NASA's Perseverance Mars rover sets distance record
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul3d ago
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has officially traveled 28.10 miles—farther across another planet’s surface than any other vehicle in history.
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top 3%Powerful X-rays reveal unexpected roles for water in enzymes linked to cancer and penicillin
Phys.orgby Emily Ayshford3d ago
Powerful X-rays reveal unexpected roles for water in enzymes linked to cancer and penicillin In biology, a group of enzymes called 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenases is responsible for catalyzing...
Structure in the unstructured: New phenomenon discovered in the solar wind
Phys.orgby University3d ago
Structure in the unstructured: New phenomenon discovered in the solar wind Turbulence is ubiquitous and occurs every day, such as when milk is stirred into coffee or in the stormy motions of the...
'Ruins and Reverberations' quest walkthrough in Arc Raiders
Polygon.comby Ford James3d ago
The "Ruins and Reverberations" quest in Arc Raiders involves a quick visit to the Cielo Sereno Observatory, which is one of the new locations on the Pendola Pass map, introduced to the game with...
Light Can Turn Brain Cells On & Off. An IISc Scientist Is Using It to Understand Pain
The Better Indiaby Anuja Vartak3d ago
Meet Dr Arnab Barik, an assistant professor at the Centre for Neuroscience, IISc Bengaluru. Barik studies one deceptively simple question: How does the brain make us feel pain?
A duo goes against the tide to explain an origin of human endurance
Science Newsby Elizabeth Pennisi3d ago
Two researchers may have opened floodgates on the debate over why humans can run marathons, swim the English Channel or dive a hundred meters and back on a single breath and their ape cousins...
Microbe Discovered With One of The Smallest Genomes on Record, Pushing The Bounds of What It Means to Be Alive
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill3d ago
A tiny microbe detected inside a marine plankton has one of the smallest genomes of any organism ever found, and it's really putting biologists' definition of 'life' to the test.
Webb spots possible early-universe supernova just days after it happened
Phys.orgby Shreejaya Karantha3d ago
Webb spots possible early-universe supernova just days after it happened Shreejaya Karantha Author The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a possible supernova in the early universe just...
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Sets New Record for Off-World Distance Driven
PetaPixelby Jeremy Gray3d ago
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has officially set a new record for the most distance driven by any vehicle on another world’s surface.
Planetary systems reveal two distinct families tied to their host stars
Phys.orgby Instituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica3d ago
Planetary systems reveal two distinct families tied to their host stars Analyzing a sample of 300 of the best-characterized planetary systems among the more than 1,000 known in the Milky Way, an...
Random mutations turn RNA droplets into cell-like structures that move and store cargo
Phys.orgby Katrina Jordan3d ago
Random mutations turn RNA droplets into cell-like structures that move and store cargo A small number of random genetic mutations cause simple RNA droplets to transform into cell-like structures.
Three Samplers, One Posterior: NUTS vs. Emcee vs. Nested Sampling
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Samit Ganguly3d ago
I've used all three of these samplers in actual research, usually without thinking much about why I picked one over another. emcee was the sampler I first used.
'To The Skies' quest walkthrough in Arc Raiders
Polygon.comby Ford James3d ago
The "To The Skies" quest in Arc Raiders is all about repairing a prototype of the new ballistic gondola extraction method, seen on the Pendola Pass map.
XRP’s Missing Piece Revealed Ahead Of Ripple Swell
DailyCoinby Tadas Klimasevskis3d ago
Ripple’s upcoming Swell conference is offering a major year-end event that could shuffle the cards for XRP Army.
How cells make their command center accessible
Phys.orgby Peter Rüegg3d ago
How cells make their command center accessible The cells of higher organisms such as mammals, flies and fungi enclose their genetic material in a nucleus.
The WHO searches for a new leader as US funding dries up and trust in science wanes
El País Englishby Patricia R. Blanco3d ago
A woman in her 70s holds a sign against the World Health Organization (WHO) in the rain outside the World Health Summit in Berlin, one of the main international forums on global health.
Perseverance Mars rover sets new driving record on surface of another world
CBS Newsby Emily Mae Czachor3d ago
NASA's set an otherworldly driving record this week, traveling the farthest of any vehicle ever on the surface of another planet.
In 1960, scientists predicted the world would end on November 13, 2026
Popular Scienceby Mack DeGeurin3d ago
In exactly a month, on November 13, 2026, the world will end. Fittingly, our impending apocalypse falls on Friday the 13th.
Space waves reveal where Earth's magnetic shield is under pressure
Phys.orgby University3d ago
Space waves reveal where Earth's magnetic shield is under pressure A new study led by researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland sheds light on a poorly understood part of space weather...
NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission - NASA
NASAby albarne13d ago
A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of NASA’s efforts to establish a Moon Base, humanity’s first lunar outpost, has passed a series of critical tests at the agency’s Jet Propulsion...