Climate change fueled the fury of hurricanes Helene and Milton
Meteorologists have watched in awe as Hurricane Milton, churning over the anomalously warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, swiftly […]
Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries
At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central
JWST spots the first known ‘steam world’
This exoplanet’s atmosphere is going full steam ahead. A planet beyond our solar system called GJ 9827d has an atmosphere
A phone app could help people have lucid dreams
If you want to have a dream where you know you’re dreaming, you might be in luck. A phone app
Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century
Historians working with an artificial intelligence assistant have begun tracking the spread of astronomical thinking across Europe in the early
A near-Earth asteroid offers clues to one dark matter theory
A hypothetical “fifth force” could tug on asteroids, if it exists. But the asteroid Bennu shows no signs that its
Feather-inspired airplane flaps could boost flight performance
Airplane plumage might be the next big thing in aviation. Bird wings are contoured with overlapping rows of feathery tufts,
Accelerated muons bring next-gen particle colliders closer to reality
Muons are getting a move on. In a step toward new types of particle physics experiments, scientists cooled and then
A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer
The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological illness in deer have a twist. The first detailed structure of an
A star winked out of sight. Could it be a ‘failed supernova’?
Some massive stars may go out with a fizzle, not a bang. A star that winked out of view could