How the Grand Canyon could have lost 1 billion years of geologic history
Science Newsby Lucas Van Wyk Joel2d ago
In the Grand Canyon, rock layers preserve a relatively continuous record of Earth’s geologic history going back about 2 billion years.
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top 68%Here’s a look at the Nobel Prizes for science
Science Newsby Nikk Ogasa2d ago
It’s Nobels season — that time of the year when we find out which groundbreaking, paradigm-shifting, world-changing achievements beat out the rest to win what is arguably the most prestigious award...
Kilauea's display is revealing why volcanoes spew like a fountain show
Science Newsby Carolyn Gramling3d ago
Kilauea has been erupting almost continuously for nearly 200 years, and volcanologists have seen a lot of sides to Hawaii’s most active volcano.
An experimental drug kills fat cells, rather than shrinking them
Science Newsby Tina Hesman Saey3d ago
An experimental drug may melt away a dangerous type of fat that packs around internal organs. The drug, called CBL-514, specifically triggers fat cells to enter a death program called apoptosis.
Gene therapy and special goggles give some blind people limited sight
Science Newsby Nora Bradford4d ago
Some blind people can now find a doorway or spot an object with the help of an experimental treatment and custom goggles.
A quake on Mars may have set these rocks rolling
Science Newsby Katherine Kornei4d ago
Earthquakes frequently trigger rock falls. Now there’s solid evidence marsquakes can send boulders tumbling, too.
Remember the "caregiving kills" study? Reality is nuanced
Science Newsby Sujata Gupta4d ago
When social and affective neuroscientist Naomi Eisenberger’s dad developed dementia, she knew the popular wisdom. Caring for him could shave years off her life.
An extinct crocodilian was found among rocks that built the Great Sphinx
Science Newsby Jake Buehler5d ago
The Great Sphinx of Giza isn’t the only ancient, stony visage in the area missing its nose. A fossil crocodilian discovered in the same 45-million-year-old limestone that ancient Egyptians used to...
‘A Mother’s Brain’ explores the neuroscience of motherhood
Science Newsby Laura Sanders5d ago
A Mother’s Brain Susana Carmona MIT Press, $27.95 When it comes to new motherhood, the baby typically takes center stage, garnering most of people’s attention.
The world’s loudest bird could drown out a rock concert
Science Newsby Elie Dolgin5d ago
The bare-throated bellbird is loud. Very, very loud. The explosive, metallic mating call of the snow-white male — a stout bird with a broad bill and distinctive blue-green throat patch — can top...
Your voice is more than sound. It’s part of who you are
Science Newsby Laura Sanders5d ago
Meet Jules Rodriguez. He’s a dad, husband, former science teacher, podcaster and stand-up comedian — someone who has always had a lot to say. But ALS has taken away his ability to speak.
Scientists may have seen dark matter. If they did, what exactly is it?
Science Newsby Emily Conover6d ago
If a recent hint of dark matter is real, it would rewrite physics. Scientists are already trying to read the outline of that new story’s plot.
A ‘phoenix’ planet was born from the ashes of its dead star
Science Newsby Lisa Grossman6d ago
A dead star’s wreckage may be the birthplace of a new planet. The existence of second-generation planets was predicted theoretically more than 15 years ago.
Astronomers say they’ve spotted the first miniature quasar pointed at Earth
Science Newsby Meghan Bartels6d ago
Astronomers may have spotted a fun-sized version of one of the brightest and most mysterious cosmic objects.
Young Yosemite toads survive winter, then emerge with a deadly fungus
Science Newsby Erin Garcia de Jesús9d ago
A toad’s winter refuge could be a biohazard. Some young Yosemite toads emerge from their first winter underground infected with the deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd...
Are hypernovas real?
Science Newsby Mara Johnson-Groh9d ago
Chemical traces in some oddball stars hinted at the existence of hypernovas — a type of hyper-energetic supernova. But new mathematical models are questioning the hype on hypernovas.
Here’s how brain-eating amoebas may infect people
Science Newsby Meghan Rosen10d ago
Some deadly amoebas may be primed to invade the brain. Naegleria fowleri, known widely as the brain-eating amoeba, typically dine on bacteria in ponds.
A video of a humpback whale and her dead calf reveals the animals’ bond
Science Newsby Melissa Hobson10d ago
Scientists had a rare view of what could be humpback whale mourning when they spotted a female attending the body of a dead calf.
A new map points out U.S. rivers most worth protecting
Science Newsby Stefan Lovgren11d ago
First, the bad news: Of all the rivers in the contiguous United States, only 6 percent are both in healthy condition and meaningfully safeguarded.
Exhaling may speed up reaction times
Science Newsby RJ Mackenzie11d ago
A sprinter’s first task is to react to the starting pistol. Now, a button-clicking experiment suggests that how quickly people respond to a cue may depend in part on whether they’re breathing in or...