Marie Morales

Jumping Spiders Can Distinguish Living from Non-Living Things Through Vision Cues Used by Humans, Vertebrates

07.16.2021 01:06 AM

A new study recently showed jumping spiders can distinguish living from non-living things in their marginal vision through the use of the same cues humans and other vertebrates are using.

NASA's Juno Captures Astounding Video From Jupiter, Unique Images of Giant Moon Ganymede Appear

07.16.2021 00:52 AM

NASA's Juno spacecraft has recently shown an astounding new video from Jupiter and its moon Ganymede also appeared as captured.

Edible Insects, Anyone? This Entrepreneur Makes Pizza Dough from Scratch, Includes Cricket Powder in Ingredients

07.15.2021 08:20 AM

An entrepreneur is making pizza dough from scratch by mixing together flour, yeast, some salt, olive oil, and something that's quite extraordinary-ground cricket powder.

Largest Lemurs With Weight Similar to Adult Humans Found to Have Attained Gigantic Size by Eating Leaves

07.15.2021 07:12 AM

The largest lemurs ever existed was a heavy animal, weighing about as much as an adult human. It turns out, the behemoth got its gigantic size by eating leaves, an analysis of its genome specified.

Dubai Sets New Guinness World Record: Now Has the World's Deepest Pool, 200 Feet Deep, with 'Sunken City'

07.15.2021 02:30 AM

Early this month, Deep Dive Dubai opened, just 10 days after it was named the world's deepest diving pool by the Guinness World of Records.

Man Whose Voice Was Silenced for Years Can Communicate Now, Thanks to His Brain's Electrical Impulses

07.15.2021 01:09 AM

With voice silenced for years, an extensively paralyzed man was able to communicate, using technology that decodes electrical impulses produced by his brain each time he attempts to speak.

Water Fleas' Rapid Evolution: New Study Identifies More Than 300 Varying Genes

07.14.2021 23:09 PM

In new research, scientists showed rapid water flea evolution. Specifically, they were able to identify over 300 genes that vary in the water flea's genome.

Mindfulness: How Can This Deep Breathing Exercise Help Your Child Sleep Better?

07.14.2021 08:30 AM

A new study recently showed that mindfulness will teach students to relax and deal with stress by concentrating on the current moment. This, in turn, will help children achieve proper sleep.

Froghoppers Can Generate Extremely Negative Pressures, Making Them the Animal World's Super-Suckers

07.14.2021 05:37 AM

A new study showed that froghoppers are piercing plants using their mouthparts to feed exclusively on xylem sap, a fluid made mostly of water that moves through the internal plumbing of plants.

Charge Your Phone With 'Sweaty' Fingertips! Researchers Develop Moist-Powered Electricity in Wearable Strip

07.14.2021 02:11 AM

A new wearable device that can serve as a phone charger has recently been developed by researchers from the University of California, San Diego.

COVID-19 Surge in Mississippi: Affects Children and Grows Concerns Over Students' Return to Schools

07.14.2021 00:04 AM

The latest COVID-19 surge in Mississippi resulting from the Delta variant is hitting the younger population too, along with growing concerns over students' return to school next month.

NASA, Purdue Team Fly Miles Above Earth up to 70,000 Feet, to Study Data on North American Monsoon Season

07.13.2021 21:52 PM

NASA recently flew higher than other platforms at heights of almost 70,000 feet, double that of most commercial flights, to investigate atmospheric and planetary science, among other applications.

World's Most Expensive Drug: How Can This NHS-Approved Treatment Save Life of 10-Month-Old Boy?

07.13.2021 05:44 AM

The National Health Service has recently granted the use of Zolgensma, the world's most expensive drug, on a 10-month-old boy suffering from severe spinal muscular atrophy.

Teardrop Star Shows Unusual Sighting of Stellar Spiraling to Their Doom

07.13.2021 03:24 AM

Astronomers have recently made an unusual sighting of a pair of stellar spiraling to their doom by identifying the revealing signs of a teardrop-shaped star.

Androgenetic Alopecia: You May Need Psychological, Psychosocial Support If You Have It [Study]

07.13.2021 01:46 AM

A new review published early this month specified that androgenetic alopecia is linked to moderate damage of health-related quality of life and emotions.

