Touch is perhaps the sense that usually goes unnoticed, but science does not pay less attention to it. The mystery of why we are able to appreciate such subtle changes from one object to another seems to have been solved thanks to recent research from Columbia University.
The tiny moon Enceladus on the planet Saturn has just become a strong candidate for life after NASA's Cassini space probe has found a huge ocean of liquid water under miles of ice.
The brain is the organ that captains the ship of our body and efforts to understand its intricate functioning are the order of the day. Thus, the Allen Institute for Brain Science (USA) has published two studies in the journal Nature that present new advances in the study of the activity of the human brain.
An autonomous telescope optimized for planet hunting. This is the Automated Planet Finder (APF), a 2.4-meter telescope located at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California (USA) that is also the first robotic telescope dedicated to the search for habitable exoplanets such as the Kepler missions or DISH. It has already made its first discoveries since its commissioning in January 2014.
NASA has presented three different models of the Z-2 suit for Internet users to decide with their votes the final look of the garment they will wear in the future Martian settlement.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.