The Eruption That Froze Pompeii Is Helping Scientists Measure Time Itself
A nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic disaster is helping scientists refine the…
MIT’s Paper-Thin Swimming Robot Is Powered by Living Muscle
MIT engineers created a paper-thin swimming robot that uses light-controlled living mu…
Scientists Found a Hairy-Legged Sea Spider With a Nightmare Mouth
Two newly described Salish Sea spiders reveal bizarre grooming and parasite-filled lif…
Supercomputer Simulations Reveal How the First Stars Changed the Universe
A new generation of simulations is uncovering how starlight, gas, and chemistry intera…
Ghost Particles May Decide Whether a Dying Star Explodes or Becomes a Black Hole
The fate of a dying massive star may depend on more than its mass and internal structu…
A Surprising Brain Signal Could Explain Why Eating Less Protein Extends Lifespan
A new paper suggests that limiting protein intake triggers a coordinated response thro…
A Few Picoseconds Reveal Superconductivity’s Hidden Breaking Point
Ultrafast current pulses let scientists push superconductors beyond their usual experi…
Scientists Simulated Moons Being Blown Apart – and Found Something Unexpected
A study suggests that icy moons can still harbor oceans after catastrophic collisions,…
Just 7 Days of Strength Training Triggered Fat-Burning Changes in Mice
A study found that just seven days of strength training activated processes that help …
Spinosaurus May Have Spent Most of Its Life Underwater, New Study Finds
A new study sheds light on which animal groups evolved from life on land to living in …
The Eruption That Froze Pompeii Is Helping Scientists Measure Time Itself
A nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic disaster is helping scientists refine the clocks used…
A Drug Made People Burn More Calories – Scientists Aren’t Sure How
In a small study, a drug increased calorie burning without clearly switching on brown …
Scientists Discover Striking Orange Killifish in the Amazon’s Threatened Forest Pools
A newly identified Amazonian killifish is known from just three disturbed forest pools…
“Crawzilla” – Scientists Just Found North America’s Biggest Known Crayfish
The search for North America’s biggest crayfish has turned a friendly rivalry into a s…
Scientists Just Found a Hidden Factor That Could Trigger an Atlantic Ocean Collapse
Rapid warming could cause a major Atlantic Ocean current system to collaps…
The Story of How Wolves Became Dogs Is Stranger Than We Thought
For 15,000 years, humans and dogs have been changing together, creating on…
The Eruption That Froze Pompeii Is Helping Scientists Measure Time Itself
A nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic disaster is helping scientists refine the…
Scientists Just Found a Hidden Factor That Could Trigger an Atlantic Ocean Collapse
Rapid warming could cause a major Atlantic Ocean current system to collaps…