About 1,000 tornadoes strike the United States each year, causing billions of dollars in damage and…
Global warming likely to increase disease risk for animals worldwide
Changes in climate can increase infectious disease risk in animals, researchers found — with the possibility…
Largest aggregation of fishes in abyssal deep sea
The largest aggregation of fishes ever recorded in the abyssal deep sea was discovered by a…
Lab closed? Head to the kitchen
Studies explore fluids in pancakes, beer, and the kitchen sink. Click here for original…
Nature's toolkit for killing viruses and bacteria
Engineers reveal how zinc oxide nanoneedles and droplet hydrodynamics can stop pathogens. Click here…
Optimizing complex modeling processes through machine learning technologies
Engineering a spaceship is as difficult as it sounds. Modeling plays a large role in the…
Nature's toolkit for killing viruses and bacteria
They burst out of toilet bubbles, swim across drinking water, spread through coughs. Tiny infectious microbes—from…
The secret origins of China's 40-year plan to end carbon emissions
The biggest emitter of planet-warming pollution managed to take almost the whole world by surprise. In…
China launches mission to bring back material from moon
China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks and debris from the moon’s…
Choked, strangled and drowned. How balloons and plastic bags are killing marine animals
In Florida, a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was entangled in a plastic bag that…