Science

How dormant bacteria spores sense when it’s time to com...

Bacterial cells shut down and become spores to survive harsh environments. An in...

A metal ion bath may make fibers stronger than spider silk

The work is the latest in a decades-long quest to create artificial fibers as st...

Here’s where jazz gets its swing

Swing, the feeling of a rhythm in jazz music that compels feet to tap, may arise...

A way to snap molecules together like Legos wins 2022 c...

Click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry allow scientists to build complex mo...

Losing amphibians may be tied to spikes in human malari...

Missing frogs, toads and salamanders may have led to more mosquitoes and potenti...

Pterosaurs may have evolved from tiny, fast-running rep...

A mysterious little ground-dwelling reptile unearthed in a Scottish sandstone ov...

Video captures young mosquitoes launching their heads t...

New high-speed filming gives a first glimpse of mosquito hunting too fast for hu...

‘Breathless’ explores COVID-19’s origins and other pand...

In his new book, David Quammen examines what we’ve learned about SARS-CoV-2 and ...

Quantum experiments with entangled photons win the 2022...

Three pioneers in quantum information science share this year’s Nobel Prize in p...

Despite a retraction, a room-temperature superconductor...

A high-profile retraction called a superconductivity result into question. But a...

Climate change could turn some blue lakes to green or b...

As temperatures rise, more than 1 in 10 of the world’s blue lakes could change c...

Genetics of human evolution wins 2022 Nobel Prize in ph...

By figuring out how to extract DNA from ancient bones, Svante Pääbo was able to ...

‘Wonderful nets’ of blood vessels protect dolphin and w...

Complex networks of blood vessels called retia mirabilia that are associated wit...

50 years ago, scientists dug into Pangaea’s past lives

In 1972, scientists wondered whether Pangaea was Earth’s only supercontinent. Fi...

This spider literally flips for its food

The Australian ant-slayer spider’s acrobatics let it feast on insects twice its ...

Gas flares are leaking five times as much methane than ...

The flares burn off methane at 91 percent efficiency. Achieving 98 percent effic...

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