Why was Hurricane Helene so devastating?
A perfect storm of climatic, geological, and geographic conditions combined to make Hurricane Helene one of the most destructive storms […]
Some fleas do not poop for weeks. This keeps their pools clean
Some tadpoles do not poop in the first weeks of their lives. At least, this is the case for Eiffinger’s
A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped resources
Electric vehicles promise to help us move away from fossil fuels, but they present a new problem: how to get
A transatlantic flight could turn Saharan dust into a major ocean nutrient
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine
A phone app can help people have lucid dreams
If you want to have a dream where you know you’re dreaming, you might be in luck. A phone app
50 years ago, satellites threatened astronomers’ view of the cosmos
Satellites interfere with radio astronomy – Scientific news, October 5, 1974 In the past, satellites and probes launched by NASA
How did dark matter form the universe? This physicist has ideas
At the age of 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how many
Climate change fueled the fury of Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Meteorologists watched in amazement as Hurricane Milton, churning over abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, quickly turned into
The “midlife crisis” is a very simple story, scientists say
The notion of a midlife crisis is dead. Or maybe he was always the sailor. Now some scientists want a
The Europa Clipper has set out to solve an alien mystery
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean