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Another Danger of the Harvey Flood: Floating Fire Ants
The stinging insects are floating around Texas floodwaters in giant mats
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A Mysterious Chemical Cloud Descended on the British Coast
150 people were treated for stinging eyes, irritated throats and vomiting
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Watch Gentoo Penguins Hunting From a Bird’s Eye View
New footage is helping researchers untangle the meaning behind these tuxedo-clad birds’ calls
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Ancient Babylonian Tablet May Hold Earliest Examples of Trigonometry
If true, it would mean the ancient culture figured out this mathematical field more than a millennia before its known creation
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The Farmboy Who Invented Television
The inventor of television’s career presages many of the good and bad things about Silicon Valley
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In Pakistan, Arsenic-Laced Groundwater Puts 60 Million People at Risk
Most live in the Indus River Valley
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Why Horses and Their Ilk Are the Only One-Toed Animals Still Standing
Early horses had 15 toes, but life on the plains led to a stronger center toe, leading to life on four hooves
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The Father of Modern Chemistry Proved Respiration Occurred by Freezing a Guinea Pig
Where he got the guinea pig from remains a mystery
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Why Amateur Radio Operators Are Watching Hurricane Harvey
Ham radio underwent a resurgence in the United States after Hurricane Katrina
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This Is the Best Image of a Star Beyond Our Solar System (Yet)
A detailed convection map of the red supergiant Antares is spectacular, but it also shows we don’t know everything that’s going on
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Thousands of Invasive Salmon Escape From Farm in Pacific Northwest
Officials are urging fishers to catch the salmon in the waters off Washington
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Could Astronauts Harvest Nutrients From Their Waste?
A new study suggests that modified yeast feeding on human waste can make useful byproducts for long missions in space
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Australian Zoo Asks For Help Naming Rare White Koala
Among the suggestions thus far are “Tofu” and “Daenerys”
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Woman Wins $417 Million in Lawsuit Tying Baby Powder to Ovarian Cancer
But the association between talc and cancer continues to be debated by the scientific community
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Fannie Farmer Was the Original Rachael Ray
Farmer was the first prominent figure to advocate scientific cookery. Her cookbook remains in print to this day
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This Enzyme Is Why Onions Make You Cry
Figuring out the how the tear-inducing fumes form could give surprising insights into our own human proteins
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Violent Snowstorms May Rack the Martian Night
Simulations show how the water snow falling on Mars may fall much differently than we’re used to here on Earth
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It May Rain Diamonds Inside Neptune and Uranus
Scientists have finally simulated the long-proposed shower of gems
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Photo Competition Highlights Splendor of Earth’s Ecosystems
The winning and commended images of BMC Ecology’s fifth annual photo contest are now available online
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Meet Florence, the Giant Asteroid That Will Buzz by Earth This September
The 2.7-mile-long, near-Earth object will give astronomers a chance to study the asteroid up close
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