Archaeopteryx Took Off with Series of Hops, Not One Big Leap: Study
Archaeopteryx — the first ever bird to inhabit the Earth — may have hopped its way into the…
World-first wooden turbine blade plant aims to tackle fiberglass waste
A German startup is moving forward with plans to build the world’s first large-scale factory for wooden wind…
Massive Exoplanets Could Form Around Supermassive Black Holes
You’ve read it, heard it in casual conversations, and seen it in TV shows and movies: black holes…
‘Like a sci-fi movie’: giant spider web covers Israeli nature reserve
A giant blanket of spider webs is covering the vegetation after millions of long-jawed orb-weaver spiders of the…
Math Ties Biology to Manufacturable Adaptive Materials
“What we were missing was a way to connect the mathematical description of a natural system all the…
Climate change is undermining coral reef restoration. Could picnic coolers help?
PALAU, Micronesia — The ride out to sea was, in a word, unpleasant. The coastal waters of Palau,…
The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be 'Black Hole Stars' – Universe Today
The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be ‘Black Hole Stars’ Universe TodayBlack hole star: Astronomers discover a brand-new type…
Shark selfies: why ‘finfluencers’ need to put their cameras away | Sharks
Name: Shark selfies. Age: The phrase seems to have emerged in summer 2014 and will hopefully be retired…
Research Reverses Plant Drought Recovery Findings
Sunflowers are unable to fully recover from drought, new research has found, contradicting previous findings on the plant’s…
China’s Renewables Boom Faces Record Clean Power Curtailments
Grid constraints and rising coal-fired power generation in China led to soaring curtailment rates of solar and wind…
JWST found water-altered clay minerals on two of Neptune’s tiny inner moons and its rings that probably formed deep inside much larger icy worlds — compelling evidence that today’s moons may be rubble from Neptune’s original satellite system, destroyed when the captured moon Triton tore through it billions of years ago.
The clay is the clue. Larissa and Galatea are two small, dark moons tucked close to Neptune, where…
Scientists Reprogram How Light Travels in Just 74 Femtoseconds
Researchers have shown that nanoscale silicon structures can amplify an otherwise weak optical effect enough to control light…