Scientists Have Discovered A New Type Of Microbe Able To Recycle Carbon Without Producing Methane

Researchers have discovered a new class of microbes that digest dead plant material without releasing methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Pr...

Scientists Create World's 1st Truly Biodegradable Plastic That Can Completely Break Down Under Heat And Water

Plastic pollution has contaminated the entire planet, from the Arctic to the deepest oceans, and microplastic particles are now known to be ...

The Only Person Who Was Buried On The Moon ― Eugene Shoemaker

Although most of us are familiar with the story of the 1969 moon landing as part of the Apollo 11 mission, few are familiar with Eugene Shoe...

Graphene ― The Material Of The Future That's 200 Times Stronger Than Steel

MIT researchers and colleagues recently discovered an important — and unexpected — electronic property of graphene, a material discovered on...

Meet The Xenobot, The World's First 'Living Machine' Created Using Frog Cells And Artificial Intelligence

What happens when cells from frog embryos are grown into new organisms that have been "evolved" by algorithms? You get what scient...

The Bizarre History Of The Baby Cage: A Penthouse for a Baby?

In the 1930s, baby cages were marketed as the 'it' parenting product among apartment dwellers who did not have access to backyards i...

Earth Receives Over 5,000 Tonnes Of Extraterrestrial Dust Each Year

Every year, our planet is bombarded with dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere, ca...