Instead of the typical bell-shaped curve, the fossil record shows a fat-tailed distribution, with extreme, outlier,…
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Honeybees infect wild bumblebees through shared flowers
Viruses in managed honeybees are spilling over to wild bumblebee populations though the shared use of…
What made humans 'the fat primate'?
How did humans get to be so much fatter than our closest primate relatives, despite sharing…
Learning from experience is all in the timing
Animals learn the hard way which sights, sounds, and smells are relevant to survival. New research…
New knowledge on the development of asthma
Researchers have studied which genes are expressed in overactive immune cells in mice with asthma-like inflammation…
A hidden truth: Hospital faucets are often home to slime and biofilm
Hand hygiene is a critical component of infection prevention in hospitals, but the unintended consequences include…
A Whirlpool 'Warhol' from NASA's Spitzer Telescope
This multipanel image might look like cosmic pop art, but it is actually a…
This World Is a Simmering Hellscape. They’ve Been Watching Its Explosions.
Researchers have released a five-year record of volcanic activity on Io, a moon of Jupiter, hoping…
Working hypothesis: from Raspberry Pi to abolishing time
Our regular column sorting the week’s supernovae from the absolute zeros Click here for…
High-Power Communications Satellite Built by Maxar for Intelsat Arrives at Launch Base
High-Power Communications Satellite Built by Maxar for Intelsat Arrives at Launch Base Click here…