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Afossil uncovered along the Yangtze River in China is forcing scientists to rethink not just the origins of sponges but also the way they search for the earliest traces of animal life. For decades, a contradiction persisted: molecular clock…

I have one of the best jobs in the world: I am a paleontologist who digs up dinosaur bones for a living. I am also the paleontology consultant for the Jurassic World film series, and I teach courses at the University of Edinburgh about Earth…

Secrets of cosmic evolution may lurk in this black hole’s ‘dancing’ jets

By Lee…

Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale has unveiled plans for a mission it says will be the world’s first to inspect multiple defunct satellites in different orbits.

The mission, named In‑situ Space Situational Awareness-Japan 1, or…

The Lyrids are back to kick off a dazzling 2026 meteor shower season! They are one of the oldest known meteor showers, having been observed for 2,700 years, according to NASA.

When Earth passes through a trail of debris left behind by Comet…

Incoming views of Mars usually show its dusty, tan-colored surface littered with rocks, a familiar desert-like world that has looked more or less the same for millions of years. However, a new image of the Red Planet revealed a…

Skywatchers are in for a treat this week as the northern lights are predicted to grace skies across several northern U.S. states ‪—‬ and it’s all thanks to a large hole that has opened up in the sun’s atmosphere.

Auroras may be visible as…

Strains, media and growth conditions

Escherichia coli was routinely grown in LB media at 37 °C, and C. crescentus strain NA1000 was grown in PYE media at 30 °C. To culture C. crescentus cells to stationary phase for GTA production, 10 ml…

How far from humanity were the astronauts of Artemis II? The answer will surprise you