Terrestrial Zoology Bee Surprised October 26, 2022 Insects influence the climate like thunderstorms? What else will scientists discover—or claim to discover? CONTINUE READING
Solar System Energized Dust Bunnies Make Planets? December 12, 2019 Get a charge out of this new theory: planets were built by statically-charged dust bunnies. Is that all it takes? CONTINUE READING
Solar System Mars Is Losing Its Atmosphere Fast July 20, 2018 Measurements of Martian atmospheric loss rates imply incredible changes over the assumed billions of years of Mars' history. CONTINUE READING
Terrestrial Zoology Spiders Fly with Electricity July 10, 2018 Scientists have known about spider "ballooning" for a long time, but only recently have they determined that spiders use electricity to fly. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Dust a Major Problem on Non-Earth Worlds February 28, 2018 You can't just beam down to a planet and start walking around. That dust under your feet can cause major problems. CONTINUE READING
Cell Biology Viruses From Distant Lands Fall from the Sky February 21, 2018 Every day, billions of viruses are carried by high winds from continent to continent. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Moon Bombarded by Crashing Theories January 10, 2017 Strange things happen on our nearest neighbor. Stranger things happen in the heads of theorists trying to figure out our nearest neighbor. CONTINUE READING
Terrestrial Zoology Flowers Create 'Electric Landing Lights' for Bees June 14, 2016 How do bees know which flowers to visit, and where on the flowers to land? CONTINUE READING
Terrestrial Zoology Animal Physics: Shocking but True July 14, 2014 Geckos cling with electricity, and electric fish have shocking genes – just samples of recent reports about how animals master laws of physics. CONTINUE READING
Mammals Animal and Plant Tricks July 10, 2013 There's no end of amazing tricks in the living world – adaptations that aid their success. Finding them is one thing. Explaining them is another. CONTINUE READING