Don’t Hike So Close to Me: How the Presence of Humans Can Disturb Wildlife up to Half a Mile Away
Millions of people are beginning to travel again this summer [...]
Astronomers Find Secret Planet-Making Ingredient: Magnetic Fields
A new study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that magnetism [...]
DNA of Giant ‘Corpse Flower’ Parasite Surprises Biologists
Researchers who studied Rafflesia arnoldii - known as the corpse [...]
Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Dark Matter in Black Holes
There has been a study that is finding new ways [...]
Is the Universe Open-Ended?
From a time nearly 14 billion years ago when all [...]
The ‘Second Quantum Revolution’ is Almost Here. We Need to Make Sure it Benefits the Many, Not the Few
New quantum technologies have recently benefited scientists in analyzing individual [...]
Geometrically Baffling ‘Quasicrystals’ Found in the Debris of the First-Ever Nuclear Blast
Nuclear detonations unleash an astonishing amount of destructive force. But [...]
Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof
The hydra is a small, simple creature that lacks a [...]
New Black Hole Math Closes Cosmic Blind Spot
Two physicists are interested in determining what happens when two [...]
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved
New work shows that histones, long treated as boring spools [...]