This Robot Could Explore Mars 3x Faster Than Today’s Rovers
Legged robot performing analogue tests in Marslabor at the University of Basel. Credit: Dr. Tomaso Bontognali A new…
Molecular Adaptations And Engineering Of Extremophiles For Synthetic Biology And Biotechnological Applications
Industrial applications and role in the climate change of different classes of extremophiles. (a) Illustrations in the inner…
Endangered Whale Sharks Are Covered in Scars, and Humans Are to Blame
Whale shark alongside snorkeler in Cendrawasih Bay. Credit: M.V. Erdmann Over 60% of whale sharks in Indonesia are…
Scientists Just Cracked an 85 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Mystery
Egg clutch sampled for chronological studies. Credit Dr. Bi Zhao Researchers dated dinosaur eggs directly for the first…
This Weirdly Brilliant Telescope Design Might Finally Uncover Earth’s Twin
Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional…