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What We Know About the Force That Holds Atomic Nuclei Together
Some of us are well-versed in the forces that keep us tethered to the ground, and with those…
For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves
NASA / JPL-Caltech Katarina Miljkovic, Curtin University Since 2018, NASA’s InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves…
We can use drones to get inside and learn more about active, gassy volcanoes
An overhead shot of a volcano crater in east Java, Indonesia. (Shutterstock) Fiona D’Arcy, McGill University Volcanic eruptions…
Six recent discoveries that have changed how we think about human origins
Neanderthal adult male, based on 40,000 year-old remains found at Spy in Belgium. IR Stone/Shutterstock Penny Spikins, University…
Termites love global warming – the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather
Wood feeding termites (Microcerotermes spp) inside their nest. Johan Larson, Author provided Alexander Cheesman, James Cook University; Amy…
Humans evolved with their microbiomes – like genes, your gut microbes pass from one generation to the next
The gut microbiome may also play a role in personalized medicine. nopparit/iStock via Getty Images Plus Taichi A.…
Electric planes are coming: Short-hop regional flights could be running on batteries in a few years
Small planes are easier to electrify, but larger ones aren’t far behind. Chalabala/istock via Getty Images Gökçin Çınar,…
Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined
Shutterstock Mark Wong, The University of Western Australia; Benoit Guénard, University of Hong Kong; François Brassard, Charles Darwin…
Nightmares are a good predictor of future dementia – new study
Ollyy/Shutterstock Abidemi Otaiku, University of Birmingham We spend a third of our lives asleep. And a quarter of…
A dam built in the Amazon created thousands of ‘forest islands’ but they are too small to sustain most species
The Balbina Dam (bottom right) created thousands of small islands. Google Earth, CC BY-SA Ana Filipa Palmeirim, Universidade…