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The translucent toes of a wandering salamanderWilliam P. Goldenberg How salamanders manage to move around on uneven, vertical tree surfaces…
The new fungus Gibellula attenboroughii on the orb-weaving cave spider. Credit: CABI This week, astronomers reported the discovery of a…
Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work — such as self-driving vehicles,…
Some people can wiggle their ears using ancient musclesShutterstock A “useless” muscle that allows some people to wiggle their ears…
In their paper published in Plants, People, Planet, ASADA Airi and her team report that grasslands on young lava flows…
Scientists say there is a high chance that key Atlantic Ocean currents will weaken over the coming decades due to…
Particles of light helped test a quantum paradoxArlume/Alamy Researchers created particles of light that effectively exist in 37 dimensions at…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Florida orange growers are bracing for yet another record-low harvest as climate challenges and diseased trees…
Scientists in China have unveiled a new method for breeding baby mice with two male parents, and the resulting babies…
High sea temperatures contributed to stormy weather in California in late 2023Kevin Carter/Getty Images The surge in ocean temperatures to…
Wajarri artist, Judith Anaru, painted a fast radio burst as part of a series commissioned by CSIRO to celebrate the…
Archaeologists excavating in Ecuador have discovered the rich burial of a pregnant woman and fetus who died around 1,200 years…
Coal power plants contribute to global warmingWalaiporn Sangkeaw Current policies of governments around the world are likely to result in…
by Mathew Marques, Niels Mede, Viktoria Cologna and Zoe Leviston, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Public trust in scientists…
Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient relatives.…
Firefighters in California during a prescribed burnSan Francisco Chronicle via Getty You can fight fire with fire, even in the…
The bacterium R. parkeri (magenta) can be seen here forming direct interkingdom contacts with the rough endoplasmic reticulum (cyan), the…
Astronomers have spotted a “supersonic jetstream” on a nearby alien world, with winds reaching 20,500 mph (33,000 km/h) — the…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the White House in Washington DC on 21 January 2025AARON SCHWARTZ/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock This week, OpenAI…
Spatial pattern of nine climate zones in Central Europe through the last 500 years, with the expansion of red and…
The X chromosome passed from mom to offspring may accelerate brain aging, a new animal study suggests.The research highlights a…
Donald Trump holding an executive order announcing the US withdrawal from the Paris AgreementJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images A cheer went up…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scotland must do more to help hydropower facilities maximize their output and prevent negative impacts on…
A scientist has discovered the first species of South American scorpion that sprays its venom — a behavior previously only…
Foxys_forest_manufacture/Getty Images There are many things we can blame for a bad night’s sleep – screen time, stress, too much…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As experts continue monitoring and surveying the environment and the nation’s food supply for H5N1 bird…
Astronomers have discovered hundreds of hidden supermassive black holes lurking in the universe — and there may be billions or…
Smoke rises during a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery storage facility in California on 17 JanuaryBloomberg / Getty…
A map showing the ‘Martian dichotomy’: the southern highlands are in yellows and oranges, the northern lowlands in blues and…