A new device eavesdrops on objects to take their temperatures. Hot objects not only glow, but also softly hum. The hum is generated by the…
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The race is on to keep Asian giant hornets from spreading in the Pacific Northwest. Fifteen hornets — including 11 dead ones — have turned…
When the first-ever image of a black hole was released in April 2019, it marked a powerful confirmation of Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, or…
During the summer feeding season in high latitudes, male blue whales tend to sing at night. But shortly before migrating south to their breeding grounds,…
By 2100, Greenland will be shedding ice faster than at any time in the past 12,000 years, scientists report October 1 in Nature. Since the…
In the midst of a pandemic that has brought so much worry and loss, it’s natural to want to help — to do some small part to…
The Milky Way’s core harbors two giants: the galaxy’s largest black hole and a cluster of tens of millions of stars around the black hole…
What could be more 2020 than an ongoing invasion of jumping worms? These earthworms are wriggling their way across the United States, voraciously devouring protective…
Clues from a chemical — Science News, October 3, 1970 An experimental drug’s effects on the sexual behavior of certain animals is arousing interest among investigators.……
Fresh intel from Mars is sure to stir debate about whether liquid water lurks beneath the planet’s polar ice. New data from a probe orbiting…