2 spacecraft caught the waves that might heat and accelerate the solar wind
A lucky alignment of two sun-studying spacecraft may have finally solved a decades-old solar mystery. Data from NASA’s Parker Solar…
Here’s how an arthropod pulls off the world’s fastest backflip
Move over, Simone Biles. Nature’s gold medalist for backflips is a millimeter-tall arthropod that can barely straddle the tip of…
A fluffy, orange fungus could transform food waste into tasty dishes
Using microbes to transform foods through fermentation is the secret behind many of our favorite flavors, from cheeses to beer (SN:…
In a first, these bats were found to have toes that glow
You’ve heard of jazz hands? Well, these bats have glow toes. When ultraviolet light shines onto the Mexican free-tailed bat’s…
People with food and other allergies have a new way to treat severe reactions
Soon people will be able to subdue a severe allergic reaction with a nasal spray instead of an injection. On…
The Webb telescope’s peek into a stellar nursery finds baby planets too
A distant stellar nursery holds a clutch of newborn Jupiter-sized worlds, the tiniest of which is surrounded by a dusty…
The possibilities for dark matter have just shrunk — by a lot
Scientists have just slashed the potential hiding spaces for dark matter particles. The LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ, experiment has searched for…
Mantle waves buoy continents upward and bedeck them with diamonds
For billions of years, the continents have cruised across Earth’s surface like tectonic vessels, but they have not survived unscathed.…
Extreme heat and rain are fueling rising cases of mosquito-borne diseases
When it rains, it pours. And when it pours, mosquitoes pop up. A series of storms slammed the northeastern United…
More than 100 bacteria species can flourish in microwave ovens
Even the microwave oven in your kitchen is not immune to bacteria. The irradiating environment within a microwave oven might…
