A short bout of exercise enhances brain function Most people know that regular exercise is good for your health. New research shows it may make you smarter, too. Neuroscientists at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, working […]
Sorry Guys: The Most Comprehensive Radio Search Ever Just Found No Sign of Alien Life Our search for extraterrestrial intelligence requires spanning distances so vast, sometimes it may feel even worse than finding a needle […]
Scientists Redesigned an Entire Genome to Create The Most Synthetic Life Form Yet Scientists have reworked the DNA of Escherichia coli to help us understand apparent redundancies in its genetic code. At four million base […]
Newfound ‘FarFarOut’ Is Most Distant Solar System Body Ever Seen The solar system has a new distance champ. Astronomers just found an object that lies 140 astronomical units (AU) from the sun. That’s 140 times […]
A Rover Has Found Strange Bacteria in One of Earth’s Most Alien When it comes to finding life outside of Earth, it’s hard to know where to look. The dark and icy oceans of Enceladus […]
Cosmic lens helps Hubble capture image of most distant star ever seen Thanks to a rare cosmic alignment, astronomers have captured the most distant normal star ever observed, some 9 billion light years from Earth. […]