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Two green comets will shine together — possibly to the naked eye — around Oct. 20-21 as the Orionid meteor shower peaks. However, if you want a preview, comets Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and SWAN (C/2025 R2) are now visible from the Northern…

Two green comets will shine together — possibly to the naked eye — around Oct. 20-21 as the Orionid meteor shower peaks. However, if you want a preview, comets Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and SWAN (C/2025 R2) are now visible from the Northern…

Chris CraddockBBC Jersey communities reporter
BBCJersey students have been using radio to help with their science, technology, engineering and maths course.
Youngsters at Hautlieu are doing…

Scientists have identified a new anti-ageing drug class that works by acting on a key gut…

The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a soil microbe that produces diverse natural products with potential antibiotic activity. Previously, three chlorinated compounds had been detected in Dictyostelium, but only the…

Skoltech scientists have devised a mathematical model of memory. By analyzing its new model, the team came to surprising conclusions that could prove useful for robot design, artificial intelligence, and for better understanding of human memory….

Researchers at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound that may help fight cancer.
Mitraphylline belongs to a small group of plant molecules called spirooxindole alkaloids.
These…

A rare microorganism found in an unexpected environment may be evading detection by “playing dead,” according to microbiologists at the University of Houston.
Discovered in NASA spacecraft assembly clean rooms, this rare novel…

Today, it’s a scientific consensus that Mars was once a very different place, with a warmer, denser atmosphere and liquid water on its surface. This is evidenced by flow channels, delta fans, lakebeds, and many other features that form…