Bowhead whales, the ‘jazz musicians’ of the Arctic, sing many different songs
Spring is the time of year when birds are singing throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Far to the north, beneath the ice, another lesser-known concert...
Magnetic hot spots on neutron stars survive for millions of years
A study of the evolution of magnetic fields inside neutron stars shows that instabilities can create intense magnetic hot spots that survive for millions...
Water purification breakthrough uses sunlight and ‘hydrogels’
According to the United Nations, 30,000 people die each week from the consumption and use of unsanitary water. Although the vast majority of these...
Telescope larger than the Earth produces image of black hole jet formation in the...
An international team of researchers has imaged newly forming jets of plasma from a massive black hole with unprecedented accuracy. Radio images made with...
New study shows vegetation controls the future of the water cycle
Predicting how increasing atmospheric CO2 will affect the hydrologic cycle, from extreme weather forecasts to long-term projections on agriculture and water resources, is critical...
Rare Scottish dinosaur prints give key insight into era lost in time
Dozens of giant footprints discovered on a Scottish island are helping shed light on an important period in dinosaur evolution.
The tracks were made some...
Spear point study offers new explanation of how early humans settled North America
Careful examination of numerous fluted spear points found in Alaska and western Canada prove that the Ice Age peopling of the Americas was much...
Easing uncertainty
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the fundamental impossibility of simultaneously measuring properties such as position and momentum, is at the heart of quantum theory. Physicists at...
Connection of sea level and groundwater missing link in climate response
About 250 million years ago, when the Earth had no ice caps and the water around the equator was too hot for reptiles, sea...
Using water molecules to read electrical activity in lipid membranes
Every human cell is encased in a five-nanometer-thick lipid membrane that protects it from the surrounding environment. Like a gatekeeper, the membrane determines which...
Extinct monitor lizard had four eyes, fossil evidence shows
Researchers reporting in Current Biology on April 2 have evidence that an extinct species of monitor lizard had four eyes, a first among known...
