Spider Webs Don’t Rot and Scientists Figured Out Why
Spider web resilience examined (Pixabay) Spider webs resist rotting because the bacteria that would boost that process isn't able to get to the [...]
Happy as a Crab That Just Finished a Maze
Crabs commit maze route to memory Small shore crabs can find their way through a maze with few or no errors weeks after [...]
The Super Blood Wolf Moon was Scary But Nothing Like What the Sun Can Do
Sun looks like jack-o'-lantern in NASA photo NASA has posted a 2014 photo of the sun in which it resembles a jack-o'-lantern on [...]
Whales Make Bubble “Nets” to Catch Prey
Whales observed making bubbles as net for prey Researchers used two different types of cameras to capture footage of humpback whales creating rings [...]
Huge Canyons on Mars’s Caused by 225mph Rocky Landslides and NOT Glaciers
3D image analysis links Mars' ridges to landslides Scientists who analyzed 3D images of a Mars region say the planet's ridges may have [...]
Australian Students to Participate in a Major Butterfly Project
Australians asked to help collect butterfly data (Pixabay) Australian researchers are enlisting the public to contribute to a database of the country's approximately [...]
Could Screens’ Blue Light Make You Old Before Your Time?
Exposure to blue light accelerated aging, damaged cells in fruit flies Prolonged exposure to blue light produced by light-emitting diodes in smartphones, computer [...]
Pepper-Moth Caterpillars Change Their Hue Without Looking
Tiny blindfolds don't keep caterpillars from sensing colors Peppered-moth caterpillars are particularly good at camouflaging themselves, changing their color to match whatever twig [...]
Voyager Examines the Fringes of the Solar System
Voyager data measure higher pressure at fringes of solar system The Voyager probes have provided NASA scientists with data that suggest the pressure [...]
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Was a Giant ‘Shark Tooth’ Carnivore
Fossils of 115M-year-old dinosaur with sharp teeth found in Thailand Fossils of a new species of predatory dinosaur that lived about 115 million [...]