Japan’s Hayabusa-2 asteroid probe snapped some gorgeous images of the surface of Ryugu. The photos show the color contrast of Ryugu’s surface, with t...
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Scientists Show What Jupiter Looks Like In One Of The Sharpest Images Of It Taken From The Earth
With the Covid-19 pandemic and its many scares, life on Earth can be overwhelming to many of us. That’s why it can be refreshing to look somewhere els...
Ice Age giant sloths died in a pit of their own poop
Tens of thousands of years ago, a feces-contaminated wallow may have caused the deaths of nearly two dozen giant ground sloths. During the Ice Age, a ...
COVID-19 UPDATE: Scientists Finally Understand Why More Men are Infected with Coronavirus
A new study has emerged, suggesting that men are more vulnerable to the novel coronavirus infection or COVID-19 as they have a higher level of the enz...
Japanese asteroid probe discovers an incredible secret
Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid probe snapped images that reveal the space rock had a close encounter with the Sun. Scorched rock was present on the aster...
Vitamin D appears to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates
Credit: CC0 Public DomainAfter studying global data from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, researchers have discovered a strong correlation b...
Florida lizard breaks world poop record, dies constipated
A curly-tailed lizard's belly was stretched by a mass of unpassed poo. A greasy, sandy diet left a northern curly-tailed lizard with a belly distended...
How herpes simplex virus can evade the immune response to infect the brain
Credit: CC0 Public DomainHerpes simplex virus (HSV1) infections are initiated at mucosal surfaces where the virus infects epithelial cells. When HSV1 ...
Study finds heavy cannabis use affects human genome
Credit: CC0 Public DomainHeavy cannabis use has an impact on human DNA but the effect is stronger in people who smoke tobacco as well, according to ne...