Shrinking sea ice is creating an ecological trap for polar bears

San Diego Zoo Global researchers studying the effects of climate change on polar bears are using…

From China to the South Pole: Joining forces to solve the neutrino mass puzzle

Among the most exciting challenges in modern physics is the identification of the neutrino mass ordering.…

Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought

Species adapt to their local climates, but how often they adapt to their local communities remains…

A better starting point for exploring entanglement

Quantum entanglement is perhaps one of the most intriguing phenomena known to physics. It describes how…

Stimulating resonance with two very different forces

Widely studied in many different fields, ‘nonlinear’ systems can display excessively dramatic responses when the forces…

Powerful mantis shrimp pull punches in air for self-preservation

Mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) don’t take kindly to captivity. “They have a general baseline of being…

Lights, camera, action… the super-fast world of droplet dynamics

Cameras shooting up to 25,000 frames a second have been used to capture the moment two…

How your romantic attachment style affects your finances, well-being

Everyone approaches romantic relationships differently. On one end of the spectrum are people who crave closeness…

Shrinking sea ice is creating an ecological trap for polar bears

The decision of each individual bear to stay on the ice or to move to land…

Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought

Species adapt to their local climates, but how often they adapt to their local communities remains…