A view from a retrofitted spy plane reveals complex emissions of high-energy light Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted spy plane soaring at 20 kilometers up revealed storms glowing and flickering in gamma rays, high-energy lightContinue Reading
Pseudoscorpions may use the scorpion’s relationship with ants to their advantage In the middle of an April night in Israel’s Jordan Valley, Yoram Zvik sweeps a UV light over the dark ground near throngs of marching ants. The light passes over the brilliant blue-green fluorescence of a scorpion clambering alongsideContinue Reading
Parrots don’t just hang out for fun. To move along narrow branches, a parrot can hang from a branch with its beak, swing its body sideways and grab hold farther along with its feet. The newly described gait, dubbed beakiation, expands the birds’ locomotive repertoire and underscores how versatile theirContinue Reading
A sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, has arrived at London’s Natural History Museum for analysis. Scientists are optimistic that it could contain the seeds of life. A tiny fragment from the most dangerous asteroid in the solar system has arrived in the U.K. — andContinue Reading
An underwater volcano that gave birth to a new island off Japan’s Iwo Jima island has erupted again, sending huge plumes of ash and smoke into the sky in footage released by Japan’s Coast Guard. An underwater volcano that recently gave birth to a new island in the Pacific hasContinue Reading
Six exoplanets with sizes between Earth and Neptune have been in rhythm with each other since they were born around the same star 4 billion years ago, new research suggests. Astronomers have discovered a remarkable star system with six planets unlike any in our solar system. According to new research,Continue Reading
The results could help scientists understand the complex flows of water and air on Earth Some days really are longer than others. And now scientists know by precisely how much. Using a laser gyroscope, scientists have measured variations in Earth’s rotation rate smaller than a millionth of a percent. TheContinue Reading
The ecosystem, found beneath hydrothermal vents in the East Pacific Rise, is particularly vulnerable to deep-sea mining. Beneath an undersea volcano, scientists have discovered a hidden world filled with bizarre creatures. The first-of-its-kind habitat is teeming with never-before-seen life-forms, including strange species of worms, snails and deep-dwelling octopuses. The ecosystem,Continue Reading
Public health measures were ramped up during the pandemic, but a new study in health care workers suggests one disease-spreading habit may have been overlooked Face mask — check. Goggles — check. Gloves — check. Protective measures like these were all too familiar to health care workers caring for patientsContinue Reading
Researchers say they have discovered a new room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor, but many scientists are unconvinced If rumor has wings, extraordinary scientific claims have a jet engine. Within hours of appearing on the preprint server arXiv.org, two papers by a team of scientists in South Korea generated enormous viral buzz. TheContinue Reading