Cameron Gordon, a mathematician known for his research on knots, was elected to the country’s most prestigious scientific organization.
New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars — elongated features of stars stretching from the centers of galaxies into their outer disks — at a time when the universe was a mere 25% of its present age.
In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA.
Two new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show what may be among the earliest galaxies ever observed.
With the retreat of sprawling empires after the Second World War, one might think the colonial mindset of taking from smaller countries to support large nations would likewise be relegated to the past.
Electric organs help electric fish, such as the electric eel, do all sorts of amazing things