chloroplast, part The cells that allow plants and algae to photosynthesize are thought to have originated over 1 billion years ago, when photosynthetic cyanobacteria lived symbiotically within other primitive cellular…
“Today's ecosystem is based on living volunteers,” says Kevin Caldwell, CEO and co-founder of Ossium. While the US organ donor system has been in existence for decades, bone marrow from…
And then, the main dilemma: who should take responsibility for what? The so-called Global South is pressing for funds to follow the path of countries left behind by developed countries,…
In September, a A Montana man was sentenced to six months in prison after smuggling a clone of one of the world's largest sheep species. Court documents allege that Arthur…
A novel strain of cyanobacteria, informally called “Chonkus,” has been identified in hydrothermal waters off Italy's Vulcano Island, sparking interest for its potential in carbon capture. Discovered during a marine…
this article is Republished from Conversation under one Creative Commons License,Clouds form when water vapor—an invisible gas in the atmosphere—sticks to small floating particles such as dust. Liquid turns into…
original version Of this story appeared in quanta magazine,It is not easy to study quantum systems – collections of particles that obey the counter-intuitive rules of quantum mechanics. Heisenberg's uncertainty…
less than a a month passed historic fifth flight SpaceX's Starship, during which the company held the booster with mechanical arms on the launch pad in Texas. Now, another test…
“You can see an ecosystem change overnight – especially with hydrilla. You’ll see a normal pond, and then at the end of the growing season, it will be completely filled…
A study has shown that the well-preserved fossil of a nodosaur, a plant-eating dinosaur, could withstand the force of a high-speed car crash. The fossil, discovered in Alberta, Canada, belongs…
