the general theory of relativity Einsteins masterpiece theory of gravity is wrong on...
NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, Crewmates Launch to Space Station to Continue Research
Oct 19, 2016 09:24 am UTC| Science
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2016--Three crew members representing the United States and Russia are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:05 a.m. EDT...
The slow climb from innovation to cure: treating anaemia with gene editing
Oct 19, 2016 07:16 am UTC| Science
The ability to precisely edit DNA via CRISPR technology has emerged as the one of the most powerful advances in biology. A new paper showing repair of a genetic mutation in human blood cells represents an important step...