The Sun unleashes a torrent of charged particles. Some of them slam into the Earth’s atmosphere, triggering breathtaking auroras in the night sky.
But for equipment that’s orbiting our planet in outer space, solar weather can quickly…
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The Parasite That Chemically Castrates Its Moth Host
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In addition to delivering painful stings, some species of wasps are parasites….
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Asteroid samples show amino acids can form in radioactive space
A new study offers a look at how the building blocks of life might have originated in the cosmos.
Penn State scientists suggest that the amino acids found on the asteroid Bennu did not require warm, liquid water to form, as previously…
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Asteroid Bennu Just Changed the Origin Story of Life
Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space. Scientists previously identified amino acids, the essential components of life, inside 4.6-billion-year-old rocks collected from the…
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Nature's 'engine is grinding to a halt' as climate change gains pace, says study – Phys.org
- Nature’s ‘engine is grinding to a halt’ as climate change gains pace, says study Phys.org
- Species turnover is slowing across land, lakes, and oceans Earth.com
- Decelerating Nature: The Slowdown of Earth’s ‘Self-Repairing Engine’ Devdiscourse
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New nanodevice reveals how physical forces shape protein behavior inside living cells
A DNA-based nanodevice applies controlled force to individual proteins, enabling researchers to observe molecular changes and discover new protein interactions for the first time.
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New ‘sungrazing’ comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn’t destroy it
Astronomers have discovered an exciting new “sungrazing” comet that will have a perilously close encounter with our home star in less than two months. Some experts predict the hefty ice ball could become bright enough to be visible to the naked…
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African climate science policy has a serious blind spot: The slowing Atlantic circulation
The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularized the devastating effects of sudden climate change on Earth. The plot dramatizes the consequences of a shut-down in an ocean current, and features the Northern…
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Low-temperature, sinterless silica glass developed using 3D printing techniques
A research team has used advanced 3D printing techniques to develop low-temperature, “sinterless” silica glass. They converted 3D-printed objects into silica glass structures at significantly lower temperatures than traditional sintering,…
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Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment
Japanese Americans incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming took art classes at the craft shop, using what they could find. Tom Parker, War Relocation Authority, Department of the Interior, via National Archives and Records… Continue Reading