Category: 1. Edi-Choice

Moon dust may not be as harmful to humans as had been thought, with a new experiment showing that the typical air pollution on a busy street is more toxic than inhaling lunar dust.

“The results contribute to the safety case for returning humans…

Did light shine in the universe’s earliest moments, or was it hidden from view? While this question may seem simple at first, a recent article by Live Science reveals that the reality is far more intricate. Photons, the particles that make up…

Earth is spinning faster than ever, and the result is a shortening of the length of our days. Since 2020, each year has brought records for the shortest day ever, with Earth’s spin accelerating by milliseconds. As we approach mid-2025, experts…

VIENNA, AUSTRIA — An exclamation of awe, excitement and cheers erupted today at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium as a striking new window into Earth’s forests, deserts and glaciers opened with the release of the first images from ESA’s Biomass…

Bacteria can be used to turn plastic waste into painkillers, researchers have found, opening up the possibility of a more sustainable process for producing the drugs.

Chemists have discovered E coli can be used to create paracetamol, also known as…

Rare success

The researchers spent time ensuring that the enzymes they had were modifying the methylation as expected, and that development started as usual. Their general finding is that the enzymes did change the…

When most of us think about the weather on other planets, we imagine extreme conditions—boiling acid rain, methane snow, or violent winds sweeping across barren landscapes. Yet, recent space missions and planetary research have uncovered a…

The recent fall to Earth of a failed Soviet Venus probe from the 1970s has become a detective story of sorts.

Different computer models were used to predict the reentry. But why were they divergent, and how can we improve our ability to nail down…

Earth’s first continents were supposed to be forever. Their deep roots, more than 120 miles thick, once looked too cold and too strong for the mantle to pry loose.

Now a modeling study led by Professor Shaofeng Liu at the China University of…

It was weirdly emotional on Monday (June 23) as several grainy white specks streaked across my computer screen while ambient rhythms buzzed in the background. Those specks were part of a film that played during the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s…