Science

The observation that Galapagos finches possessed different beak shapes to obtain different foods was central to the theory of evolution by natural selection, and it has been assumed that this relationship holds true across all bird species. However, a University of Bristol-led study suggests bird beaks are not as adapted …

Eretmorhipis carrolldongi, a 28-inch (70 cm) long marine reptile that lived about 250 million years ago (early Triassic epoch) in what is now China, likely used its platypus-like bill to hunt by touch. Eretmorhipis carrolldongi had a long rigid body, a small head, tiny eyes and four flippers for swimming …

  NASA’s Opportunity vagabond just recently commemorated a wedding anniversary, however it was bittersweet. Recently significant 15 years on the Martian surface area for the little vagabond, however it continues to be quiet complying with a beast black blizzard on the red world in 2014. NASA is commemorating this turning …

  The Apollo objectives might have been introduced as component of a Cold War-era race with the Soviet Union, yet the geological expertise we obtained from them was significant. Till Apollo, we really did not understand that the Earth and also the Moon show up to have comparable proportions of …

A team of scientists has discovered the largest individual of any cave salamander in North America — a 9.4-inch (23.8 cm) long specimen of the Berry Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus). The largest specimen of the Berry Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus) measures 9.4 inches. Image credit: Nicholas Gladstone / University of …

An international team of researchers from the United States, Australia, Poland, Norway, and New Zealand, has found higher levels of Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium associated with chronic gum disease (periodontitis), and toxic enzymes from the bacterium called gingipains in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The team has also …

  NASA’s New Horizons probe was a smashing success when it completed the first-ever flyby of the former ninth planet. Getting a better look at Pluto was only the start, though. NASA pointed New Horizons at a small Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69 or “Ultima Thule.” We’ve seen a …

  It’s been a long time coming, but NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is close to its first launch. SpaceX says it is currently planning for the initial test flight of its crewed Dragon capsule next month. This comes after a series of setbacks as both SpaceX and Boeing trudged through …

Planetary researchers believe that our Moon was created more than 4.4 billion years ago in a catastrophic collision between proto-Earth and a hypothetical planet-sized body known as Theia. According to new research, our planet received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and other life-essential elements from that planetary collision. …

New research tackles one of the greatest mysteries about Saturn’s moon Titan: the origin of its present-day nitrogen atmosphere. Published in the Astrophysical Journal, the study suggests that Titan’s interior is likely warm, and that nitrogen from organic material in the moon’s interior may contribute on the order of 50% …