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A Total Lunar Eclipse is Coming With a Flower Blood Moon – How to See the Night Sky Spectacle
Night sky fans, on May 15-16 look up to see the blood-red spectacle that is a total lunar eclipse.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the...
Why Our Brains See Faces Everywhere – And Monkeys Do Too
It's so commonplace we barely give it a second thought, but human brains seem hardwired to see human faces where there are none—in objects...
Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms ‘Reversed’ by Mini Implant Bringing Hope
A small implant connected to electrodes inserted into the skull bone is providing huge relief to younger patients living with Parkinson's disease, such that...
World’s Largest Oyster Restoration Is Big Success – Fulfilling Virginia’s Promise to Chesapeake Bay Rivers
Biologists working to restore the Chesapeake Bay oyster populations are claiming the biggest success in human history, as whole reefs of oysters return to...
‘No Mow May’ Gives You a Reason to NOT Mow the Lawn: Leave the Weeds to Feed the Bees
Backyard bee conservation is all the buzz these days, with people planting native pollinator gardens, installing bee houses, and participating in citizen science endeavors...
How You Think About Your Pain Can Make it Worse – But New Reprocessing Treatment Offers Cure
Could thinking about chronic pain differently succeed in dispelling it when all other treatments have failed? While statements like "mind over matter" or "it's...
Turning Seawater Into Drinking Water – With the Push of a Button
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water.
The suitcase-sized...
When Fish Species Get Frisky, Their Motion Causes Earth’s Waters to Move–Just Like a Major Storm
It's not size of the fish but the motion of the ocean, as they say. Marine biologists have proved this idiom true in the...
Photographer Records the Moment a Giant Jellyfish Floats Beneath Paddleboarder
An underwater photographer has captured this picture of a large jellyfish under a paddleboarder.
The image was taken by photographer and film-maker Lewis Jefferies off Falmouth...
Hadron Super Collider Reboots After 3 Years And Immediately Breaks World Record
The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator has restarted after a break of more than three years for maintenance, consolidation and upgrade work.
On...
New Hydrogen Fuel Cells Use Cheap Iron Instead of Costly Platinum for Green Vehicles
Researchers have developed a hydrogen fuel cell that uses iron instead of rare and costly platinum, enabling greater use of the technology.
Hydrogen fuel cells...
Watch a Stunning Solar Eclipse on Mars in Video Captured By NASA’s Perseverance Rover
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has captured dramatic footage of Phobos, Mars’ potato-shaped moon, crossing the face of the Sun.
These observations can help scientists better...
Pokémon GO May Alleviate Some Depression, Says Study
Playing location-based games, such as the popular augmented reality game Pokémon GO, may alleviate non-clinical forms of mild depression, a new study has found.
In...
‘Impossible Fossil’ Preserves the Exact Moment the Dinosaurs Died: ‘It’s Absolutely Bonkers’
As we all know, 66 million years ago an asteroid struck the Earth, causing a worldwide extinction of the dinosaurs.
Now a dinosaur mass grave...
After US Declared Largest Woodpecker Extinct, New Evidence Supports Belief They Are Still Here
The largest woodpecker on the continent, the ivory-billed woodpecker was proposed to be extinct last year after more than 70 years without a sighting.
New...
Millipede Species Named After Taylor Swift by Scientist Superfan: ‘Her music helped me through grad school’
Taylor Swift, U.S. singer-songwriter known for hits such as Shake It Off and You Belong With Me, has earned a new accolade—she now has...
French Town to Light its Streets With Bacteria Luminescence That Needs No Electricity
A French design startup wants to reimagine public lighting by introducing—much like in a fantasy or sci-fi story—bacterial and fungal bioluminescence to street lights.
One...
Cannabis And Pancreatic Cancer: Botanical Drug Kills 100% Of Cancer Cells
A botanical drug based on an extract of Cyathus striatus fungus and a cannabinoid extract from the cannabis plant has eliminated 100% of pancreatic...
New Nasal Spray That Could Protect People From All COVID Variants to Start Human Trials
A groundbreaking treatment in the form of a nasal spray, which could protect people from all COVID variants will advance to human trials after...
Ultra Efficient ‘Tandem’ Solar Panels Ditch the Silicon to Absorb More of the Sun’s Spectrum With Less Energy
German scientists have published details of their new solar panel, calling it the world’s most efficient of its type, which uses a wider spectrum...