Volatile chemicals of tsetse flies. Methyl palmitoleate (MPO), produced by the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans, elicits physiological responses from olfactory…
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Tapping into your “muscle memory” to tie your shoes or play an instrument may feel automatic — but to execute…
More than 3 million adults were forced to evacuate their homes in the past year because of a natural disaster,…
My hometown of Los Angeles is home to the earliest reported earthquake dating back to 1769 (and, of course, many more since…
(A): Schematic of the nanocapillary sampling system, in which a nanocapillary is directed to the chosen cell using a nanomanipulator.…
The Fitbit Inspire 3 and Charge 5 are the brand’s more basic bands, sitting below the more smartwatch-like Versa 4…
An AI developed by researchers at Meta convincingly negotiated with humans while playing an online version of the board game…
Astronomers analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted signs of chemical reactions driven by star light in…
A web of the group-living spider Cyrtophora citricola. Credit: Lena Grinsted Groups of spiders could be used as an environmentally-friendly…
Studies have shown that social isolation and loneliness are important risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but less has been known…
A sense of stagnation pervaded the summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, as negotiators failed to reach agreement on key…
The early pandemic years overlapped with some of California’s worst wildfires on record, creating haunting, orange-tinted skies and wide swathes…
Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica have shed more than half-a-trillion tonnes annually since 2000 — six icy Olympic pools…
A major earthquake struck southern Turkey early on Monday, causing extensive damage and killing thousands there and in neighboring Syria.…
In the 1970s a young gorilla known as Koko drew worldwide attention with her ability to use human sign language.…
The Colorado river is the lifeblood of the US Southwest, but today it is drastically depleted due to overuse, megadrought…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Cornell-led study is the first to report national, annual rates of sheltered homelessness over time…
Microscopic (STEM and TEM) images of the developed catalyst and its PEMFC power performance. Compared to the state-of-the-art fuel cell…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Parting with personal items can be a daunting task, often leading to frustration, unhappiness and even…
Will the universe end in a bang or a whimper? A pair of theoretical physicists have proposed a third path:…
That stubborn athlete’s foot infection an estimated 70% of people get at some point in their life could become much…
Scientists used observations of the angle at which dogs urinate and laboratory tests with jets of fluid to design a…
Egyptian officials have released photos of an ancient scroll, the 52-foot-long (16 meters) Book of the Dead papyrus recently discovered…
This illustration from the Guo Lab shows the interaction between a perovskite material (cyan) and a substrate of metal-dielectric material.…
An unexpected discovery in a piece of amber stored at Harvard University since the 1930s reveals that army ants once…
A heatmap of electron location in graphene shows that at the lower temperature (left panel), the electrons are more likely…
Looking for a great new microscope for school or home? Amazon’s latest deal could be just what you’re looking for.Finding…
As many as one in five dengue fever deaths in the Americas occur in Mexico, and the rate of the…
In a rare case, a mother in Alabama gave birth to two sets of identical twins in back-to-back pregnancies. Britney Alba…