The Ford Nucleon was a concept car from the 1950s that aimed to use nuclear energy for propulsion. Its innovative design never progressed beyond the model phase due to technological and safety issues.
Also called molecular clouds, they can be massive, spanning hundreds of light-years and forming thousands of stars.
Biologists have discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA transcripts.