A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E. But other researchers aren't convinced, ...

On Earth there is no record of Niallia tiangongensis, a bacterium found aboard the Tiangong station that appears to be well ...

A new study reveals how ancient Chinese farmers managed soil fertility and water resources over thousands of years. By ...

And recently, in a study uploaded to the preprint server arXiv, a team of scientists claimed to have made a very simplified “toy model” of something known as a black hole bomb. Could this ...

While “roses are red” in a familiar poem, new evolutionary genetic analysis by Chinese and Dutch researchers ... roses have been regarded as a symbol of love and beauty from antiquity to ...

Beijing: A research team from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan in China, announced the discovery of a new gene called QT12, which has a strong ability to enhance rice's heat resistance ...

Scientists at University of Edinburgh are using ... Researchers at the University of Edinburgh used small pieces of healthy human brain tissue, which were collected during routine neurosurgery ...

The scientists used tiny zircon crystals in rocks as geological "time capsules" to date the meteorite impact. The research has been published in the journal Geology. Prof Chris Kirkland ...

For years, scientists have been puzzled over how water can exist on the moon, which is a place with no atmosphere, no air, and bone-dry soil. With scorching sunlight during the day and freezing ...

Scientists at Oklahoma State University have found that high emoji use is linked with negative attributes such as narcissism and even psychopathy. The experts say: 'Emoji use may be related to ...

Chinese scientists have made a major breakthrough in lunar exploration by analysing samples from the far side of the Moon, collected during the Chang'e-6 mission. The study, conducted by the ...