This Folding Robotic Device Captures Delicate Sea Creatures Without Crushing Them
Researchers have developed a robotic device capable of capturing even the most delicate deep-sea animals.
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Researchers have developed a robotic device capable of capturing even the most delicate deep-sea animals.
The Atacama Mummy belonged to a human girl whose physical malformations were the result of several severe genetic mutations.
We uncover this fishy mystery.
These particles spin around each other a billion times per second, and will be used to study the very fabric of spacetime.
It's been nicknamed "thorny head".
New findings show that ancient hunter-gatherers were making and eating bread 4,000 years before the Neolithic era and the introduction of agriculture.
At least there was no apocalyptic curse.
This is a new picture of Neptune taken from the Earth. It’s nothing short of amazing.
This isn’t the first time a paper has found flaws in CRISPR’s abilities.
Dating back to the Late Cretaceous, it’s the oldest known baby snake in the fossil record.
Say hello to Squalus clarkae, otherwise known as Genie’s dogfish.
New findings show that the molecular processes required to grow hair, fur and feathers are remarkably similar to the ones involved in the development of fish scales.
The problem has to do with NASA’s rather vague certification process, which is needed to determine whether new capsules are safe enough for human spaceflight.
This brings the gaseous behemoth’s total moon count up to 79.
So long as the interventions aren’t harmful to the future child or society as a whole.
Don't grab your spade just yet though — even if they are there, they’d be almost a hundred miles below the surface.
