Honey bee larvae can’t smell – and that’s actually a good thing
A honey bee larva does almost nothing for itself. It lies curled inside a six-sided wax cell while…
Hillsborough meteorite: Space rock reveals alien brine chemistry and seeds of life
Fragment of the Hillsborough meteorite, broken on impact, with fusion crust from passing at high speed through the…
Running dry: How to store more groundwater for dry seasons
Many soils in Germany are far too dry. Rainfall was already lacking in spring, especially in March. Even the partly above-average…
Watch SpaceX launch 21 ‘data transport’ satellites for US military today
Starship won’t be the only SpaceX rocket flying today, if all goes according to plan. A Falcon 9…
Is dark matter ‘tuned in’ to a hidden dimension?
Two major mysteries in science, the nature of dark matter and the possible existence of higher dimensions, could…
How shark teeth and rose thorns solve the same problem
A new study has found that nature’s puncture tools – its fangs, stingers, spines and thorns – are…
Impact of solar storms could be greater than previously thought
A new paper has found that the impact of space weather events, such as solar storms, could be…
A new monkey species,‘Likweli,’ is found in the Congolese rainforest
Deep in the Congolese rainforest, scientists have discovered a new species of monkey so elusive even local communities…
Pluto’s Moon Charon Shows Signs Of “Despinning”, New Study Finds
New research reveals that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, once spun far faster than it does today. Scientists have…
Researchers Create Room-Temperature Quantum Material That Filters Light by Its Quantum Statistics
Insider Brief Researchers demonstrated a new class of room-temperature quantum materials that selectively transmit or suppress different quantum…
A Homeowner Warned Her Neighbor About Feeding Wildlife. The Payback Was Swift, Loud, and Smelly.
Pexels/Reddit Feeding wildlife might sound harmless, even sweet, right up until it turns an entire neighborhood into a…
Rarely categorical, highly separable representations along the cortical hierarchy
Data structure We used the International Brain Laboratory (IBL) public data release4. For each experimental session, we collected…