Category Science & Discovery

At first, life on Earth was simple. Cells existed, functioned and reproduced as free-living individuals. But then, something remarkable happened. Some cells joined forces, working together instead of being alone. This transition, known as multicellularity, was a pivotal event in…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S., is proposing the possibility of generating electricity using energy from the rotation of the Earth. In their…

De Veer, M. J., Kemp, J. M. & Meeusen, E. N. T. The innate host defence against nematode parasites. Parasite Immunol. 29, 1–9 (2007). Article  PubMed  MATH  Google Scholar  Hickey, M. J. & Kubes, P. Intravascular immunity: the host–pathogen encounter…

Hair can be curly, straight, thick, thin, brown, black, blonde, or auburn. It can be long or short, frizzy or lush. While the huge diversity in our genes and environments makes it a no-brainer that hair varies so much, it…

Utilized volcanic spheres 9735 and 9319 from Gombore IB. Credit: Mussi 2025 A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres may have been used by hominin species as a type of…

Animals do not always need to be used in preclinical studies.Credit: Evgenyi Eg / Getty While Catharine Krebs was working in a human-genetics laboratory during her PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles, there was a line that she…

The newest iteration of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot is already disconcertingly nimble, with its ability to run, perform backflips, and toss around heavy objects. So maybe there’s some comfort to be had in knowing that, if nothing else, it…

The visualization of a simulated event in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector. Credit: CC BY-NC 4.0 Credits KM3NeT Quantum gravity is the missing link between general relativity and quantum mechanics, the yet-to-be-discovered key to a unified theory capable of explaining both…

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00816-7 A network of quantum satellites that communicate with ground stations could offer a solution to enable a global quantum network. A quantum microsatellite that has been developed and launched can perform space-to-ground quantum…

Although a single penguin is capable of devouring thousands of krill in a single sitting, swarms of the zooplankton may detect disturbances in the water ahead of mealtime. The telltale sign? Bird poop. That’s what researchers at the Bigelow Laboratory…