Winning the Red Planet race: Returning Mars samples
Moon boots and Mars boots: anyway you look at it there are a lot of NASA shoes still to drop.
Scientists stunned by discovery in world’s coldest ocean
Tens of thousands of years ago, a new study suggests, a warming event led to the release of carbon dioxide
Evolution’s Clock Might Tick at Different Speeds :
The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks
Look up this week for Jupiter :: WRAL.com
Jupiter reaches opposition, the point in its orbit where the planet is opposite the sun in our sky. This brings
Here are the launches and landings we’re most
Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking vistas
In the dead of the night, this diver
The ocean is full of examples of symbiosis – when two creatures have a close relationship, often that benefits them
200,000-Year-Old DNA Found in a Tooth, Scientists Are
A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has sequenced the second high-quality Denisovan genome, extracted
We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech
Sea levels are rising faster than at any point in human history, and for every foot that waters rise, 100
The Naked Mole-Rat: The Only Living Mammal That
Mammals are vertebrates famous for, among other talents, having milk-producing mammary glands, having hair or fur, giving birth to live
A speeding clock could solve Darwin’s mystery of
The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks
