Each winter, Baffin Bay freezes over as polar darkness descends over the top of the world. Come spring, phytoplankton will bloom in these cold waters…
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If you’re looking for an exemplar of mastering multiple identities, find a telescope and point it at Venus. In both astronomy and popular culture, Venus…
The Brazilian city of Manaus was hit hard by COVID-19. At the peak of its epidemic in late spring, the city of over 2 million…
At Bumpass Hell in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park, the ground is literally boiling, and the aroma of rotten eggs fills the air. Gas bubbles…
To break the record for longest dive by a marine mammal, take a deep breath and jump in the water. Then don’t breathe in again…
How is melting a continent-sized ice sheet like stirring milk into coffee? Both are, for all practical purposes, irreversible. In a new study published in…
New findings in mice suggest yet another role for gut microbes, even before birth. The microbes residing in a female mouse’s gut help shape the…
Astrophysicists have gotten their first direct view of a supermassive black hole’s appearance changing over time. The black hole at the center of the galaxy…
One of the lingering questions of the pandemic is why COVID-19 symptoms tend to be milder in children and young adults than in older people.…
Amid the rush to test and develop potential treatments for COVID-19, lab-made antibodies are showing hints of success. In news releases, two companies announced preliminary…