Physicist claims that life’s common trait is information
You are on one of those trips where the travel is so tedious that even your cell phone looks boring. Not being able to sleep, you look out…
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Researchers developed a video game that allows non-scientists to assist in analyzing genome sequences of microorganisms…
You are on one of those trips where the travel is so tedious that even your cell phone looks boring. Not being able to sleep, you look out…
Animals are unable to tell us why they do the things they do, and curious scientists often want to find out. They set up experiments to see…
Nitrogen pollution is a big problem in standing water such as lakes and ponds. The nitrogen comes from many sources, often agricultural…
51 Pegasi b is a roughly jupiter-sized planet around a star pretty similar to our sun. This planet has been part of astronomy conversations…
At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there is a supermassive black hole. This is normal — at the center of almost every galaxy there is…
When we first learn about cells in biology, we are taught that bacterial cells are simple, and animal and plant cells are more complex.…
Today, Nature published the landmark discovery of a system of seven planets around a star named TRAPPIST-1 about 40 light years away. This…
Galaxies come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Many galaxies are in the shape of spirals, including our own Milky Way Galaxy. The movement…
Genes are bundles of DNA that exist in your cells that affect how you look, grow, and age. Since the human genome was fully decoded…
Stars and planets are most often categorized by their mass. In astronomy, the “initial mass function” is used for this categorization.…