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JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide, ISS Expedition 32 flight engineer, taking a space selfie during extravehicular activity on September 5, 2012, with the Sun behind him. Image credit: NASA.

Long Duration Spaceflights Destroy Red Blood Cells and Bone: Study

Aug 23, 2023 by News Staff

But our body can eventually replenish them back on Earth with the help of bone marrow fat, according to new research. JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide, ISS Expedition...

Dynamic color change of hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus). Image credit: Schweikert et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40166-4.

Hogfish Can Monitor Its Own Skin as It Changes Color, New Study Shows

Aug 22, 2023 by News Staff

The hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus), a common fish in the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil, is known for its color-changing skin. The...

A giant black hole in PGC 43234 destroyed a large star and threw its pieces into space; the X-ray data reveal the relative amount of nitrogen compared to carbon in this stellar debris field. Image credit: NASA / CXC / University of Michigan / Miller et al. / M. Weiss.

ASASSN-14li: Supermassive Black Hole Destroys Massive Star, Throws Its Pieces into Space

Aug 22, 2023 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton and other telescopes have found evidence for a massive stellar disruption (over...

The 2,900-year-old clay brick from the National Museum of Denmark. Image credit: Arbøll et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38191-w.

Ancient Plant DNA Extracted from 2,900-Year-Old Assyrian Clay Brick

Aug 22, 2023 by News Staff

Near the river Tigris, outside the ancient city of Kalhu, known today as Nimrud, northern Iraq, a brickmaker once prepared a clay brick for the construction...

Roychand et al. show that the leaching of organic compounds from waste coffee grounds hinders the hydration reaction of cement particles, thereby significantly hampering the compressive strength of waste coffee ground-blended concrete; however, pyrolyzing waste coffee grounds at 350 degrees Celsius led to a significant improvement in its material properties, which resulted in a 29.3% enhancement in the compressive strength of the composite concrete blended with coffee biochar. Image credit: Roychand et al., doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138205.

Researchers Turn Waste Coffee Grounds into Valuable Resource for Enhancement of Concrete Strength

Aug 22, 2023 by News Staff

A new study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production is the first to prove that waste coffee grounds can be used to improve concrete. Roychand et...

Smilodon fatalis. Image credit: Adam Hartstone-Rose.

Could Saber-Toothed Cats and American Lions Roar?

Aug 22, 2023 by News Staff

The American lion (Panthera atrox) may have roared, while the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis may have produced vocalizations similar to living purring...

This image from Webb’s NIRCam instrument shows the Ring Nebula. The nebula’s inner cavity hosts shades of blue and green, while the detailed ring transitions through shades of orange in the inner regions and pink in the outer region. The ring’s inner region has distinct filament elements. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / M. Barlow / N. Cox / R. Wesson.

Webb Team Releases New Photos of Ring Nebula

Aug 21, 2023 by News Staff

The new image of the famous Ring Nebula from Webb’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) shows the intricate details of the filament structure of the nebula’s...

Skull and life reconstruction of Saurosuchus galilei. Image credit: Jordan Bestwick, University of Birmingham.

Triassic Apex Predator Had Much Weaker Bite than Previously Thought

Aug 21, 2023 by News Staff

Saurosuchus galilei, a large loricatan pseudosuchian archosaur that lived in South America 230 million years ago (Late Triassic epoch), was thought to...

The African wildcat (Felis lybica) by John Anderson in Zoology of Egypt.

How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa

Aug 21, 2023 by The Conversation

The African wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) is the ancestor of our beloved household pets. And despite changing very little, their descendants have become...

This Hubble image shows ESO 300-16, a dwarf irregular galaxy 28.7 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. Tully.

Hubble Focuses on Tiny Irregular Galaxy

Aug 21, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 300-16. This Hubble image shows ESO 300-16, a dwarf...

Life reconstruction of Potamotherium valletoni. Image credit: Gabriel Ugueto.

Early Seal Had Otter-Like Appearance, May Have Used Its Whiskers to Forage for Food

Aug 21, 2023 by News Staff

Seals, sea lions and walruses (Pinnipedia) use their whiskers (vibrissae) to explore their environment and locate their prey. Today they live mostly in...

The 5,500-year-old gate at Tell Erani, Israel. Image credit: Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority.

5,500-Year-Old City Gate Unearthed in Israel

Aug 18, 2023 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have unearthed a 5,500-year-old city gate — the earliest known in Israel — and a...

Life reconstruction of Venetoraptor gassenae. Image credit: Caio Fantini.

Triassic Pterosaur Relative Had Raptorial-Like Beak and Long Hands with Scimitar-Like Claws

Aug 17, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of pterosaur precursor has been described from a 230-million-year-old partial skeleton found in southern Brazil. Life reconstruction...

This sequence of Hubble images chronicles the waxing and waning of the amount of cloud cover on Neptune. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Erandi Chavez, UC Berkeley / Imke de Pater, UC Berkeley.

Astronomers Discover Connection between Neptune’s Cloudy Weather and 11-Year Solar Cycle

Aug 17, 2023 by News Staff

Neptune is the most distant planet in the Solar System, an ice-giant that boasts an active and chaotic atmosphere. Using archival near-infrared observations...

In a few million years, HD 45166 will explode as a very bright, but not particularly energetic, supernova. During this explosion, its core will contract, trapping and concentrating the star’s already daunting magnetic field lines. The result will be a neutron star with a magnetic field far greater than its progenitor. Image credit: NOIRLab / AURA / NSF / P. Marenfeld / M. Zamani.

Highly Unusual Wolf-Rayet Star Will Evolve into Magnetar, Astronomers Say

Aug 17, 2023 by News Staff

Using spectropolarimetric data gathered by various telescopes around the globe, astronomers from the University of Amsterdam and elsewhere have identified...

Palaeopycnogonides gracilis. Scale bars - 5 mm. Image credit: Sabroux et al., doi: 10.1002/spp2.1515.

New Research Sheds More Light on Evolution of Sea Spiders

Aug 17, 2023 by News Staff

Paleontologists have examined a collection of 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France. The rare specimens show that the diversity...

Life reconstruction of Arenaerpeton supinatus preying on Cleithrolepis granulata. Image credit: José Vitor Silva.

Paleontologists Identify New Triassic Amphibian Species in Australia

Aug 16, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Arenaerpeton supinatus is the fourth species of chigutisaurid temnospondyl amphibian from Australia and the first from the Sydney Basin. Life reconstruction...

Archaic human peptides display in vitro and in vivo antimicrobial activities with low host toxicity. Image credit: Ella Marushchenko.

Scientists ‘Resurrect’ Extinct Antimicrobial Peptides of Neanderthals and Denisovans

Aug 16, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Molecular de-extinction could offer avenues for drug discovery by reintroducing bioactive molecules that are no longer encoded by living organisms. Archaic...

Сeramic pipes excavated from Pingliangtai, China. Image credit: Li et al., doi: 10.1038/s44221-023-00114-4.

4,000-Year-Old Ceramic Drainage System Discovered in China

Aug 16, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The 4,000-year-old network of ceramic water pipes unearthed at the archaeological site of Pingliangtai on the Central Plains of China represents an unprecedented...