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[ad_1] 1 Who does our DNA belong to? Police have been building large databases of DNA profiles for years, sometimes of people arrested and then released.Criminologist examines a sequence of human DNA © Getty Images Having the DNA profile of everyone in the country may sound like a detective’s dream, …

[ad_1] The Center of Disease Control (CDC) recently expressed concern over the spread of COVID-19 among American young adults and also noted that colleges are contributing to that increase. The organization’s research found that an increase in positivity rates for young people aged 24 and younger would be followed a …

[ad_1] The miniature Voyager, 15 micrometers (0.015 millimeters) long, is part of a project led by researchers at the University of Leiden to understand how shape affects the movement and interactions of micro-swimmers. Micro-swimmers are small particles that can move independently through the liquid by interacting with their surroundings through …

[ad_1] Duck-billed dinosaurs evolved in North America and spread to South America, Asia, Europe and eventually Africa. Photo credit: Raul Martin The first fossils of a duck-billed dinosaur were discovered in Africa, suggesting that the dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometers of open water to get there. The study, published in …

[ad_1] An analysis of data sent by NASA’s Kepler space probe showed the enormity of the number of habitable exoplanets that could exist in our galaxy. A group of astronomers set out ten years ago to look for an answer to one of the oldest questions that philosophers, scientists, priests, …

[ad_1] Astronomers have discovered mysterious and intense signals from within our galaxy, although they are fast radio bursts, or FRBs It lasts only a fraction of a second, but it can be a hundred million times stronger than the sun and, despite its intensity, its origin is still largely unknown, …

[ad_1] Kennedy Space Center (KSC) offers “Launch and A Movie” as a drive-in experience in its parking lot to offer visitors something truly unique. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you see it) I was able to attend the event twice. You see, rocket science is very precise and the …

[ad_1] Duck-billed dinosaurs evolved in North America and spread to South America, Asia, Europe and eventually Africa. Photo credit: Raul Martin The first fossils of a duck-billed dinosaur were discovered in Africa, suggesting that the dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometers of open water to get there. The study, published in …

[ad_1] Mars is infested, not only with people keeping an eye on future missions and potential off-earth colonies, but also with another space rock. This asteroid is much smaller than the red planet. Otherwise known as a Trojan, it follows the orbit of a planet because it is gravitationally trapped …

[ad_1] Amateur astronomers and sky watchers will need to keep an eye on the sky next week as the taurid meteor shower can lead to impressive fireballs. Fireballs are a technical term for extremely bright meteors that roam the atmosphere. For those unfamiliar, Taurids are divided into Northern Taurids and …