The Milky Way's galactic center (inset) is home to strange, deadly stars that manage to survive close encounters with our galaxy's supermassive black hole. A new study reveals the unintended side effects of these daring flybys. (Image: ESA–C. Carreau) Black…
(Image credit: TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Scientists generally believe that brain organoids—three-dimensional tissue clusters that mimic certain brain structures—are too simple to support consciousness. But as brain organoids become increasingly complex, there is a theoretical possibility that…
Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids have long been called the “building blocks” of health, but their true role is much broader than commonly thought. A new review published in the journal Foods shows that the right ratio of these fats…
Alexander Fleming poses in his cluttered laboratory in 1943. Piles of petri dishes are visible on the table behind him. While his methods may not have been particularly glamorous, his penchant for leaving petri dishes unattended for weeks led to…
No, have you seen them? They're just gigantic! Those “eggs” you saw may be as long as a worker ant, but thicker than it! A queen ant lays up to a hundred, and some even a thousand, eggs a day.…
This is a typical American sleeping area, aka suburban area. Such houses themselves can vary greatly from each other – both in size and number of floors, and in the quality of materials and workmanship. But at the same time,…