A black hole made from pure light is impossible, thanks to quantum physics
Black holes can’t be formed from pure light. Quantum physics would curb their creation under any foreseeable conditions, a new…
A new study challenges the idea that Rapa Nui islanders caused an ‘ecocide’
Early settlers of the island of Rapa Nui are famous for having created massive stone statues. They have also gotten…
Beneficial bacteria help these marine worms survive extreme cold
Antarctic marine worms survive with a little help from their bacterial friends. Close relatives of earthworms, polychaetes are some of…
A heat dome is baking the United States. Here’s why that’s so dangerous
June is the new July. Or maybe even August. At least it feels that way, as summer heat has already…
Pain may take different pathways in men and women
Men and women experience pain differently, and until now, scientists didn’t know why. New research says it may be in…
Can leeches leap? New video may help answer that debate
A chance video by a grad student relishing her first big field trip might help resolve an argument that’s raged…
Meet Lokiceratops, a newly discovered species of horned dinosaur
A newfound dinosaur species may not have been burdened with the glorious purpose of Loki — but it did bear…
Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole turn on for the first time
Somewhere in the not-too-distant universe, a galaxy named SDSS1335+0728 is waking up. Over the past four years, astronomers have been…
‘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…
