What happens under the Yellowstone volcano?

Yellowstone National Park in the USA, with its geysers and hot springs, is a major attraction…

Dark matter tugs the most massive spiral galaxies to breakneck speeds

When it comes to galaxies, how fast is fast? The Milky Way, an average spiral galaxy,…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/17/2019

Analog-1: As part of the preparation for the Analong-1 investigation, which arrives later, the crew performed…

First scientific description of elusive bird illuminates plight of Borneo's forests

Scientists with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and collaborators surveying the birdlife of Borneo…

Solar Orbiter's journey around the Sun

Animation showing the trajectory of Solar Orbiter around the Sun, highlighting the gravity assist manoeuvres that…

Future flash drought will increase over humid regions

Flash drought is a new phenomenon with increasing prominence due to global warming. Drought develops rapidly…

Double layer of graphene helps to control spin currents

In order to make transistors that operate using the spin of electrons rather than their charge,…

Deet gives humans an 'invisibilty cloak' to fend off mosquito bites

Since its invention during the Second World War for soldiers stationed in countries where malaria transmission…

Why a brainless yellow 'blob' that can learn is mystifying scientists

A yellow organism, which looks like fungus but acts like an animal, has gone on display…

Arthropods formed orderly lines 480 million years ago

Researchers studied fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites, which lived 480 million years ago and showed that the…