Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing
African rock art depicting a mythical tusked creature may mirror the look of fossils of real-life ancient mammal relatives called…
Some healthy fish have bacteria in their brains
Some fish have bacteria on the brain. Wild and lab-grown members of the salmon family including European rainbow trout, Chinook…
Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen
Opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever seen.…
The Large Hadron Collider exposes quarks’ quantum entanglement
Quantum entanglement has made its way to the top. Scientists have measured the strange quantum phenomenon of entanglement in top…
Mitochondria can sneak DNA into the nuclei of brain cells
Scientists have found DNA in the nucleus of brain cells, where it shouldn’t be. Bits of genes that typically reside…
How to spot tiny black holes that might pass through the solar system
Black holes about the size of a hydrogen atom could be careening through the solar system unnoticed. But their days…
The Most Profound Industrial Revolution Is Underway In Low-Earth Orbit
By Tom ViceChief Executive Officer, Sierra Space While the exploration of deep space is critical to advancing our understanding of…
Projectile pollen helps this flower edge out reproductive competition
Some flowers may be using their pollinators as sexual battlegrounds. Red, Brazilian flowers called Hypenea macranthause projectile blasts of pollen…
Pregnancy overhauls the brain. Here’s what that looks like
Pregnancy overhauls a woman’s body. The brain is no exception. A detailed study of a woman’s brain before, during and…
How a dying star is similar to a lava lamp
For the first time, astronomers have watched gas boil and bubble on the surface of a distant star. Scientists observed…
