Chasing Ghostly Faces in Earth’s Stratosphere
A pair of NASA scientists have an unconventional hobby—searching through atmospheric data to find the rare moment when faces swirl up in their data. By…
A pair of NASA scientists have an unconventional hobby—searching through atmospheric data to find the rare moment when faces swirl up in their data. By…
A founding narrative of the Green Revolution was discovered to be false. In a recent analysis, a researcher at the Alliance of Bioversity International and…
Is there a better debate than the one surrounding the right way to eat candy corn? Love it or hate it, consumers report that there…
Two of the galaxies in the galactic triplet Arp 248 — also known as Wild’s Triplet — are seen in this image from the NASA/ESA…
In new research, Griffith University scientists have demonstrated that a bacteria can travel through the olfactory nerve in the nose and into the brain in…
First induced pluripotent stem cell model of PTSD offers insights into underlying genetics and opportunities for new therapies. Researchers have just made a finding that…
For Indigenous Australians, carvings in boab trees are as significant as rock art. Now, there is a race against time to document the ancient art…
Health benefits come from eating during the daytime, demonstrating a potential link to energy release. Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have uncovered the mechanism behind why…
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that affects the climate…
Terrestrial agriculture provides the backbone of the world’s food production system. A new opinion article published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology makes the case…
For the first time, zinc isotope ratios in tooth enamel have been analyzed with the aim of identifying the diet of a Neanderthal. The Neanderthal…
New evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars has been uncovered in a recently released set of topography maps. These maps offer the strongest…
The cause of a Christmas Eve quake on Mars … Super sources of a climate-warming greenhouse gas … And images of Earth from a passing…
New research finds evidence of waveguiding in a unique quantum material. These findings counter expectations about how metals conduct light and may push imaging beyond…
Say cheese! On October 26, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) caught the Sun “smiling.” Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are…
Bumble bees play, according to new research published in the journal Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behavior has been shown…
NASA’s Lucy made a close fly-by of planet Earth on October 16, as part of a gravity assist maneuver. Shortly before its closest approach, the…
A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics in lab experiments has been discovered by researchers at the…