They Send Messages Via The Air
Volatile compounds drifting on the breeze. Electrical pulses firing under bark. Scientists are discovering that trees are anything…
Specimen of rare whale spotted off Donegal last year sighted almost 5,000km away near Boston – The Irish Times
A specimen of a rare species of whale spotted off the coast of Donegal last summer was recently…
You’ll Never Guess What Took First Place at the Royal Society’s Photo Competition
Ever wonder what spider silk looks like up close? Like, really up close? The winner of this year’s Royal Society…
Study Warns of Major Toll ‘Chronic Stress’ Could Be Taking On Humans
Humans may be biologically unequipped to handle the relentless pace and pressures of modern life, a new study…
Scientists find cancer-fighting isotope hidden in accelerator waste
Scientists have found a way to convert high-energy radiation waste from particle accelerators into a critically scarce medical…
Forget Meat—Here Comes Genetically Modified Protein Fungus
Move over meat… scientists have engineered a fungal organism that produces protein more efficiently than conventional livestock while…
Subsurface ocean ‘storms’ linked to rapid Antarctic ice melt
image: ©nikkytok | iStock UC Irvine and NASA researchers have identified stormlike circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves…
Hypersonic Levitation Spinning Speeds Cell Isolation
Many of the most devastating illnesses are like black boxes to science. Most cancer deaths, for example, are…
Scientists unveil first cellular atlas of world’s most deadly mosquito
The first-ever cellular atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito has been created by scientists from Rockefeller University and…
Peg–Legged Lizards Lead a Pirate’s Life On Caribbean Islands
An amputee American green anole – credit, Tony Gamble supplied to Washington University The Bahamas were once crawling…
Photographer’s Bat Portraits Capture Their Unique Personalities
José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca A photographer whose biology work brings him up close and personal with bats captures incredible…
80 million-year-old fossil of marine crocodile found in Egypt
Fossilized remains of a long-snouted crocodile-like reptile have been uncovered in Egypt’s Western Desert. Paleontologists from Mansoura University…