Black widow spiders remember their prey if it is stolen
When researchers take away a black widow’s prey, the spider can remember how large the prey was and where it was in the web, and it will search harder for…
When researchers take away a black widow’s prey, the spider can remember how large the prey was and where it was in the web, and it will search harder for…
Yvonne Y. Clark, or Y.Y., taught at Tennessee State University, a historically Black university, for 55 years. In this episode, we hear from Y.Y.’s colleagues, students and family members about…
A 24-year-old man who tested positive for Ebola virus disease caused by Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV) was the first confirmed case in Uganda’s ongoing Ebola outbreak, but health authorities believe he…
The last week of September was a big deal for Jupiter. On September 26 the planet made its closest approach to Earth since 1963, delighting sky watchers around the globe.…
“How do you tell a community in the United States that has no running water or electricity to wash their hands?” Crystal Lee drives hours through dust on Route 66…
Apps that create images based on text can deliver amazing results, but there are problems with the data sets some are trained on and the lack of compensation for artists,…
Astronomers have found barium floating high in the atmospheres of two sweltering exoplanets, and they don’t know how such a heavy element ended up where it is Space 13 October…
By trapping a single electron in an isolated chamber cooled to near absolute zero, physicists were able to measure the particle’s magnetic moment – a key quantum property – at…
Last year’s warnings about a particularly bad flu season didn’t materialise, but an earlier and more severe outbreak in Australia doesn’t bode well for the northern hemisphere Health | Analysis…
The Greenland ice sheet may be even more sensitive to the warming climate than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that rising air temperatures are working with warm ocean waters to…