DNA from Beethoven’s hair hints at what killed the composer
DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer…
‘Off-Earth’ asks how to build a better future in space
Off-EarthErika NesvoldMIT Press, $27.95 Astrophysicist Erika Nesvold once asked an executive of a company aiming to mine the moon how…
A hormone shot helped drunk mice sober up quickly
The only cure to being drunk is to wait it out. But that might not always be the case: Injecting…
Red Eye – Der actiongeladene Thriller erhält eine 4K-Fassung (inkl. Gewinnspiel)
Auch im März liefert Paramount (Öffnet sich in einem neuen Tab) einmal mehr einige Neuauflagen zu älteren Filmveröffentlichungen, die in…
A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu
Uracil, a building block of life, has been found on the asteroid Ryugu. Yasuhiro Oba and colleagues discovered the precursor…
Sleeping sickness is nearing elimination. An experimental drug could help
The patient arrived at the hospital one hot night in Masi-Manimba, an agricultural town unfurled along the Democratic Republic of…
U.S. cases of a deadly fungus nearly doubled in recent years
A fungus that recently evolved to infect humans is spreading rapidly in health care facilities in the United States and…
The mystery of Christiaan Huygens’ flawed telescopes may have been solved
17th century scientist Christiaan Huygens set his sights on faraway Saturn, but he may have been nearsighted. Huygens is known,…
310-million-year-old fossil blobs might not be jellyfish after all
What do you get when you flip a fossilized “jellyfish” upside down? The answer, it turns out, might be an…
By flying over atmospheric rivers, scientists aim to improve forecasts
The term “atmospheric river” may sound airy and ethereal, but these massive, fast-moving, drenching storms can hit as hard as…
