Bionic jellyfish? Yes, and they are here to help
It may sound more like science fiction than science fact, but researchers have created bionic jellyfish by embedding microelectronics into these ubiquitous marine invertebrates with...
New telescope reveals sun’s surface in closest detail yet
Images from a powerful new telescope installed on top of a volcano in Hawaii show the surface of the sun in the closest detail yet,...
On eve of Brexit, Britain faces critical test to defend drug trial crown
It’s 2023. Britain’s brightest and best drug researchers are packing their bags as clinical trials start to dwindle, leaving a nation renowned as a global...
‘Karoo firewalkers’: Dinosaurs braved South Africa’s land of lava
About 183 million years ago during the early part of the Jurassic Period, enormous amounts of lava flowed across the landscape in what is now...
China science database scraps paywall to aid virus battle
A major scientific database run by China’s Tsinghua University has made its contents available free of charge from Wednesday in order to help researchers work...
Australia scientists claim first re-creation of coronavirus outside China
A team of scientists in Australia said on Wednesday they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of...
Chilean scientists scramble to save last of desert frogs from extinction
When Chilean scientists last year discovered 14 Loa water frogs struggling to survive in a nearly dry river bed in the country’s northern desert, the...
Did asteroid that hit Australia help thaw ancient ‘snowball Earth’?
Scientists have identified Earth’s oldest-known impact crater, and in doing so may have solved a mystery about how our planet emerged from one of its...
Hairy situation: Scientists explain how stress-related graying occurs
Marie Antoinette’s hair turned white overnight, according to folklore, before she was executed by guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution. The ill-fated queen embodied...
Bad weather forces delay of SpaceX simulated rocket failure test
Bad weather forced Elon Musk’s SpaceX to delay until Sunday a test in which it will destroy one of its own rockets in a trial...
