Bird flu has been invading the brains of mammals. Here’s why
In spring 2022, a handful of red foxes in Wisconsin were behaving oddly. Veterinary pathologist Betsy Elsmo learned that a […]
Strange observations of galaxies challenge ideas about dark matter
Head-scratching observations of distant galaxies are challenging cosmologists’ dominant ideas about the universe, potentially leading to the implication that the
The second law of thermodynamics underlies nearly everything. But is it inviolable?
In real life, laws are broken all the time. Besides your everyday criminals, there are scammers and fraudsters, politicians and
Pierce’s disease still plagues California wine country
Sweet discovery for the wine industry — Science News, June 29, 1974 Pierce’s disease remains a problem for California grape
World record speeds for two Olympics events have fallen over time. We can go faster
Ready, set, go break a record. As elite athletes compete for top accolades in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,
A middleweight black hole has been spotted for the first time in our galaxy
For the first time, astronomers have spotted a middleweight black hole in the nearby universe. The discovery could help solve
How powdered rock could help slow climate change
On a banana plantation in rural Australia, a second-generation farming family spreads crushed volcanic rock between rows of ripening fruit.
This python-inspired device could make rotator cuff surgeries more effective
Each year, 2 million people in the United States suffer from rotator cuff injuries — but only 600,000 get surgical
A Dune-inspired spacesuit turns astronaut pee into drinking water
In the science-fiction series Dune, the desert-dwelling Fremen of the arid planet Arrakis recycle their body’s moisture using specially designed
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