Physicists just discovered the rarest particle decay ever
It’s the rarest particle decay ever discovered. Scientists have clinched the case for a special type of decay of subatomic…
‘Smart lighting’ might make vertical farming more affordable
Fiddling with the dimmer switch might help some indoor farmers curb one of their biggest challenges: soaring electricity costs. Growing…
X-rays from nuclear blasts could defend Earth from asteroids
An asteroid hurtling toward Earth could be deflected without a spacecraft ever touching it. The trick is using X-rays to…
Climate change could double U.S. temperature-linked deaths by mid-century
Heat-related deaths in the United States are on the rise. But how bad will it be 20, 30 or 40…
Scientists have just turned giant panda skin cells into stem cells
With roughly 2,000 giant pandas remaining in the wild, scientists have spent the last several decades looking for new ways…
Some bacteria in your mouth can divide into as many as 14 cells at once
Among the more than 500 species of bacteria that thrive in the human mouth, one seems to play by its…
Earth’s ancient ‘greenhouse’ conditions were hotter than thought
Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter than once thought.…
Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain
When the virus that causes mpox jumped onto the international stage in 2022, countries around the world, including the United…
Ants changed the architecture of their nests when exposed to a pathogen
If an infection takes hold in an ants’ nest, it could spell disaster for the whole colony. But some worker…
Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing
African rock art depicting a mythical tusked creature may mirror the look of fossils of real-life ancient mammal relatives called…
