UB Students to Study Next Gen Rocket Technology
$8.5M Energy Dept. grant to explore hybrid rocket potential The Department of Energy has awarded the University at Buffalo $8.5 million to create [...]
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 peers are around Male fireflies light up in [...]
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 flash that signified the stretching, and ultimately the [...]
How to Get Your Cat to Like You
How to connect with a cat? It's in the eyes A study in Scientific Reports found that cats respond positively when people, including [...]
Ants Show Signs of Cognitive Sophistication
Tool use highlights ants' sophisticated brain power Ants have been observed using grains of sand as a tool to help collect water and [...]
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 and two fingers have been found in Mongolia [...]
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 their way to the International Space Station following [...]
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 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shed [...]
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 a four-year agricultural curriculum that included hands-on interaction [...]
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 presence of three subsurface lakes on the red [...]