Rediscovered fresco reveals Islamic tents in medieval Christian churches
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...
Saturday Citations: Spider zombies; the morphology of cute dogs; entropy is coming for everyone
This week, astronomers reported the discovery of a super-Earth potentially capable of sustaining life, occupying an eccentric orbit around its star that oscillates in and out of the habitable zone.
A delicate nanoflower that is downright deadly to bacteria
A carnation-like nanostructure could someday be used in bandages to promote wound healing. Researchers report in ACS Applied ...
With generative AI, chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structures
Every cell in your body contains the same genetic sequence, yet each cell expresses only a subset of those genes. These ...
Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts
Scientists have cast doubt on the reliability of America's most celebrated rodent forecaster—whose apparent knack of predicting how long winter will last forms a hallowed tradition in the United ...
First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg
An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be ...
Atmosphere's self-cleansing ability followed by long-term study
The Earth's atmosphere has strengthened its ability to remove air pollutants, including the potent climate-warming gas ...
Make a noise or work with the system? Four ways to create real change for nature
Ecosystems and species across the natural world are in serious trouble. The vast majority of Australians want more government ...
How does the atmosphere affect ocean weather?
New research reveals the surprising ways atmospheric winds influence ocean eddies, shaping the ocean's weather patterns in ...
World's first scalable, connected, photonic quantum computer prototype developed
A team of engineers, physicists and computer specialists at Canadian company, Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., has unveiled ...
Sound is a primary issue in the lives of skateboarders, study shows
Sound plays a significant and often poignant part of skateboarders' relationship with their sport, a new study published in ...