Dragon Capsule Successfully Launched from Cape Canaveral Atop Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon resupply capsule launched successfully from Cape Canaveral this morning on its mission to re-supply the orbiting space station complex.
Discoveries Suggest Icy Cosmic Start for Amino Acids and DNA Ingredients
Using new technology at the telescope and in laboratories, researchers have discovered an important pair of prebiotic molecules in interstellar space. The discoveries indicate that some basic chemicals that are key steps on the way to life may have formed on dusty ice grains floating between the stars.
Feeding Limbs and Nervous System of One of Earth’s Earliest Animals Discovered
Unique fossils literally ‘lift the lid’ on ancient creature’s head to expose one of the earliest examples of food manipulating limbs in evolutionary history, dating from around 530 million years ago.
Superbugs May Have a Soft Spot, After All
The overuse of antibiotics has created strains of bacteria resistant to medication, making the diseases they cause difficult to treat, or even deadly. But now a research team at the University of Rochester has identified a weakness in at least one superbug that scientists may be able to medically exploit.