Jul 13 Cunning ravens can plan ahead, study shows By Teresa Carey Researchers from Sweden have shown for the first time that an animal other than a human or an ape can plan for an event beyond the current moment. Continue reading
Jul 12 Here are Juno’s first closeup photos of the Great Red Spot By Nsikan Akpan Less than 48 hours ago, NASA's Juno spacecraft got its first up-close-and-personal view with Jupiter's Great Red Spot, and today, the space agency has released photos from the flyby. Continue reading
Jul 07 Uranus’ magnetic forces switch ‘on and off’ By Nsikan Akpan Uranus’ weirdness takes a fresh form via a new model of its magnetosphere, just as NASA mulls a return to the icy giant. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 5:52 From the wing of a wasp, scientists discover a new beer-making yeast By PBS News Hour If you enjoy a beer on a summer day, you can thank yeast, the microbes that ferment sugar into alcohol and give beer its character. After innumerable generations of using just two types of yeast, a lab in North Carolina… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 4:36 Antarctica is melting faster than scientists expected By PBS News Hour Scientists predict a sheet of ice 110 miles long -- the size of Delaware -- will break off Antarctica in the coming days or weeks. In its July issue, National Geographic covers the effects that warming oceans will have on… Continue watching
Jun 29 Neonicotinoid pesticides are slowly killing bees By Roni Dengler Neonicotinoid pesticides commonly found in agricultural areas kill bees and hurt their ability to reproduce, two separate large-scale studies confirmed Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 27 This human protein may unfurl toxic tangles in Alzheimer’s disease By Roni Dengler A human protein -- called CyP40 -- can untangle the neurodegenerative clumps that characterize Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s diseases, according to a new study. Continue reading
Jun 26 Study retracted: Everyone is too distracted to stop sharing fake news By Nsikan Akpan New research shows that everyone is prone to sharing fake news when dealing with a never-ending stream of updates. Continue reading
Jun 22 China’s blueprint to clean lakes and stop algae blooms is working By Dave Berndtson China's success with cleaning lakes offers a blueprint for other industrializing and developing nations, where algal blooms threaten drinking water, kill aquatic life and pose dangers to children, pets and livestock. Continue reading
Jun 21 6 things you may not know about jellyfish By Julia Griffin Jennie Janssen, assistant curator of the Blue Wonders exhibit at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, offers six little-known facts she wants people to know about jellies. Continue reading