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A zebrafish egg cell divides. (Fengzhu Xiong and Sean Megason/Harvard Medical School)

Scientists Trace Process Of How One Cell Can Develop into Complex Lifeforms

April 30, 2018

All forms of multicellular life here on Earth begin with just a single cell. From this one cell springs a stream of specialized cells that go on to serve needed functions to create and keep a new life-form alive. This complex process is one of nature’s greatest mysteries. A zebrafish egg cell forms a complex […]

First Flight of NASA’s New Space Launch System Will Carry 13 CubeSats

February 3, 2016

NASA says the planned 2018 inaugural flight of its new and powerful rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will test the performance of the SLS and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system before it can be used to send humans into space. This initial flight, called Exploration Mission-1 or EM-1, will also carry 13 CubeSats […]

Red chili peppers (Nicholas Gemini via Wikimedia Commons)

Where Does Rain Go; Ocean Organics Form Cloud Ice; Hot Peppers May Fight Cancer

September 9, 2015

What Happens to Precipitation After it Falls to Earth? Have you ever wondered what happens to rain or snow once it falls on Earth? Researchers from the University of Utah and Oregon State University analyzed measurements, taken by the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) on NASA’s Aura satellite, of the two forms of hydrogen contained within […]

Scientist Proposes New DNA-based Naming System for All Living Organisms

February 21, 2014

All living organisms on Earth could soon have a new name if a Virginia Tech professor has his way. Boris Vinatzer has developed a system that classifies and names organisms based on their genome sequence. His study was published today in PLoS One. Vinatzer says his new system would provide scientists and others with a […]

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