College students want to help during an opioid overdose but don’t know how
U.S. college students can recognize signs of an opioid overdose and want to help when they witness one. But many…
This orangutan used a medicinal plant on his face wound
With their bright eyes and prominent beards and mustaches, it’s easy to see how orangutans got their name; “orang” is…
Belugas may communicate by warping a blob of forehead fat
The beluga whale wears its heart on its sleeve — or rather, its forehead. Researchers have created a visual encyclopedia…
Scientists developed a sheet of gold that’s just one atom thick
Meet graphene’s newest metallic cousin, goldene. For the first time, researchers have created a free-standing sheet of gold that’s just…
50 years ago, margarine’s ‘healthy’ reputation began to melt away
Margarine and your heart — Science News, April 20, 1974 Hardening of the arteries causes 90 percent of all heart…
Scientists are getting closer to understanding the sun’s ‘campfire’ flares
DALLAS — Scientists are starting to figure out what causes tiny eruptions on the sun called campfire flares. Campfires were…
A ruinous hailstorm in Spain may have been supercharged by warming seas
A torrent of giant hailstones in northeast Spain may have been fueled by climate change. On August 31, 2022, a…
Ximena Velez-Liendo is saving Andean bears with honey
In 1998, at the age of 22, conservation biologist Ximena Velez-Liendo came face-to-face with South America’s largest carnivore on her…
Three reasons why the ocean’s record-breaking hot streak is devastating
Earth’s largest ecosystem is broiling. Every day for the last 12 months, the average temperature of most of the sea’s…
These Stone Age humans were more gatherer than hunter
Unlike many of their mostly meat-eating peers, a group of late Stone Age hunter-gatherers living in what is now northeastern…
