It's thanks to… plastic!
Coastal animals have found a remarkable way to survive in the open ocean, colonizing floating plastic debris and then bobbing along...
It could give researchers more insight into the comet's composition.
Earlier this year, researchers discovered the largest comet they have ever seen. The...
You've never seen the ISS like this.
You can regularly Scientias.nl read about the International Space Station (ISS); the space station that orbits the...
A coral has dark microplastic built into its skeleton. (Image: Jessica Reichert)
The tiny particles of microplastics not only collect in the water and...
A genetically engineered E. coli bacterium efficiently converts glucose into hydrocarbons, which in turn can be used to produce sustainable biofuels.
We are currently looking...
Researchers argue that it could lead to the emergence of new corona variants that are 'even more contagious than the delta variant'.
We are currently...
Detail from the Roman mosaic with Achilles (left) and Hector fighting a chariot. (Image: University of Leicester Archaeological Services)
Archaeologists have discovered an extraordinary...
NASA has narrowly canceled a spacewalk scheduled for today.
Actually, the two astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron should have put on their spacesuits for...
Scientists have stumbled upon the oldest fossil remains known to us today of the still rather mysterious Denisovans in the Denisovan Cave.
In recent centuries,...
Certain representatives of the lactobacilli apparently promote memory in bumblebees. (Image: DanielaAgius / iStock)
Microbial masterminds in their sights: Even in insects, the intestinal...
Artist's impression of the black hole and "its" star in the star cluster NGC 1850. (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser)
Progress in "gravitational monster research":...
Due to human-induced climate change, scientists have found that the westerly wind drift is accelerating near Antarctica.
The west wind drift is a sea current...
The insect of the year 2022: the black-necked camel-neck fly (Image: Harald Bruckner)
A long neck and crystal-clear wings: the black-necked camel-neck fly will take...