Black sea microbes stop potent nitrous oxide gas from escaping into the air we breathe
Far below the surface of the Black Sea, in water that never sees daylight and holds almost no…
Researchers reveal nuclear ‘island’ where magic numbers break down
Atomic nuclei are often described as orderly systems. Certain numbers of protons or neutrons, called magic numbers, usually…
LZ detector marks a new era in the search for light dark matter and neutrinos
Far beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, a tank of liquid xenon is quietly recording some of…
Fossil tracks in Italy record a turtle stampede from 80 million years ago
In the spring of 2019, free climbers scaling the risky cliffs of Monte Cònero on Italy’s Adriatic coast…
Fermilab experiment finds no evidence for a fourth neutrino, ending a long-debated theory
For three decades, a riddle has followed neutrinos, the near-weightless particles that stream through Earth by the trillions…
Anacondas became giants long before humans walked the Earth
Snakes come in all sizes today, from tiny thread snakes no longer than a pencil to green anacondas…
Mysterious structures within Earth’s mantle may explain why we exist
Far below your feet, nearly 1,800 miles beneath oceans and continents, Earth carries two massive scars from its…
Ocean storms under Antarctic ice found to rapidly boost melting
Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of…
Dinosaur eggshells are accurate timekeepers of fossil age, study finds
Layers of rock can tell the story of life on Earth, but only if you know when each…
AI uncovers Earth’s earliest life from 3.3 billion years ago
Deep in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, traces of ancient life still linger, even when every cell has…
Oldest RNA ever discovered offers a rare look into the lives of woolly mammoths
Long before modern humans built cities or carved out farms, woolly mammoths wandered across frozen plains with thick…
10,000-year-old impact crater in China reveals meteorite strike equal to 40 atomic bombs
A quiet hillside in southern China holds the mark of something that arrived with enormous force from far…