Deep-sea anglerfishes have evolved a curious reproductive strategy. Tiny males attach themselves to gigantic females so tightly that the tissues of the two animals eventually…
First six reference-quality bat genomes released and analyzed. For the first time, the raw genetic material that codes for bats’ unique adaptations and superpowers such…
Physicists succeed at engineering an optical mirror made of only a few hundred atoms. It is the lightest one in the world and even imaginable….
People who inherited a special ion channel from Neanderthals experience more pain. As several Neanderthal genomes of high quality are now available researchers can identify…
In 2019, the MAGIC telescopes detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. This was the most intense gamma-radiation ever obtained from such…
The meridional flow in the Sun’s convection zone forms one gigantic cell in each hemisphere. At a depth of 200 thousand kilometers (the bottom of…
An international team of scientists is investigating how animals are responding to reduced levels of human activity during the Covid-19 pandemic. In an article published…
LIGO and Virgo Find Another Surprising Binary System The harvest of exceptional gravitational-wave events from LIGO’s and Virgo’s third observing run (O3) grows. A new…
Two prominent X-ray emission lines of highly charged iron have puzzled astrophysicists for decades: their measured and calculated brightness ratios always disagree. This hinders good…
The star Kepler-160 and its companion KOI-456.04 are more reminiscent of the Sun-Earth system than any previously known exoplanet-star pair. Among the more than 4,000…
According to a study, the number of undetected cases of infected persons differs significantly in different countries. The demographic scaling model developed by researchers at…
For the first time, it is possible to produce crystalline layers of precious metals that consist of a single atomic layer and which are semiconducting….
Weekly death counts for 15 countries are now publicly available in an online database. Weekly death counts can be used to calculate how many more…
Researchers discover the evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone. Catmint, also known as catnip, is well-known for its intoxicating effect on cats. The odor…
The Oldest Upper Paleolithic Homo Sapiens in Europe Two studies report new Homo sapiens fossils from the site of Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria. “The Bacho Kiro…
An analysis of 369 solar-like stars shows that solar brightness variations are extremely weak. The extent to which solar activity (and thus the number of…
New method of discerning sources of ancient feces makes this archaeological find far more informative. The archaeological record is littered with feces, a potential goldmine…
Humans have been studying the light from stars since the beginning of our history; however, we’ve only just discovered in the last few decades that…