(Image credit: bonchan and DrPixel via Getty Images; collage by Marilyn Perkins) Nuclear fusion could produce a breakthrough in an unexpected area: mayonnaise production. In a new study published in May in the journal Physical Review E, scientists placed the…
An artist's illustration of Nyasasaurus, which may be the earliest known dinosaur or a close relative of early dinosaurs. (Image credit: Mark Witton/Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London) A new study suggests that the remains of the planet's earliest…
A recent study has shown that changes in regulatory regions of certain DNA segments can influence the expression of genes associated with autism in different parts of the genome. (Image credit: Evgeny Kovalev via Getty Images) The “butterfly effect” may…
An image of the XB-1 aircraft that has just broken the sound barrier. (Photo courtesy of Boom Supersonic) The Boom Supersonic XB-1 successfully broke the sound barrier, becoming the first supersonic civilian aircraft in the history of the United States.…
Researchers had not previously suspected that hydrogen could accumulate beneath the Earth's surface, but recent discoveries suggest otherwise. (Image credit: Terryfic3D via Getty Images) There is a huge amount of hydrogen hidden beneath the Earth's crust, and scientists say even…
The Hoffa crab (Kiwa tyleri) is named after actor David Hasselhoff. Name: Hoffa's Crab (Kiwa tyleri) Habitat: Eastern Scotia Ridge, Southern Ocean. Food: Bacteria Why It's Fascinating: It turns out that Bigfoot really does exist—at least underwater. This family of…