Thailand’s Mangroves Reveal Stunning Electric Blue Tarantula Species
A groundbreaking discovery was made in Thailand in 2022 when researchers stumbled upon a novel species of tarantula…
Some Cicadas Take 17 Years to “Wake Up.” Here’s What’s Taking Them So Long.
You may have seen news a couple of years back about a massive swarm of cicadas suddenly appearing…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Returns First-Ever Asteroid Samples to Earth
In a historic achievement, the United States has successfully brought samples of rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu…
Why So Blue? The Science of the Sky’s Colors
Ask a child to draw a picture of their house, and they will likely show the following: a…
Long COVID symptoms can improve, but their resolution is slow and imperfect
Pexels/Engin Akyurt Suman Majumdar, Burnet Institute and Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute Around 5–10% of people who get infected…
Fossil Discovery Challenges Assumptions About Pterosaur Ancestors
In a recent research endeavor, a collaborative team of paleontologists from Brazil, Argentina, and the U.S. has made…
Surf’s Up in Space: ‘Heartbreak Star’ Unveils Massive Waves
A groundbreaking research paper in Nature Astronomy unveils a stunning celestial phenomenon—a star system that experiences titanic waves…
Virginia Tech Researchers Upcycle Plastics into Valuable Surfactants
In a groundbreaking study, a team of researchers led by Virginia Tech scientists has unveiled a novel technique…
Record-Breaking Binary System Reveals Tiny Stars Inside Sun’s Size
Astrophysicists from the California Institute of Technology, the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, and the…
Aphid Infestations Threaten Monarch Butterfly Conservation, New Study Finds
A new research paper from the University of Florida, published in PLOS ONE, reveals that aphids, commonly known…