Clever worms form superorganism towers to hitch rides on insects
Nematodes are the most abundant animal on earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and out. So, they play to the strength…
Rainbow reefs revealed: The secret 112-million-year saga of glowing fish
New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History sheds light on the ancient origins of biofluorescence in fishes and the range of brilliant colors involved in…
Cozmic’s Milky Way clones are cracking the universe’s dark code
A USC-led research team has created a series of supercomputer-simulated twins of our Milky Way galaxy — which could help scientists unlock new answers about one of the biggest mysteries…
Heavy particles, big secrets: What happened right after the Big Bang
An international team of scientists has published a new report that moves towards a better understanding of the behaviour of some of the heaviest particles in the universe under extreme…
Cluck once, and the river shakes: Inside the Amazon’s giant snake saga
As a child, I was fascinated by reports and documentaries about field research and often wondered what it took to be there and what kind of knowledge was being produced.…
The invisible killer: PM 1 pollution uncovered across America
Air pollution causes health problems and is attributable to some 50,000 annual deaths in the United States, but not all air pollutants pack the same punch. Scientists have tracked the…
Scientists discover llama antibodies that shut down COVID — and its future variants
Scientists have discovered a unique class of small antibodies that are strongly protective against a wide range of SARS coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-1 and numerous early and recent SARS-CoV-2 variants. The…
AI Reveals Milky Way’s Black Hole Spins Near Top Speed
An international team of astronomers has trained a neural network with millions of synthetic simulations and artificial intelligence (AI) to tease out new cosmic curiosities about black holes, revealing the…
Galactic mystery: Why massive stars struggle to form in the Milky Way’s center
New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising results about the rate at which high-mass stars…
This quantum sensor tracks 3D movement without GPS
In a new study, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have used a cloud of atoms chilled down to incredibly cold temperatures to simultaneously measure acceleration in three dimensions…