Science
Marine life is still in danger after extreme ocean heat off Florida has ebbed
After the recent heat wave, corals have received too much heat too early in the summer, and other sea life could see lingering effects too.
'Blight' warns that a future pandemic could start with a fungus
‘The Last of Us’ is fiction, but the health dangers posed by fungi are real, a new book explains.
Readers react to a revamped insecticide and a chronic pain biomarker
Microwaving deltamethrin can renew the insecticide’s ability to kill mosquitoes that have become resistant to it. Scientists are working to add the improved
Nature’s changing colors makes climate change visible
The world’s color palette is shifting in response to climate change. Seeing these changes in nature firsthand is a powerful communication tool.
Lua Europa is one of 79 orbiting Jupiter and the sixth closest to the planet.
The Hubble Space Telescope has detected water vapor in the atmosphere of the moon Europa, one of 79 orbiting Jupiter and the sixth closest to the planet, with an icy surface and an inhospitable climate.
Know why scientists are eyeing this blazer 3.5 billion light-years away from Earth
Scientists are tracking a blazer 3.5 billion light-years from Earth that has been present with its quasi-periodic optical bursts of more than 1 trillion times the luminosity of the Sun. The sudden increase in its flow position about 120 years ago has been...
Chang'e-5 samples reveal age of young moon rocks
These rocks are the first to be taken from the Moon for more than 40 years.
