Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Alternative splicing is a genetic process where different segments of genes are removed, and the remaining pieces are joined together during transcription to messenger RNA (mRNA).…
This stunning new mosaic of images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope showcases the nearby star-forming cluster, NGC 1333. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A.…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain We all imitate one another in conversation. We use similar gestures, our accents converge, our tones of voice align, and we mirror each other’s facial expressions.…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain One of my favorite summer pastimes is enjoying a cold beer in a bar with friends after work. But not just any beer—it has to be…
Credit: Ella Ragasa from Pexels Located to the east of Madagascar, the bountiful, volcanic French island of Réunion has sometimes been called a sister to Hawaiian volcanoes because of the…
by Alison Derry, Annabelle Fortin-Archambault and Beatrix Beisner, The Conversation A researcher from Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie sampling zooplankton from an Alaskan lake. Credit: A. Derry, CC BY…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and ESA’s Solar Orbiter missions measuring the same stream of plasma flowing away from the sun at different distances. Parker measured copious magnetic waves near the…
Credit: Matthew Kapust / Sanford Underground Research Facility Most of the matter in the universe is missing. Scientists believe around 85% of the matter in the cosmos is made of…
A closed carbonized papyrus scroll from Herculaneum being scanned. Credit: EduceLab/University of Kentucky It’s the last day of August, which means that in the Northern Hemisphere, tomorrow will be 50…
Shown here is a longwing butterfly with one wing (right) altered by CRISPR gene editing, resulting in a dramatic change to its normal color pattern. Credit: Luca Livraghi A team…
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