Albino rice plants created with TnpB by disrupting the gene responsible for producing green color. Credit: Kutubuddin Molla and Subhasis Karmakar Genome editing is one of the most transformative scientific breakthroughs of our time. It allows us to delve into the code of life and make precise adjustments. Imagine being able to rewrite the genetic … Read more
It has long been thought that a monumental increase in oxygen fueled the Cambrian explosion about 540 million years agobreathing life into the Earth’s biosphere to generate a rich diversity of astonishingly complex animal species. Whether oxygen really played such a crucial role is hotly disputed, however, with other factors possibly playing a role. ignite … Read more
NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar recently observed asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach to Earth on June 29. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — When NASA scientists recently tracked the orbits of two space rocks as … Read more
A small black rock brought back by a student from a study trip through the Western Australian outback has been broken open to reveal the remains of 2.4 billion-year-old creatures. The remarkable thing about these microfossils is that they appear to be more complex than anything that existed at the time. Not just a few … Read more
Researchers investigated three mysterious objects in the early universe. Shown here are their color images, compiled from three NIRCam filter bands aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. They are remarkably compact at red wavelengths (giving them the name “little red dots”), with some evidence of spatial structure at blue wavelengths. Credit: Bingjie Wang/Penn State; JWST/NIRSpec. … Read more
The word hectic does not do justice to the average week at BikeRadar. Each of the site’s razor-sharp, eagle-eyed staffers alternate between reviewing and researching the latest technology, unearthing the juiciest news stories, and imparting the wisdom they’ve picked up along the way to you, our dear readers. It goes without saying that this week … Read more
About 480 million years ago, a dazzling assortment of the variety of flavors of life emerged on Earth. There has long been speculation about what causes this abundant radiation of new species, from asteroid dust or tectonic activity, to a rise in oxygen levels in the atmosphere. Now rocks from Maryland, USA, suggest an unlikely … Read more
Researchers have identified it Tmesipteris oblanceolataa fern from New Caledonia, which has the largest recorded genome, surpassing the previous record holder Paris japonica. This discovery, described in the iScience magazine, reveals that this fern contains more than 50 times more DNA than humans and highlights the significant implications that larger genomes have for plant biology … Read more