The nations gather in Geneva on Tuesday to try to complete an important contract aimed at terminating the crisis of plastic pollution, which affects every ecosystem and person of the planet. This is the sixth time the negotiators meet and they expect to be the last. The main division is whether the contract should need … Read more
During the solar eclipse, astronomers studying heliumophysics can investigate the sun coron – its outer atmosphere – as they cannot do at any other time. The brightest part of the sun is so bright that it blocks the light light from the corona, so it is invisible to most astronomers used. The exception is when … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. Barringer Crater image in Arizona. | Credit: USGS/d. Roddy This article was originally published The conversation. The publication contributed to the Space.com article Expert voices: OP-ED and insights; Exposure craters are formed when an object from space, such as a … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. The AX-4 commander Peggy Whitson (smiling, behind NASA Astronaut Anne McClain) is enjoying downtime with his colleagues at the International Space Station. | Credit: NASA/Jonny Kim Like many learners for a lifetime, Astronaut Peggy Whitson says he found a way … Read more
A boy born to the Ohio couple last week, developed from an embryo that has been frozen for over 30 years, which is believed to be the longest holding time before birth. What is called embryo adoption, Linda and Tim Pierce used a handful of embryos donated in 1994. Their son was born on Saturday … Read more
Provided by Will Dunham Washington (Reuters) -Bulv is one of the world’s food tufts, first grown thousands of years ago in the South American Andes region, before spreading the world since the 16th century. Despite the importance of humanity, the evolutionary origin of potatoes has remained so far – so far. A new analysis of … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. A simplified MIT experimental scheme, where two atoms are considered instead of a laser beam and act as two cracks that can dispel individual photons by creating a pattern of interference. ; | Credit: V. Fedoseev et al. For more … Read more
The humble contemporary potatoes, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago, began its activities in the Andes Mountains until it becomes the main harvest on which the world depends. But since the plants do not retain a fossil record, its tribe essentially remained a mystery. Now, a team of evolutionary biologists and genome scientists traced this … Read more
Provided by Will Dunham (Reuters) -Scientists diving to stunning depths in two ocean trenches in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, discovered prosperous marine creatures that keep them from eating organic matter, like most animals, but by turning chemicals into energy. They found these chemosynthesis -based animal communities dominated by pipe worms and molluscs – during diving … Read more
Archaeologists working in Spain say they revealed evidence of what could have been a synagogue that the Jewish community has been unknown so far. While digging the site, it was previously believed to have been a church dating back to the 13th century, experts found materials and architectural evidence that encouraged them to hypothesis that … Read more