- + These windpipe cells trigger coughs to keep water out of the lungs—Neuroendocrine cells can sense substances on the way to the lungs and prompt reactions such as coughing and swallowing, experiments in mice show. [Cat...
- + Jupiter’s moon Io may have been volcanically active ever since it was born—An analysis of the moon’s atmospheric composition suggests that it has been spewing sulfur for roughly 4.6 billion years. [Category: Planetary Science...
- + A puzzling mix of artifacts raises questions about Homo sapiens’ travels to China—A reexamined Chinese site points to a cultural mix of Homo sapiens with Neandertals or Denisovans. [Category: Archaeology] [Link to media]
- + Tiny treadmills show how fruit flies walk—A method to force fruit flies to move shows the insects’ stepping behavior and holds clues to other animals’ brains and movement. [Category: Neuroscie...
- + Hibernating bumblebee queens have a superpower: Surviving for days underwater—After some bumblebee queens were accidentally submerged in water and survived, researchers found them to be surprisingly tolerant of flooding. [Catego...
- + What can period blood reveal about a person’s health?—The FDA recently approved a menstrual blood test for diabetes, the first diagnostic of any kind based on period blood. It may be just the beginning. [...
- + In ‘Get the Picture,’ science helps explore the meaning of art—Journalist Bianca Bosker infiltrates the secretive art world to understand the science and psychology of why art matters to the human experience. [Cat...
- + This robot can tell when you’re about to smile — and smile back—Using machine learning, researchers trained Emo to make facial expressions in sync with humans. [Category: Artificial Intelligence] [Link to media]
- + This newfound longhorn beetle species is unusually fluffy—Discovered in Australia, the beetle is covered in whitish hairs and has distinctive eye lobes, antennae and leg shapes. [Category: Animals] [Link to m...
- + 50 years ago, scientists wondered how birds find their way home—In the 1970s, lab tests hinted that birds can navigate using magnetic fields. New studies suggest that beak and eye proteins are behind the ability. [...
- + Scientists find a naturally occurring molecule that forms a fractal—The protein assembles itself into a repeating triangle pattern. The fractal seems to be an accident of evolution, scientists say. [Category: Math] [Li...
- + In a first, these crab spiders appear to collaborate, creating camouflage—Scientists found a pair of mating crab spiders blending in with a flower. The report may be the first known case of cooperative camouflage in spiders....
- + This marine alga is the first known eukaryote to pull nitrogen from air—An alga’s bacterial symbiote has evolved into an organelle that turns atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, making the alga unique among eukaryotes. [Cat...
- + 50 years ago, scientists found a lunar rock nearly as old as the moon—Studies of such rocks continue to reveal secrets about the moon’s history. [Category: Space] [Link to media]
- + How a sugar acid crucial for life could have formed in interstellar clouds—Computer calculations and lab experiments have revealed a possible mechanism for the creation of glyceric acid, which has been seen in meteorites. [Ca...
- + Teens are using an unregulated form of THC. Here’s what we know—The compound is called delta-8-THC and, like delta-9-THC in marijuana, comes from the cannabis plant and may hurt teens’ brains. [Category: Health &am...
- + Immune cells’ intense reaction to the coronavirus may lead to pneumonia—Immune cells that patrol lung tissue may play a role in the progression of a coronavirus infection to pneumonia, lab studies show. [Category: Health &...
- + What Science News saw during the solar eclipse—Science News staffers took to different parts of the United States to take in the eclipse’s glow. Here’s a glimpse of what we saw during the 2024 eve...
- + Flowers may be big antennas for bees’ electrical signals—The finding suggests a way for plants to share information about nearby pollinators and communicate when to trigger nectar production. [Category: Ecos...
- + A protein found in sweat may protect people from Lyme disease—The protein stopped Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium that is transmitted by ticks, from growing in dishes or infecting mice. [Category: Health & ...
- + Polar forests may have just solved a solar storm mystery—Spikes of carbon-14 in tree rings may be linked to solar flares, but evidence of the havoc-wreaking 1859 Carrington event has proven elusive until now...
