A beaming patch of turquoise amidst the Southern Ocean’s blue-grey waters that’s baffled scientists ever since it was first spotted in satellite images in the early 2000s may have finally been deciphered by oceanographers.
Mapping…
Flying can be stressful enough without 1,000-foot drops and severe shaking. But that’s what the passengers on a recent Delta flight out of Salt Lake City had to endure as a wave of turbulence rocked their plane. Passengers reported having to…
Public health officials have upgraded 10 communities across Massachusetts to a “high-risk” status for West Nile virus. The report also identified a dozen towns as being at moderate risk of the rarer eastern equine encephalitis — also known…
Back in February 2024, astronomers witnessed something very strange happening in a galaxy 300 light-years away from Earth.
Erupting from the supermassive black hole located in its heart were huge flares of X-ray light, 10 times brighter than…
Poo is big business in the open ocean. It’s a vital source of nutrients for many aquatic plants, and helps sequester vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. But studying poo and pooing behavior in the ocean isn’t easy.
Lucky for us, then,…
The diamonds formed under extreme pressure and heat deep in the Earth’s mantle. If you find one, it will most likely look like a metallic or glassy pebble rather than a sparkly cut gem that you might picture in your mind. The volcanic soil also…
The simulation made it possible to appreciate how a human embryo does not merely adhere to the uterine lining, but actively inserts itself. “We observe that the embryo pulls on the uterine matrix, moving and reorganizing it,” explained…
Most of the time, feet are easy to forget. Hidden away in socks and shoes, and all…
Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,400 year-old Christian cross…
