Category: Science
Kiwis should be ‘very concerned’ about genetic differentiation
Four years ago, Annick Greenhill discovered that she had an inherited mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which predisposes her to…
How did the universe get its magnetic field
Visualization of filamentary lead magnetic fields emanating from large-scale motions of unmagnetized plasma in a first-principles numerical simulation. Credits: Presenting…
Could nature be our best defense against the climate crisis?
there is no doubt that climate crisis It’s here, right now. In parts of northwestern India and Pakistan, temperatures recently…
NASA’s DAVINCI Space Probe to Plunge Through Hellish Atmosphere of Venus
NASA’s DAVINCI mission will study the origin, evolution and current state of Venus in unprecedented detail from cloud tops to…
Digging deeper: is genetic recombination associated with the expression of deleterious traits?
Most mammals, including humans, are diploid. That is, nuclear DNA (nrDNA) exists as pairs of chromosomes (humans have 23 pairs…
put into practice the theory of special relativity
The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity published in 1905 and general relativity…
MoonDAO announces it can send users to outer space
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2022 (Globe Newswire) — On May 5, MoonDao announced that it has secured a ticket to…
Most of our evolutionary trees may be wrong
According to the molecular evolutionary tree, elephant shrews are more closely related than elephants. An evolutionary tree, or phylogenetic tree,…