Research, Space & Discovery
New research is helping biologists understand how an overlooked aspect of coral physiology may affect their fate under climate change.The postCorals Spin Tiny Vortices to Get Oxygen, but Not if It’s T...
New research from Rutgers University–Newark psychologist Kent Harber reveals a strong connection between conspiracy theories, antisemitic attitudes and hostility toward Israel.
Astronomy meets 19th-century artThe postThis Image from the Dark Energy Camera Is a Bit Van Gogh, No?appeared first onNautilus.
Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual supernova.
Fossils of young tetrapods suggest that the common ancestors of amphibians, reptiles and mammals did not evolve from animals with tadpole-like larvae, as scientists once thought. The first animals to ...
Description This composite of seven images from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Earth, visible as a small bright dot moving from upper left to lower right, passing...
We already know wolves can make roads safer, and now it's been shown that the presence of cougars reduces deer collisions by 76 per cent
As climate change causes water scarcity and temperatures to rise, crops around the world are feeling the heat. How can we prevent severe crop losses in these relentlessly sweltering conditions? An int...
Are you regular swole? Or neanderthal swole?The postPeople With This Neanderthal Hormone Receptor Have More Muscle Massappeared first onNautilus.
Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind th...
Remarkable images of the sun show vortices on its surface that have never been seen before because they are so small
New University of Georgia research suggests that social media could influence people's travel plans. The paper is published in the journal Current Issues in Tourism.
Every crime scene contains hidden microbial clues. Now, after decades of promise, researchers are establishing what those bacterial traces can reliably reveal – and whether the evidence will ever stan...
A piece of a SpaceX rocket weighing four tonnes (4.4 tons) was believed to have unintentionally crashed into the moon on Wednesday, a collision that posed no danger to Earth but is expected to leave b...
Matt Walker couldn't pet a dog without sneezing—until he and other scientists used a gene editing technique to produce a hypoallergenic beagle named Bailey.
Fires in the Arctic are not solely a regional issue, as shown by the hazy skies in Switzerland last summer despite otherwise sunny weather. Smoke from major fires in northern Canada crossed the Atlant...
Can a crack be supersonic? Can the fracture that triggers an avalanche propagate faster than the limiting velocity predicted by classical fracture mechanics? The question remains the subject of debate...
Living among large predatory carnivores could actually make you safer. A study published in the journal Current Biology found that pumas—wild cats also known as mountain lions, cougars or panthers—cha...
Virginia Tech chemist and chemical engineer Guoliang "Greg" Liu and his lab have developed a process that converts the plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into polyalphaolefin, a key component in lubrica...
Researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO), the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany, and the High Altitude Observatory (HAO)...