Ancient Ostrich Eggshell Shows Proof Homo Sapiens Experienced Climate Change 250,000 Years Ago

07.13.2021 00:01 AM

While most people believe that climate change is extremely recent, a study now indicates that this, in fact, dates back 250,000-350,000 years back.

Sugary Success: First Precision Breeding of Sugarcane Through CRISPR/Cas9 Revealed in Two Studies

07.12.2021 22:02 PM

Two innovation studies published recently demonstrated the first successful precision breeding of sugarcane through the use of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, a far more targeted and effective way of developing new varieties.

Ancient Homes Unearthed at German Stonehenge; Archeologists Consider It an Archeology Breakthrough

07.12.2021 07:27 AM

Archeologists shared recently they believe they have unearthed proof of ancient homes at an area near Berlin also identified as the "German Stonehenge."

Handwriting vs. Typing: Which is More Effective When Learning New Language?

07.12.2021 03:12 AM

In this digital era, people tend to spend more time typing on a keyboard than handwriting with pen or pencil and paper. However, a new study found that the latter-mentioned still provides anything useful.

Inhalable COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Potential Efficacy, New Study Found

07.12.2021 01:45 AM

New research recently demonstrated the possible efficacy of an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine, one of the many vaccines in development designed to be given through a nasal spray.

Unpublished COVID-19 Case: Unvaccinated 90-Year-Old Belgian Woman Affected with 2 Variants at the Same Time

07.11.2021 23:23 PM

An unpublished COVID-19 case recently showed a 90-year-old unvaccinated woman after contracting the virus this spring in Europe was found to have been infected with two variants at the same time.

Elastic Ice Microfibers: Scientists Believe They Can Help Detect Air Pollution

07.11.2021 21:46 PM

Scientists have recently introduced a new invention in which they were able to develop what they named "elastic ice microfibers," thin ice strands that can bend and curl.

Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Captures Heart-Shaped Feature; Showing the Site Perseverance Took a Slight Detour

07.10.2021 01:21 AM

NASA's four-pound Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, during its most recent flight to Mars, captured a heart-shaped feature among the tracks that the six-wheeled Perseverance rover made.

'Finding Prospero': Skyrora Launches Challenge to Find the Best Way to Retrieve This 1st and Only UK Spacecraft

07.09.2021 23:25 PM

Skyrora, an Edinburgh-based rocket firm has recently issued a challenge called "Finding Prospero," to find a way to retrieve the Prospero satellite.

Caltech: Rare Type of Stellar Grain Discovered, Scientists Explain More About Water’s Origin on Earth

07.09.2021 21:59 PM

Scientists have recently discovered a rare type of star dust whose structure specifies that it formed during a rare form of nucleosynthesis and could shed new light on water's history on Earth.

Sea Otters Does Not Freeze in Extremely Cold Water, Mammals Have Unique Capability of Producing Heat

07.09.2021 05:54 AM

Sea otters are known to be excellent swimmers, complete with muscular bodies and webbed feet that enable them to cut through the water easily.

San Andreas Fault: What Will Happen If It Breaks? When Will the Next California Earthquake Happen?

07.09.2021 04:24 AM

The existence of the San Andreas fault was brought intensely to world attention in 1906 when abrupt displacement along the fault produced the great earthquake and fire in San Francisco.

COVID-19 Vaccines: Almost 280,000 Lives Saved, Over a Million Hospitalizations Preempted in the US

07.09.2021 01:17 AM

New estimates from researchers recently showed that COVID-19 vaccines were able to save hundreds of thousands of lives and preempted over a million hospital admissions in the United States.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: First Time to Usher Perseverance in Hunting for Ancient Signs of Life at the Jezero Crater

07.09.2021 00:00 AM

Engineers recently pushed NASA's Ingenuity's limits further than ever as it ushered the Perseverance rover in its quest for ancient signs of life at Mars' Jezero Crater.

COVID-19 Vaccines: Immunologists Explore Possibility of Developing Drugs for Enhanced, More Effective Vaccination

07.08.2021 21:35 PM

A new study finding recently offered the potential of developing drugs for the activation of a pathway to improve the efficacy of vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines.