Meteorite dropping fireball over the Netherlands

A bright fireball streaked through the night sky over the western Netherlands at 22:10 UTC on…

Viruses hidden in coral symbiont's genetic material are a potential threat to reefs

Microscopic algae that corals need for survival harbor a common and possibly disease-causing virus in their…

Robot 'chef' learns to recreate recipes from watching food videos

Researchers have trained a robotic ‘chef’ to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate the…

Saving moths may be just as important as saving the bees

Night-time pollinators such as moths may visit just as many plants as bees, and should also…

River diversions may cause microplastics to remain longer on land and in streams before reaching oceans

Diverting streams and rivers to irrigate crops or provide drinking water may significantly extend the time…

Microbes key to sequestering carbon in soil

Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in…

Study shows promising treatment for tinnitus

A double-blind randomized clinical trial of a device aimed at silencing the phantom sounds of tinnitus…

The other side of the story: How evolution impacts the environment

Researchers show that an evolutionary change in the length of lizards’ legs can have a significant…

NASA's Webb Space Telescope peers behind bars

A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James…

Dying stars' cocoons could be new source of gravitational waves

Although astrophysicists theoretically should be able to detect gravitational waves from a single, non-binary source, they…