Why did those birds crash and die?
You’ve probably seen the video — or at least heard some chirpings about it.
Footage from a security camera in Cuauhtémoc, a city in Chihuahua,...
No time to sleep is common in nature
A new study about wild baboons reveals that sacrificing sleep to meet pressing demands is common—and might even be part of our evolutionary history
The...
Scientists find new way to predict unknow alien life
The only references we have for “life” are the forms we know on Earth.
Astrobiologists suspect that the search for alien life, and even for...
Scientists discover new fossil birds near China’s Great Wall
Approximately 80 miles from the westernmost reach of China’s Great Wall, paleontologists found relics of an even more ancient world.
Over the last two decades,...
Scientists reveal the mechanism behind glaucoma
Glaucoma is the main cause of non-curable blindness that affects 80 million people worldwide in 2020.
The most well-known features of glaucoma are reduced blood flow...
Giant mountains across supercontinents controlled the evolution of life on Earth
Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the Himalayas and stretching up to 8,000 kilometers across entire supercontinents played a crucial role in...
Mosquitoes have color preferences. Could we hide from them?
Beating the bite of mosquitoes this spring and summer could hinge on your attire and your skin.
New research led by scientists at the University...
What it takes to be a scientific breakthrough
In science, advances are a daily occurrence, but true breakthroughs are rare.
What does it take to achieve world-changing scientific breakthroughs?
Some are the result of...
What makes planets habitable? Moons may tell us
Earth's moon is vitally important in making Earth the planet we know today:
The moon controls the length of the day and ocean tides, which...
Hibernation is getting weird thanks to climate change
You might think hibernation is just a nap that bears take during the wintertime, but it’s really much more complicated and climate based.
With climate...