October 2020
UB Students to Study Next Gen Rocket Technology
$8.5M Energy Dept. grant to explore hybrid rocket potential The Department of Energy has awarded [...]
Secret Lives of Synchronous Fireflies (Insects Too Aren’t Dumb)
Stacked photo of fireflies in Tennessee. Image via University of Colorado. Fireflies get in sync when [...]
Black Hole Kills Star by ‘Spaghettification’ As Telescopes Watch
Telescopes capture destruction of star by black hole Several Earth-based telescopes caught the rare light [...]
How to Get Your Cat to Like You
How to connect with a cat? It's in the eyes A study in Scientific Reports [...]
Ants Show Signs of Cognitive Sophistication
Tool use highlights ants' sophisticated brain power Ants have been observed using grains of sand [...]
A Toothless, Parrot-Like Dinosaur Thrived 69 Million Years Ago
Fossils of 68M-year-old beaked dinosaur discovered Fossils of a parrot-like dinosaur with a large beak [...]
14 Million Tons of Microplastics Sitting on the Seafloor
Gauging the extent of microplastic pollution in oceans An estimated 14 million metric tons of [...]
Cargo Ship Carries a $23 Million Female-Friendly Toilet to ISS
NASA deploys $23M toilet into space Roughly four tons of equipment and supplies are on [...]
Plant Trees or Let Forests Regrow? Two Ways to Fight Climate Change
Scientists examine how tree growth would affect climate Two recently published papers in Nature and [...]
Horses Help in the Development of Emotionally Well-Adjusted Teenagers, Study Finds
Interacting with horses can ease teens' social anxiety High-school students in Hungary who participated in [...]
September 2020
Water on Mars: Discovery of Three Buried Lakes Intrigues Scientists
Possible buried lakes detected on Mars Observations by the Mars Express space probe suggest the [...]
Crows Possess Higher Intelligence Long Thought a Primarily Human Attribute
Crows are even smarter than we once thought Some birds, especially corvids such as crows, [...]
Australian Stinging Trees Inject Scorpion-Like Venom. The Pain Lasts for Days
The most toxic of the stinging trees, gympie-gympie or Dendrocnide moroides. Edward These trees have a toxic [...]
Playing Video Games in Childhood Improves Working Memory Years Later
Playing video games may have cognitive benefits Children who play video games may see cognitive [...]
Across 10 Million Stars, Not a Single Whisper of Alien Technology
No alien tech detected in sweep of Vela constellation A detailed search of the Vela [...]
A Strange Form of Life Could Flourish Deep Inside of Stars, Scientists Say
Do stars hold bizarre life-forms? (Pixabay) Unusual life-forms created by monopoles and cosmic strings may [...]
Sweet-Tooth Tendencies Change as Kids Get Older
Study: Youths prefer more intense sweetness A study in the journal Nutrients found that children [...]
Flamboyant Cuttlefish Save their Bright Patterns for Flirting, Fighting and Fleeing
Flamboyant cuttlefish aren't always so colorful Flamboyant cuttlefish don't always look the way their name [...]
Curiosity Rover Spots Red Planet Twister (photos)
A dust devil can be seen moving inside the Gale Crater on Mars in a [...]
August 2020
Earth May Have Formed With Enough Water to Fill the Oceans Three Times Over
Study: Earth may have been wet since it formed New measurements of enstatite chondrite meteorites [...]
Global Warming
Heat may increase 30-fold in US by next century Exposure to extreme heat may increase [...]
July 2020
Perseverance Rover Launches for Mars – Arrives February 21
The Perseverance rover is on its way to Mars (Gregg Newton/Getty Images) The Perseverance rover [...]
Dogs Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Take Shortcuts
Dogs' internal compass helps them find their way (Pixabay) Dogs appear to perceive Earth's magnetic [...]
June 2020
Rainbow-Colored Microplastics Rain Down on Parks
Microplastics found in US parks, wilderness areas Rainfall deposits about 1,000 tons of microplastic pollution [...]
Patchy Spots at Titan’s South Pole may be Dry Lake Beds
Patchy spots on Titan may be dry lake beds Unusual patches seen on Saturn's moon [...]