Seismic waves crossing Mars’ core reveal details of the Red Planet’s heart
Mars’ heart is about the size of our moon, and almost twice as dense. Or so suggest the first observed…
Rocky planets might have been able to form in the early universe
Rocky planets might have been forming since the beginning of the universe. A stellar nursery in a neighboring galaxy has…
A vegan leather made of dormant fungi can repair itself
Imagine if a ripped leather jacket could repair itself instead of needing to be replaced. This could one day be…
A graphene “tattoo” could help hearts keep their beat
Some tattoos truly make the heart go pitter-patter. In rats, a graphene “tattoo” stuck to the heart could treat an…
This elephant peels bananas, but only slightly ripe ones
Do you peel bananas from the top or bottom? One elephant goes with a third option. When handed a slightly…
Comb jellies have a bizarre nervous system unlike any other animal
Shimmering, gelatinous comb jellies wouldn’t appear to have much to hide. But their mostly see-through bodies cloak a nervous system…
Northern elephant seals sleep just two hours a day at sea
Northern elephant seals are the true masters of the power nap. On long trips out to sea, the seals snooze…
Cosmic antimatter hints at origins of huge bubbles in our galaxy’s center
MINNEAPOLIS — Bubbles of radiation billowing from the galactic center may have started as a stream of electrons and their…
Urchins are dying off across the Caribbean. Scientists now know why
Since early 2022, sea urchins have been mysteriously dying off across the Caribbean. Now scientists say they have identified the…
The classic map of how the human brain manages movement gets an update
The classical view of how the human brain controls voluntary movement might not tell the whole story. That map of…
