Some fleas do not poop for weeks. This keeps their pools clean
Some tadpoles do not poop in the first weeks of their lives. At least, this is the case for Eiffinger’s […]
The cities of the Silk Road reached astonishing heights in the mountains of Central Asia
Two towering medieval cities built by mobile herders along Central Asia’s Silk Road trade routes have been hidden in plain
A transatlantic flight could turn Saharan dust into a major ocean nutrient
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine
Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Astronomers have finally found an asteroid that keeps pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called
Male mosquitoes sometimes suckle as well
Male mosquitoes can be almost as bloodthirsty as females under certain conditions, a new study suggests. This overturns the notion
NASA’s Europa mission is a homecoming for a planetary astronomer
Planetary astronomer Bonnie Buratti remembers exactly where she was the first time she heard that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa might
New electric stitches use muscle movement to speed healing
Stitching is getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment with mice, a new strong and flexible thread accelerated wound healing
What causes rivers to suddenly change course?
Displacement is in the nature of a river. But when a river breaks from its channel and carves a new
The cataclysmic origin of most of Earth’s meteorites has been found
Most of Earth’s meteorites can be traced back to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and
Radioactive beams provide a real-time picture of cancer treatment in mice
Cancer-destroying particle beams have been caught red-handed. Particle beams can deliver a burst of destructive energy directly to tumors –