Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting, but confirmation can take years

Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae—clouds of interstellar dust and gas—hundreds or thousands of light-years away, or in galaxies...

Precise enough to pick fruit, powerful enough to lift a person—how the elephant trunk may revolutionize robotics

Researchers have developed a soft robot that moves like an elephant’s trunk—precise enough to pick fresh fruit, yet powerful enough to help lift a patient. Lucia Beccai, an expert in soft robotics at the...

FUTURE: Transposable Elements – A Song of LUCA and the Genetic Web

by: Estefania Gatton A Song of LUCA and the Genetic Web Before the first eye opened to the Ancient Sun, there was a whisper. Somewhere in the dark vents  of a young ocean, a single spark took hold. We...