You started out as just a few cells but developed into trillions of cells that make up all the different organs in your body. For this to happen, your cells have had to divide into two new cells that each include all the cellular components and DNA they need. To help scientists study this important

Male Trinidadian guppies (Poecilla reticulata). Clelia Gasparini, Ecology and Evolution Researchers at Florida State University have recently discovered why female guppies, tiny tropical fish native to Central and South America, prefer males with unusual color patterns – and it has to do with fish psychology. In their new study, Dr. Kimberly Hughes and her team of

One soap bubble over green bush. Getty One of the most reliable anthropomorphic rules of thumb in physics is that any system “wants” to minimize its energy, and will move in the direction of the lowest-energy state available. Of course, inanimate physical objects don’t really have desires, so this is really just a statistical-likelihood kind

Various long-exposure campaigns, like the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF) shown here, have revealed thousands of galaxies in a volume of the Universe that represents a fraction of a millionth of the sky. But even with all the power of Hubble, and all the magnification of gravitational lensing, there are still galaxies out there beyond

Tiger sharks, aptly named because of their tiger-like stripes on the sides of their body, are arguably one of the most infamous sharks in the world. Known as “garbage cans of the sea” because of the junk that has been found in their stomachs (like chicken wire, TNT, and parts of a suit of armor),

Hey, I wonder if there’s any science around here? Free for commercial use (via Pixabay) For decades the standard route from science to the public has been a follows. Scientist does research. Scientist writes a paper. Sometimes the scientist tells the press office at their university that they wrote a paper. If the press office

A new breeding ground for endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) has been found in the Galápagos Islands, according to the Ecuadorian government. The area was discovered in the coastal area of ​​Santa Cruz Island during a recent Galápagos National Park Directorate (GNPD) monitoring excursion. According to Eduardo Espinoza, the park ranger who led the

If you are interested in this story then read also Governments Look To “Smart Islands” For High Tech And Low Carbon Solutions. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and technology-dependent, a new wave of smart applications is changing how we approach everyday activities. Utility appliances such as intelligent fridges (yes, you read that right), personal assistants like Amazon’s Alexa

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin When I interviewed Broadway, television and film star Ashley Bell about her adventure producing, directing and writing her new documentary “Love and Bananas: An Elephant’s Story,” and the plight of Asian elephants, last week, she gave heartfelt career advice and her own choices reflect important career lessons to highlight

Lunar Module ascends in orbit. Credit: NASA A half-century after the Eagle kissed the Sea of Tranquility one almost forgets Apollo 10 — the mission that did everything short of actually landing on the lunar surface.  To those of us watching it live here on Earth, it was one of the most exhilarating and frustrating

Hurricane Michael was recently reclassified as a Category 5 storm by NOAA. The storm devastated parts of Florida, Georgia and beyond in 2018 with 160 mph winds, storm surge and rainfall. For my home state of Georgia, it was a particularly tragic event with agricultural losses estimated to be in the $2.5 to 3 billion

A lot of electronic dance music has a very characteristic feature: The music gradually builds, and then suddenly changes to a different rhythm, pitch or instrumentation. It feels like the tension of riding up a rollercoaster, just before you go down. Fittingly, this music phenomenon is called the “drop”. The buildup to the drop in

The next time your friends show you a photo of themselves riding an elephant, you might wince after watching Ashley Bell’s documentary. It’s the story of rescuing Asian elephants from the cruelty they endure to be housed in zoos and “entertainment” in circuses, as well as rides.  We see them as “docile due to their

(Reuters) – A three-year-old filly collapsed and died after racing at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Friday, a day before the Preakness Stakes. FILE PHOTO: May 14, 2019; Baltimore, MD, USA; A general view of the straight away in front of the seating coming out of turn four at Pimlico Race Course. Mandatory Credit:

NASA has awarded $45.5m to a range of US companies in its efforts to get back onto the Moon. The agency has tapped 11 companies to help develop a spacecraft that will get to the Moon’s south pole by 2024, as part of the highly ambitious Artemis lunar exploration program. The goal is for the

Weeks after Hurricane Florence, utility crews were still hard at work restoring power to the Carolinas and fixing damaged lines. Getty With just less than two weeks left until the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season starts, utilities throughout the United States are updating their plans and preparing for potential storms. Tropical storms and hurricanes can knock

The S-CLASS spacecraft images a sunrise shot from its perch in orbit. The spacecraft is a flexible platform under development by York Space Systems. York Space Systems A startup company’s new flexible-path spacecraft system is doing well during its first few weeks in orbit. York Space Systems announced Thursday (May 16) that its S-CLASS spacecraft

FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (in center, in a horizontal position), is readied for launch on a supply mission to the International Space Station on historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A SpaceX launch

Case for Space Cover Nicole Sommer-Lecht / Prometheus Books Space luminary Robert Zubrin has just released The Case for Space, a book that expands the motif of his seminal The Case for Mars throughout the solar system. While the founder and President of The Mars Society has long been associated with efforts to colonize the

A passenger jet is silhouetted against the rising full moon as it thanks off from Sky Harbor airport Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ASSOCIATED PRESS Are you a moongazer? If you enjoy looking at our satellite for any reason, there is one very special occasion each lunar month and that’s the