How a sugar acid crucial for life could have formed in interstellar clouds
Computer calculations and lab experiments have revealed a possible mechanism for the creation of glyceric acid, which has been seen in meteorites.
Computer calculations and lab experiments have revealed a possible mechanism for the creation of glyceric acid, which has been seen in meteorites.
Spikes of carbon-14 in tree rings may be linked to solar flares, but evidence of the havoc-wreaking 1859 Carrington event has proven elusive until now.
A reexamined Chinese site points to a cultural mix of Homo sapiens with Neandertals or Denisovans.
A method to force fruit flies to move shows the insects’ stepping behavior and holds clues to other animals’ brains and movement.
The protein assembles itself into a repeating triangle pattern. The fractal seems to be an accident of evolution, scientists say.
By tweaking the energy of a thorium nucleus with a laser, scientists demonstrated a key step to building clocks based on the physics of atomic nuclei.
Journalist Bianca Bosker infiltrates the secretive art world to understand the science and psychology of why art matters to the human experience.
Studies of such rocks continue to reveal secrets about the moon’s history.
Using machine learning, researchers trained Emo to make facial expressions in sync with humans.