Scientists discover that it takes 10 ants to form a stable raft
Ants prefer not to make a collective raft when on water. However, once there are 10 insects near each other, the so-called Cheerios effect pushes them together and is too…
The Hidden Toll of Wildfires
“This is interesting. Not too thick,” said Jim Crawford, an atmospheric chemist wearing a motion-sickness patch behind his ear. It was afternoon in late July 2019, and Crawford was bearing…
Cockatoos Work to Outsmart Humans in Escalating Garbage Bin Wars
Sometime in the 2010s a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo living in a sleepy suburb of Sydney, Australia, had a breakthrough. This bird, likely a large, dominant male, somehow figured out how to…
Why Kids Are Afraid to Ask for Help
Adults are often embarrassed about asking for aid. It’s an act that can make people feel vulnerable. The moment you ask for directions, after all, you reveal that you are…
Strange hexagonal diamonds found in meteorite from another planet
Diamonds found in four meteorites in north-west Africa probably came from an ancient dwarf planet, and they are expected to be harder than Earth diamonds Space 12 September 2022 By…
JWST has caught hot stars destroying gas and dust in the Orion Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through the clouds of the Orion Nebula to spot stars blazing as they heat the area around them and blast apart molecules Space…
Who Owns the Ocean’s Genes? Tension on the High Seas
After nearly two weeks of recent United Nations negotiations in New York City, countries from around the world failed to finalize an ambitious treaty that would create enormous marine protected…
Strange hexagonal diamonds found in meteorite from another planet
Diamonds found in four meteorites in north-west Africa probably came from an ancient dwarf planet, and they are expected to be harder than Earth diamonds Space 12 September 2022 By…
JWST has caught hot stars destroying gas and dust in the Orion Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through the clouds of the Orion Nebula to spot stars blazing as they heat the area around them and blast apart molecules Space…
Google AI can tell what things smells like by the molecular structure
An artificial intelligence model that maps the structure of molecules to their smell could help create specific food tastes or find compounds to better repel disease-carrying organisms like mosquitoes Technology…