Amazing Spider Silk Continues to Surprise Scientists
We already know that spider silk is something of a wonder material, but scientists are still discovering more awesome things that it can do.
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We already know that spider silk is something of a wonder material, but scientists are still discovering more awesome things that it can do.
Astronomers expected that our first close-up glimpse of Ceres would yield numerous large craters. Instead, we didn’t find any.
Meet the Eye of Horus. It’s a newly discovered galaxy system that’s hiding something incredible in those fuzzy swirls of light circling it. Read More >>
The prospect of enhancing humans beyond normal capacities is cause for concern across much of the US.
All set to the tune of “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance
A study of thousands of Samoans flared up a strange DNA disparity that suggests why much of the population is now classed as overweight.
It's been burning since 2013, and will continue to do so for years to come.
Keeping a tomato flavourful and firm past a few days is no easy task, and now new research could finally give us a much longer span of time to eat that tomato.
If confirmed, the finding will push back the rise of oxygen on Earth hundreds of millions of years, raising new questions about the evolution of complex life.
What the heck is this weird bend behind Saturn's rings? Read More >>
Apart from humans and family pets.
Money's got to come from somewhere.
Vibrations exhibit distinct patterns, depending on frequency, which can be visualised by scattering a fine dust over a vibrating plate.
Controversy has long surrounded the death of Belgium’s King Albert I in 1934, with conspiracy theorists crying murder. Now 80 years later it's hoped the mystery is resolved once and for all.
Anyone who’s imbibed a glass of ouzo may be familiar with how it turns cloudy when the liquor is mixed with water. But there are still some mysteries about how such mixed liquids behave. Read More >>
A crew of astronauts and researchers has arrived in NASA’s underwater laboratory, Aquarius. They’ll be using the underwater conditions to simulate a crewed trip to Mars.
