unknown content item – Spanish artist Almudena Romero knew she loved plants from a young age: “I must have been four or five years old – my grandmother would call me and say, ‘What do you want for your birthday?’ And I would say an olive tree.” Now featured in exhibitions in London (at the… Read More »
BLACKSBURG, Virginia (AP) — Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out visitors to their nondescript barn may represent the future of organ transplantation — and there’s no wallowing in mud involved. The first gene-edited pig organs transplanted into humans came from animals born on this private research farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains. To enter the… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: Keystone/Getty Images The space race between the United States and the former Soviet Union was in full acceleration mode in the late 1950s and progressed into the 1960s. The struggle between these two countries gave extra momentum to… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. (Left) Jupiter’s moon Europa during a close flyby of NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its mission on September 29, 2022. (Right) Enceladus as captured by the Cassini spacecraft. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY 3.0/ If… Read More »
The three staples that dominate modern diets—corn, rice, and wheat—are familiar to Americans, but a dark horse takes the fourth spot: cassava. Although virtually unknown in temperate climates, cassava is an important food source in the tropics. It was domesticated 10,000 years ago on the southern edge of the Amazon basin in Brazil, and from… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Building 12 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston has been named the “Dorothy Vaughan Center to Honor the Women of Apollo” on the 55th anniversary of the first moon landing. | Source: NASA NASA is honoring a ‘hidden… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for kids of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What happens in your brain when you wake up from sleep? – Ainsley V., age 11, South Carolina When you are asleep, you may appear completely dead to the world.… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: NASA 55 years ago today, it took Apollo 11 just 10 minutes to raise its flag on the ancient lunar surface. Neil Armstrong‘Annual Buzz AldrinThe two and a half hour moonwalk adventure that took place in July 1969.… Read More »
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. As the full moon shines in the night sky this weekend, take a moment to enjoy its beauty and seek out the vast, dark plain. The view on the surface… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. EVA spacesuit acceptance testing. | Source: Polaris Program / John Kraus The first private spacewalk in history will bring serious style to space. SpaceX’s privately funded crewed mission, Polaris Dawn, is on track for a launch this summer. The… Read More »