A detailed look at a rare meteorite
A carbonaceous meteorite that fell in Costa Rica holds organic compounds that are preserved from the earliest stages of our solar system,…
Category: Big Questions
Microbes that eat iron cause bedrock erosion
Are microscopic mineral-eating microbes breaking down our mountains? They may be behind bedrock erosion.
Building the molecules of life in the lab
The hyperbranched polymer scaffold could have been the early primitive base for the emergence of life. @t_z_jia @CerberaOdollam…
Might microbes mine the Moon and Mars?
Scientists aboard the International Space Station test if bacteria can get vital metals out of rock under low gravity conditions.
Viruses inhabit even the deepest depths of the ocean!
Have you ever wondered what lies in the deepest depths of the ocean? Could there be scary sea monsters or other unknown life forms?…
Teaching a computer to play the game Go is difficult
A mathematical strategy called Objective Monte-Carlo helped a team of researchers teach a computer how to play the ancient and complex game…
Smart robots could automatically identify Mars rocks
How do you train a computer to identify the type of Mars rocks it sees? #Mars #geology #machinelearning #deeplearning
How can we search for life as we don’t know it?
It's hard to look for signs of life beyond Earth. It's a little easier if we assume that life out there is like Earth life. But what if it…
Can traps be an alternative to pesticides in aquatic farms?
Using traps to lure parasites away may be a good alternative to pesticides for aquatic farms. But what attracts them?
The connection between puberty, body mass, and nutrition
How does the body connect our nutrition to our development? A receptor in the brain plays a key role in puberty and growth!