Study explores how animals prepare for intergroup conflict
Study explores how animals prepare for intergroup conflict (David Pardoe/Getty Images) Animals exhibit complex behaviors to prepare for intergroup conflict, similar to humans, [...]
Scientists find sugar near the center of the Milky Way
Intriguing to find a complex chemical found in food on Earth present in distant space. Did biologically important chemicals all evolve here or did [...]
Earth’s biosphere might survive longer than expected
Earth's biosphere might survive longer than expected (Adventtr/Getty Images) A study published in Nature Geoscience suggests that life on Earth could last for another 1.8 [...]
190-year-old DNA confirms new pangolin species
190-year-old DNA confirms new pangolin species (Manan Vatsyayana/Getty Images) Confirmation of a previously unrecognized species of pangolin could help prevent poaching of the [...]
Neutrino traced to galaxy 11 billion light-years away
Neutrino traced to galaxy 11 billion light-years away Astronomers have traced a high-energy neutrino detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory to the Shadow [...]
Researchers create water harvester inspired by lizard skin
Researchers create water harvester inspired by lizard skin Researchers have developed a water harvesting system inspired by the desert horned lizard's unique way [...]
Microplastics found in remote Himalayan lake
Microplastics found in remote Himalayan lake A study published in iScience has found significant microplastic pollution in Tilicho Lake, one of Nepal's highest lakes, at [...]
Watch a mole-rat ‘farmer’ at work in its elaborate subterranean city
Watch a mole-rat 'farmer' at work in its elaborate subterranean city The reclusive subterranean rodents, often studied for their cancer-fighting biology, backfill their [...]
Giant prehistoric scorpion identified in fossil study
Giant prehistoric scorpion identified in fossil study Researchers have identified Praearcturus gigas, a scorpion that lived 415 million years ago and could grow [...]
50-year search yields breeze from Milky Way’s black hole
50-year search yields breeze from Milky Way's black hole After more than five decades of searching, scientists have identified evidence of wind emanating [...]