Jessica Irvine /https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/5f/12/5f12561c-f3ea-414b-b8ce-04c0e92ef826/27819357084_a8682d0e07_4k_web.jpg "Science: Tracing the Origins of Chaco Canyon’s Timber")
The largest of the Great Houses in Chaco Canyon, Pueblo Bonito, features timber beams that extend through its walls. Some 1,000 years ago, Ancestral Puebloans camped in a pine forest to harvest trees for building Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Workers used stone axes to pummel away at tree trunks until they could be tipped …
The stars Cor Caroli (bottom left) and Chara (top right) in Canes Venatici, with the bright galaxy … [+] Messier 94 at top left. Cor Caroli is a bright double star but is not resolved here. getty If you’re looking forward to the coronation of King Charles III this weekend at Westminster Abbey in London, …
In the center of this NASA photograph taken in 2012, Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland gradually moves toward the ocean, with large segments breaking off and drifting away as icebergs. Researchers at UCI and NASA JPL used satellite data from three European missions to learn how warm ocean water is causing the migration of the …
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Many giant animals roamed the Earth after non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Dmitry Bogdanov via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 3.0 / Dmitry Bogdanov via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 3.0 / Pagodroma721 via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 / Sergiodlarosa via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 / public domain Dinosaurs have always …
Harvard University Professor David Liu, Ph.D. is one of the pioneers in the field of gene editing using technologies such as CRISPR/Cas9. His work is spread across nine impressive companies, including his latest venture Nvelop Therapeutics, that exemplify the potential of gene editing in various disciplines such as agriculture and medicine. While the CRISPR/Cas9 system …
In the world of survival of the fittest, flight has numerous advantages. It allows creatures to escape from predators on the ground, diversify their diet and ambush prey from above. Flying also enhances an animal’s ability to travel, forage, and find mates. Surprisingly, only three groups of vertebrates have developed the ability of sustained, muscle-powered …
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This genetically engineered worm has fluorescent neurons and muscles, with green dots representing neurons that respond to cannabinoids, and magenta dots representing other neurons. The phenomenon of “the munchies”, which is the increased appetite caused by cannabis, is not limited to humans or mammals. A study published in the journal Current Biology shows that even …
Klaus Skaalum Lassen is the Head of Carbon Capture and Storage at Novozymes, a company that is working with Saipem to optimize enzyme-based carbon capture. Due to the effects of climate change, there is a need for efficient carbon capture and storage (CCS) to reach carbon negative status by the latter half of this century. …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As the government weighs up whether to extend single parenting payments to parents of children older than the present cutoff age of eight in this week’s budget, new information has come to light about what happened when the rules were tightened in 2013. When then-Treasurer Peter Costello reduced the cutoff age …
