Japan’s space agency, JAXA, released a video on Twitter on Thursday showing how it looks like on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, which is located more than 200 million miles away from our planet. The video was taken by one of the two rovers that are at the moment placed on the asteroid. What […]
Flowering time is normally conditioned by environmental factors. A new study focused on the factors that induce flowering, as well as those who prevent premature flowering. UV-B is essential The plant used for the research was Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress), and the aim of the study was to understand flowering mechanisms. UV-B, an important component
Lately, there have been questions regarding a bacterial infection of man’s best friend that is resistant to all sorts of drugs. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released recently a report that shows that the answer to these questions is ‘yes’. The CDC together with the local and state health and agriculture departments launched
Elon Musk’s company, called SpaceX is building an enormous, reusable rocket-spaceship called the BFR to enable our species to investigate and find out more about Earth’s moon, Mars and different universes all through the close planetary system. The extremely rich business visionary’s long-haul vision includes the foundation of a million-man city on the Red Planet
Due to a massive dust storm that engulfed the planet Mars earlier this year, the Opportunity rover was put to sleep. Since the spacecraft was dependent on solar energy, scientists did not know for how long it will be able to survive. Now it seems that the skies on the red planet have finally cleared
It looks like scientists have finally managed to find a link between the world’s most common weed killer and the increasing number of bee deaths. According to a recent study, conducted by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, glyphosate, which is the active component of Roundup, destroys some good bacteria in bees’ guts,
A new study notes that breast milk served from a bottle may not be as healthy as the one which is breastfeeding directly. Researchers have discovered that breastfed baby have a better weight in comparison to those that drink it from a bottle, especially if it is formula milk. Even babies that were given milk
Nowadays there is a trend amongst companies responsible for developing probiotics to invest a lot of resources in the innovative research in this domain. A good example is OptiBiotix, who agreed a deal with IPA (International Probiotics Association) to get access to the recent developments and upcoming advances when it comes to probiotics. Moreover, they
The Curiosity rover is suffering from some sort of ailment that still remains unclear. NASA’s Mars explorer is expected to recover, however, if we take on its team members’ optimism that they can get the six-wheeled robot up and running once again. Last Saturday night, on the 15th of September, Curiosity started to have problems
The artificial intelligence systems available today are works of wonder. Inspired by our brain and helped by training data and clear limits, they are able to reach feats like winning chess and Go completion against masters. They are also able to identify objects and tell the difference between similar objects. But they certainly lack in
