These Panamanian Snakes are Under Threat after Mass Extinction of Their Food, The Amphibians
In 2004, a fungal disease wiped out local amphibian population in Panama, thereby cutting off the food source of these snakes.
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A Weird Shaped Rock Provides Insights into How Our Planets Formed
In 2019, the New Horizons Space Probe discovered this rock, called Arrokoth, in the outer solar system beyond Neptune.
Using ‘Gene Counts’ to Target Cancer Stem Cells
Cancer stem cells are believed to be the drivers of tumour growth and relapse in a cancer cell population.
Space Missions: 6 Exciting Launches in 2020
It was a productive year for space missions in 2019. Going into 2020, more exciting space missions that might eventually culminate in being humanities...
The Cell’s Internal Structure Revealed in Exquisite 3-D
Researchers combined two advanced microscopy techniques to uncover the internal structure of cells in three-dimension, with an astonishing detail.
The Relationship Strategy of Red Titi Monkey Couples
Like humans, these monkeys also pair-bond and maintain relationships by performing their duties to fulfil the expectations of their partners.
Floral Patterns in Microbial Cultures
Microbiologists recently observed something interesting when two species of bacteria, Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter baylyi were grown together in laboratory conditions. They observed that...
A “Shocked Meteorite” Provides Insights into the Unreachable Earth’s Mantle
Researchers have analysed a specific kind of meteorite called shocked meteorite to learn more about our Earth's lower mantle.
First Results From The Parker Solar Probe Reveal The Sun’s Weird Magnetic Field
In 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe towards the sun with an aim to understand more about the atmosphere of the sun. In...
Observing Chemical Reactions in Ultra Slow Motion
Scientists cooled down a chemical reaction to almost absolute zero to slow it down to such a state wherein even transient intermediates were detectable.
Gene Regulating Blood Stem Cells’ Maintenance Identified
MLLT3 gene when over expressed in blood stem cells restored their renewal capacity in culture allowing their maintenance for longer terms. This is good...
A Third of Earth’s Land Plants are Rare
Of the 435,000 recorded plant species, a staggering 36.5% of them are rare. Rare, as in very infrequently encountered and less in number. Due...
Seeking life on Europa
When the Hubble Space Telescope looked into a tiny part of our night sky, it found tens of thousands of galaxies, each containing millions...
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