The dramatic collapse of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano in December 2018 resulted from long-term destabilizing processes, and was not triggered by any distinct changes...
Hazleton Long Barrow. Credit: Courtesy of Corinium Museum, copyright Cotswold District Council
Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain...
Members of the Fornax galaxy cluster fill this image from the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program...
Lower humidity and higher temperatures are driving extreme weather that makes wildfires more frequent and intense, say experts.
The world’s eight most extreme wildfire weather...
A fly regurgitating digestive juices. Credit: Carlos Ruiz, CC BY-ND
Imagine you’re at a picnic and just about to bite into your sandwich. Suddenly you...
Unusual clusters on neurons are calcium-signaling “hotspots” that activate gene transcription, allowing neurons to produce crucial proteins.
For 30 years, mysterious clusters of proteins found...
Baylor sleep researcher Michael Scullin finds ‘earworms’ continue during sleep, can cause restless nights.
Most people listen to music throughout their day and often near...
In December last year, the media reported an intriguing signal we at the Breakthrough Listen project found in our radio telescope data. Dubbed BLC1,...
Life reconstruction of the dicynodont Dicynodon. Aside from the tusks in the upper jaw, most dicynodonts possessed a turtle-like beak that they used to...
Cigarette smokers who quit smoking but substitute e-cigarettes, or other tobacco product, are more likely to relapse.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and...
Experiment fully reconstructed. Particles identified as pions, kaon, etc. are shown in different colors. Credit: CERN, LHCb Collaboration
Results announced by the Large Hadron Collider...