- + During the awe of totality, scientists studied our planet’s reactions—Earth’s atmosphere was a big area of focus for scientists studying the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. [Category: Space] [Link to media]
- + Heat waves cause more illness and death in U.S. cities with fewer trees—There are usually fewer trees in neighborhoods with higher populations of people of color. Planting trees could save hundreds of lives every year. [Ca...
- + Your last-minute guide to the 2024 total solar eclipse—From getting eclipse glasses to checking your weather, we’ve got you covered to help you enjoy this incredible solar eclipse. [Category: Science &...
- + How Ötzi the Iceman really got his tattoos—Modern tattooing experiments challenge a popular idea about how the roughly 5,200-year-old mummified man got marked with dark lines. [Category: Uncate...
- + Protein whisperer Oluwatoyin Asojo fights neglected diseases—Oluwatoyin Asojo’s work on hookworm protein structures have contributed to a vaccine being tested in people. [Category: Chemistry] [Link to media]
- + Explore a map of the next 15 total solar eclipses—Check out our interactive map showing the path and timing for every total solar eclipse from 2024 to 2044. [Category: Space] [Link to media]
- + The largest 3-D map of the universe reveals hints of dark energy’s secrets—A year of data from DESI, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, suggests that, contrary to expectations, dark energy might vary over time. [Catego...
- + Physicists take a major step toward making a nuclear clock—By tweaking the energy of a thorium nucleus with a laser, scientists demonstrated a key step to building clocks based on the physics of atomic nuclei....
- + How a 19th century astronomer can help you watch the total solar eclipse—Astronomer Maria Mitchell’s observations of total solar eclipses from more than 100 years ago hold tips that are still relevant for watching an eclips...
- + ‘On the Move’ examines how climate change will alter where people live—Journalist Abrahm Lustgarten explores which parts of the United States are most vulnerable to the effects of global warming and how people's lives mig...
- + Bird flu has infected a person after spreading to cows. Here’s what to know—H5N1 has wreaked havoc on birds around the globe and occasionally made the jump to mammals, including cows. The risk to people remains low. [Category:...
- + Eavesdropping on fish could help us keep better tabs on underwater worlds—Scientists are on a quest to log all the sounds of fish communication. The result could lead to better monitoring of ecosystems and fish behavior. [Ca...
- + A new study has linked microplastics to heart attacks and strokes. Here’s what we know —Patients with microplastics in their arteries were 4.5 times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die within the next three years. [Category:...
- + During a total solar eclipse, some colors really pop. Here’s why—As a solar eclipse approaches totality and our eyes adjust to dimming light, our color vision changes. It’s called the Purkinje effect. [Category: Lif...
- + Here’s why some pigeons do backflips—Meet the scientist homing in on the genes involved in making parlor roller pigeons do backward somersaults. [Category: Genetics] [Link to media]
- + Chickadees use memory ‘bar codes’ to find their hidden food stashes—Unique subsets of neurons in a chickadee’s memory center light up for each distinct cache, hinting at how episodic memories are encoded in the brain. ...
- + Here’s how magnetic fields shape desert ants’ brains—Exposure to a tweaked magnetic field scrambled desert ants’ efforts to learn where home is — and affected neuron connections in a key part of the brai...
- + How patient-led research could speed up medical innovation—People with long COVID, ME/CFS and other chronic conditions are taking up science to find symptom relief and inspire new directions for professional s...
- + Earth’s oldest known earthquake was probably triggered by plate tectonics—Billion-year-old rocks in South Africa hold evidence for the onset of plate tectonics early in Earth’s history. [Category: Earth] [Link to media]
- + Climate change is changing how we keep time—Polar ice sheets are melting faster, slowing Earth’s spin. That is changing how we synchronize our clocks to tell time. [Category: Earth] [Link to med...
- + A new image reveals magnetic fields around our galaxy’s central black hole—Astronomers have captured polarized light coming from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, giving insight into its magnetic fields. [Categ...
- + A teeny device can measure subtle shifts in Earth’s gravitational field—No bigger than a grain of rice, the heart of the instrument is the latest entrant in the quest to build ever tinier gravity-measuring devices. [Catego...
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