Science in telegram

There is a clock that shows the exact position of the planets in the solar system. Planets move at the same speed as real planets, and the hands of the stars mark hours and minutes. It is called the "Planetary Midnight".…

Scientists continue to make promising inroads around more durable forms of concrete, and engineers at Melbourne's RMIT University have been operating at the cutting edge of this research for some time. Their latest examp…

Scientists have demonstrated a form of printable wood-based ink that morphs into complex shapes as moisture evaporates A lot of work goes into creating wooden objects like furniture, with the timber needing to be harvest…

Implantable "drug factory" beads destroy tumors in mice within days Earlier this year, scientists at Rice University demonstrated a highly promising approach to tackling ovarian and colorectal cancer that centered on "dr…

Newly discovered crater suggests multiple asteroids killed dinosaurs The Earth still bears the scar of the gigantic asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, along with three quarters of all life – but a new study su…

Following more than a decade of development, delays and testing, NASA's most powerful rocket ever now seems ready for liftoff. The Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft exited the vehicle assembly building yesterday,…

A nuclear war between Russia and US would be detrimental. Scientists suggest fleeing to Argentina or Australia would have the highest chance of survival…

The shell of Jupiter's famous ice moon may be formed, in part, by pure underwater snow that floats up instead of falling down. A new study, published in the August issue of the journal Astrobiology, finds that Europa's i…

Snakes have learned to "walk": blogger Allen Pan created an exoskeleton for crawling. Snake can change directions with its head and tail. During the first test snake behaved quite calmly and even seemed to be satisfied w…

This is an illustration of how much air and water there is on Earth. The water bubble contains all of the water on the planet, including the water locked in ice, floating in the atmosphere as water vapour, and hidden in…

Gravity is often demonstrated in 2 dimensions like a heavy object on a bed sheet. How does this actually translate into our 3 dimensional reality? It actually contracts or squeezes the fabric of spacetime. But remember w…

Scientists have demonstrated a new system that can restore crucial molecular and cellular functions in pigs one hour after death. Experiments showed that some tissue damage from loss of oxygen can be reversed, which coul…