‘After 1177 B.C.’ describes how societies fared when the Bronze Age ended
After 1177 B.C.Eric H. ClinePrinceton Univ., $32 A toxic brew of calamities that included drought, earthquakes, famine, disease and invasion…
50 years ago, the sun’s influence on Earth’s lightning was revealed
Lightning and the sun — Science News, June 22, 1974 The latest addition to the growing list of meteorological phenomena…
AI could take medical imaging to the next level
When radiologist Pouneh Razavi reads a patient’s mammogram, she hunts for blips in the X-ray image that could indicate breast…
This tentacled, parasitic ‘fairy lantern’ plant is new to science
In the weird world of chlorophyll-free “fairy lantern” plants, there’s a new species to admire. Fairy lanterns (Thismia) are a…
Physicists measured Earth’s rotation using quantum entanglement
Earth’s rotation has been measured many times over — but never like this. In a first, scientists used entangled quantum…
Early ants may have had complex social lives, fossil data suggests
Even the earliest ants may have been social butterflies. Ants fossilized in 100-million-year-old amber have sensory equipment that suggests they…
The Arctic is warming rapidly. These clouds may hold clues as to why
In the Arctic, a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon generates some of the oddest clouds on Earth. Up there, streaky wisps can…
A malaria drug could be used to treat PCOS, a common hormone disorder
A common antimalarial drug could also be used to treat polycystic ovarian syndrome, an endocrine disorder that affects hundreds of…
‘Echidnapus’ hints at a lost age of egg-laying mammals
The Australian platypus is one of Earth’s most unusual creatures — but there was a time when it might not…
Child sacrifices at famed Maya site were all boys, many closely related
Genetic clues have unveiled a type of ritual child sacrifice at an ancient Maya site that consisted only of young…
