Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening

By Aswathy Ammothumkandy, University of Southern California; Charles Liu, University of Southern California; Michael A. Bonaguidi, University of Southern California; The Conversation Your brain can still make...

What we can and (still) can’t predict about earthquakes

Why timekeeping is now on the verge of a giant leap forward in accuracy

By Vittorio Aita, King’s College London; The Conversation Time is vital to the functioning of our everyday lives: from the watches on our wrists to the...

Five animals that behave differently in moonlight

By Anders Hedenström, Lund University, The Conversation Once every spring, a few days after the full moon, corals of the great barrier reef release eggs and...

Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals

By Allan Albig, Boise State University, The Conversation Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those...

Canada set to lose irreplaceable ’treasure trove’ of fungi

By Emily Chung, CBC News, RCI 15,000 live strains used to research emerging diseases, biodiversity Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget...

SpaceX launches Starship prototype

By TASS, Philippine News Agency NEW YORK – SpaceX, a company owned by US celebrity entrepreneur Elon Musk, on Sunday launched a Super Heavy carrier rocket...

Scientists found hidden physics inside Van Gogh’s Starry Night

AZERTAC, Philippine News Agency BAKU – Scientists recently analyzed Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night to see how well its famous swirls matched up with known atmospheric physics,...

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict how they grow

By Chantal Nguyen, University of Colorado Boulder; The Conversation Most of us aren’t spending our days watching our houseplants grow. We see their signs of life...

The Boeing Starliner has returned to Earth without its crew – a former astronaut details what that means for NASA, Boeing and the astronauts still up in space

By Michael E. Fossum, Texas A&M University, The Conversation Boeing’s crew transport space capsule, the Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person crew right after midnight...