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Fish Can Adjust Gender Balance in Face of Rising Temperatures
Warmer waters mean fewer female reef fish. But, over generations, populations can restore the balance.
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Escape From the Black Hole’s Abyss!
An object called G2—previously believed to be a gas cloud—narrowly slipped from the clutches of a supermassive black hole
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Rover May Have Found a Water Source for Humans on Mars
Data collected from the Curiosity rover suggests liquid water could be harvested from Martian soil
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Here Are the Places Most at Risk of a Volcanic Explosion
New research will help countries prepare
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Ocean Acidification Could Have Driven Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction
Study shows the world’s oceans were dangerously acidic during the Permian Extinction Event
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Changes in California’s Roadkill Linked to State’s Drought
The California Roadkill Observation System studies wildlife by mapping out crowd-sourced roadkill sightings
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Here’s Why the Dutch Are So Tall
A new study shows natural selection is alive and well in the Netherlands
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Hawaiians Are Protesting Construction of the World’s Largest Telescope
Native Hawai’ian activists say the volcano-top project is damaging sacred lands
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This Little Kid Discovered a Dinosaur
A rare nodosaur has been found in Texas…by a little boy
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Study Suggests Thinking Less Is Key to Faster Learning
New research shows sometimes our own brains get in the way of acquiring new skills
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Here’s Why You Wince at Wasabi
The structure will help researchers understand pain— and create drugs that could suppress it.
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Lady Wolf Spiders Use Silk to Flirt
Counter to the common wisdom, it’s not just males that do the pursuing
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Drones to Plant 1 Billion Seeds in a Year (Hopefully)
Reforestation by machines is cool, but it won’t save the planet
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70 Percent of Western Canada’s Glaciers Will Disappear by 2100
And that’s the conservative side of scientists’ ice melt projections
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Yet Another Reason Not to Smoke: It Gives Superbugs Superpowers
Antibiotic resistant bacteria even more resistant in the presence of cigarette smoke
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Amazonian Hallucinogen Could Be an Antidepressant
Drinking Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic tea, could change the concentration serotonin in the brain
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At Night, Fish Communicate With Special Calls, Whistles and Grunts
Dropping a hydrophone into an underwater cave helps researchers make sense of the din
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Urchins Could Be the Next Victim of Sea Star Wasting Disease
The virus that has struck out Pacific sea star populations could now be affecting their Echinoderm cousins
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