Magellanic Penguins in Patagonia Are Paying the Price for a New Killer
For the first time in centuries, pumas are back in Patagonia, and they’re hunting a new prey: the…
UC Study Unveils Adult Brain Neuron Survival Secrets
Breakthrough research from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is revealing how immune cells in the adult…
‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers | Wildlife
Shivering and rain-drenched at the side of a pond in Cornwall, a huddle of people watched in hushed…
Space Station Research Contributes to Artemis II
Have you ever heard the saying, “You have to learn how to walk before you can run?” The…
Impossibly powerful ‘ghost particle’ that slammed into Earth may have come from an exploding black hole — and it could upend both particle physics and cosmology
An impossibly powerful “ghost particle” that recently slammed into Earth may have come from a rare type of…
New ‘sungrazing’ comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn’t destroy it
Astronomers have discovered an exciting new “sungrazing” comet that will have a perilously close encounter with our home…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the process
Imagine a visitor from beyond our cosmic neighborhood. Not just from the next street over, but from an…
Beetles Go Stealth Mode To Infiltrate Ant Societies
Earth’s biosphere is brimming with symbiotic relationships: from bacteria that became our cells’ mitochondria, to mycorrhizal fungi that…
Momentus and NASA Partner to Advance In-Orbit Servicing and Space Operations
A groundbreaking mission to advance in-orbit servicing, rendezvous and proximity operations, and space infrastructure development in low Earth…
Time is real – if you view it through the lens of heat
The way most people think about time is wrong. The notion that we share a ‘common time’ moving…
Orcas haven’t changed, but our view of the killer whale has
‘Orcas are psychos,’ quipped a close friend recently. He wasn’t joking, nor was he ill-informed. In fact, he…
Ancient Fins to Human Hands Evolution
How did the complexity of many organisms living today evolve from the simpler body plans of their ancestors?…