Albert Wagner

Origin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells

Origin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells

Albert Wagner

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments ...

Watch this ultra-detailed animation of the seafloor 

Watch this ultra-detailed animation of the seafloor 

Albert Wagner

The world has a more detailed map of the seafloor than ever before thanks to observations taken from space. NASA ...

Researchers Rush to Save US Government Data on Trans Youth—Before It Disappears

Researchers Rush to Save US Government Data on Trans Youth—Before It Disappears

Albert Wagner

If you think this sounds familiar, you’re not wrong. When Trump assumed the presidency in 2017, scientists, archivists, and librarians ...

Trump signs order to increase critical mineral production in the U.S.

Trump signs order to increase critical mineral production in the U.S.

Albert Wagner

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the signing event for an executive order to shut down the Department of Education, ...

Octopus spotted riding on top of world’s fastest shark

Octopus spotted riding on top of world’s fastest shark

Albert Wagner

Marine mystery of octopus riding shark – YouTube Watch On An octopus has been spotted catching a ride from an ...

Origin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells

Science behind ‘Polly want a cracker’ could guide future treatment design for speech disorders

Albert Wagner

A new study explains how a parakeet’s brain helps it to mimic human words. By recording for the first time ...

After 9 Months in Space, Stranded NASA Astronauts Return Home

After 9 Months in Space, Stranded NASA Astronauts Return Home

Albert Wagner

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the US astronauts stranded for nine months on the International Space Station, finally made it ...

How 3D-printing ‘microfactories’ can transform plastic waste

How 3D-printing ‘microfactories’ can transform plastic waste

Albert Wagner

A new era of 3D printing “microfactories” is helping to turn waste plastics into “highly competitive” products fit for use ...

NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space – National

NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space – National

Albert Wagner

Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home ...

Alaskan volcano Mount Spurr showing activity that will ‘most likely end in an explosive eruption,’ scientist says

Alaskan volcano Mount Spurr showing activity that will ‘most likely end in an explosive eruption,’ scientist says

Albert Wagner

A huge volcano in Alaska appears to be “moving closer to an eruption,” scientists monitoring it have said. Mount Spurr, ...