Gravity is the weird, mysterious glue that binds the Universe together, but that’s not the limit of its charms. We...
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Mini brains grown in a lab from stem cells have spontaneously developed rudimentary eye structures, scientists report in a fascinating...
One of the biggest questions we have about the Universe is: Are we alone as a technologically advanced species? This...
Three volcanoes in the Alaskan chain of Aleutian islands are currently erupting, and two others are rumbling with disquiet. According...
East-facing sunflowers are happier, healthier, and more productive than those that face other directions – and it’s all down to...
The chance of asteroid Bennu colliding with Earth by the year 2300 CE is a little higher than we thought....
For the first time, one of the deadliest forms of brain tumor has been successfully 3D-bioprinted, resulting in the most...
What’s in a gas giant? No, really. The interiors of Jupiter and Saturn are actually quite difficult to probe. But...
A roiling cloud complex, thick with the turbulence of star formation, is yielding up new clues as to the formation...
Venus may be a poisonous nightmare planet where habitability is concerned, but is there any other planet in the Solar...
The Solar System is positively lousy with magnetic fields. They drape around (most of) the planets and their moons, which...
If you look carefully into the night sky, you might see a star that wasn’t visible last week. In the...
