... ever produced by man. And yet, strong as they are, each of these nanothreads is 20,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair. The material's unique characteristics (incredibly light yet strong) may make it an ideal material for...
When scientists finally get to sample alien life, what will they see? Will their genetic structure mimic ours or will it be wildly different? How different can DNA be? It turns out that the familiar DNA double helix structure that is essential for ...
..., then over time they collected themselves into clusters, then super-clusters until eventually great long strands of gas spread throughout the cosmos, forming web-like structures as it grew. Now though, it is generally believed that...
... Red Planet with a robotic probe, following the unsuccessful Yinghuo 1 Mars-exploration spacecraft. Yinghuo-1 was left stranded in Earth orbit after the Russian Phobos-Grunt sample return spacecraft it was hitching a ride with, stalled...