Feather-inspired aircraft flaps can enhance flight performance
The aircraft wing may be the next big thing in aviation. The wings of the birds are contoured with overlapping […]
Climate stress can impair the romantic gift of male spiders
The blinding of friendship in spiders can lose some of the fun in uncertain climates. Men in places with rain
Humans have associated emotions with the same body parts for 3,000 years
Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a heartbeat? It turns out that
A star winked out of his eyes. Could it be a ‘failed supernova’?
Some massive stars can go out with a bang, not a bang. A star that blinked out of view may
Meet a scientist tracking cactus poaching in the Atacama Desert
Pablo Guerrero has been visiting cacti in the Atacama Desert all his life, first on family trips to the coast
Cancer screening and smoking cessation have saved nearly 6 million lives
Nearly 6 million deaths from five common cancers could be avoided through prevention, early detection and better treatments, a new
NASA’s Perseverance rover found a new possible environment for Martian life
WASHINGTON DC – The Perseverance rover on Mars may have encountered the oldest rocks humans have ever seen and, possibly,
Einstein’s gravity persists despite a dark energy puzzle
Scientists may be wrong about dark energy. But they’re right about gravity, a new study suggests. Dark energy, the mysterious
Climate change made 2024 the hottest year on record. The heat was deadly
Again and again, the numbers tell the same story: 2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, knocking the previous record
Britain’s greatest ancient massacre may have involved cannibalism
A 4,000-year-old murder mystery began with a massacre in what is now southwest England. Then came dismemberment, possibly accompanied by