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…
Known as leader cells, they move to the edge of the wound, taking up healthy tissue to fill in the damaged area. In this illustration, the nuclei of these cells are shown in white and their membranes in red (Image…
(Image credit: Getty Images) Scientists have made significant progress in integrating diamonds into silicon chips by lowering the temperatures needed to grow them in the lab and combining the process with principles of quantum mechanics. Diamonds are in high demand…