Sample collection and culturingThe biofilm samples were collected from a gas production well, KTG3, in the Southern Kanto gas field (Chiba Prefecture, Japan). The biofilm was located on a wall of the separator discharge outlet at a depth of 20–40 cm below the water surface. Samples were taken after eruption of brine on 29 August 2019, … Read more
The forests of East Asia may hide countless undiscovered fungi, and the challenging terrain and seasonal growth complicate scientific exploration. Hidden among the roots of trees in China’s lush forests, an extraordinary organism has emerged as a reminder that nature still has many surprises in store. The newly identified fungus, which towers nearly 20 inches … Read more
Jezebel, a women-focused website that launched in 2007 and became an avant-garde and often transgressive element of feminist Internet culture, has removed more than 100 articles from its website with spicy words in the headlines. A review of the site by the Washington Post found “404 error” messages – indicating that a page could not … Read more
Scientists in China extracted ancient proteins from two bones found at the Xujiayao site and discovered that the people who left them were Denisovans. The result changes the way researchers classify a jumbled group of fossils from East Asia. Denisovans had a distinctive appearance, a study of proteins and skull suggests. Credit: Online archeology news … Read more
People often think that the devastating collision of the city-sized asteroid Chicxulub with North America 66 million years ago is simply a mass extinction event, which, of course, it was for the dinosaurs. But a growing body of research is arguing that the pall of death and darkness left behind by Chicxulub turned out to … Read more
A spider, when it falls from a wall, does not fall for long. In milliseconds, turn protein soup into sturdy climbing gear. Using a thin, shiny silk thread, the spider rises. The strand is stronger than Kevlar, the synthetic fiber in bicycle tires and bulletproof vests, and stronger than steel. It is flexible and biocompatible … Read more
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Follow Us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The enigmatic and now extinct Denisovans of China shared traits with Neanderthals, modern humans and Homo erectus, according to a new study that analyzed ancient proteins and fossils. But Denisovans also had several unique cranial traits and genetic variants that … Read more
In 1867, physicist James Clerk Maxwell did something very bad. He proposed an apparent violation of the second law of thermodynamics so fiendishly clever that other physicists have been trying to solve it ever since. His thought experiment summoned a “demon”, a tiny, intelligent being stationed in a door between two gas-filled chambers, which only … Read more
Follow Us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Scientists are still learning about a cosmic “string of pearls,” a unique celestial relic left behind by a supernova explosion that humanity witnessed about 850 years ago. This is thanks to the more detailed observation of the dandelion-shaped chains of … Read more