How AI can help forecast how much Arctic sea ice will shrink
In the next week or so, the sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean will shrink to its smallest size this year, as summer-warmed...
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A supernova’s delayed reappearance could pin down how fast the universe expands
A meandering trek taken by light from a remote supernova in the constellation Cetus may help researchers pin down how fast the universe expands...
A beautiful oak leaf portrait won the 2021 Nikon Small World photography contest
A closeup view of even the most common objects can make the mundane look spectacular. A glimpse of the underside of a southern live...
NASA’s Perseverance rover snagged its first Martian rock samples
The Perseverance rover has captured its first two slices of Mars. NASA’s latest Mars rover drilled into a flat rock nicknamed Rochette on September...
50 years ago, chemical pollutants were linked to odd animal behavior
Sea life’s chemical senses Science News, September 18, 1971 For fish and other underwater life, a sensitivity to chemicals plays the same role as...
A newfound boa sports big eyes and a square nose
A wide-eyed snake has made scientists do a double take. The Hispaniolan vineboa, with its large protruding eyes and square snout, is the first...
Infants may laugh like some apes in their first months of life
Babies may laugh like some apes a few months after birth before transitioning to chuckling more like human adults, a new study finds. Laughter...
Clouds affected by wildfire smoke may produce less rain
When smoke rises from wildfires in the western United States, it pummels clouds with tiny airborne particles. What happens next with these clouds has...
How metal-infused jaws give some ants an exceptionally sharp bite
If you’ve ever felt the wrath of a biting or stinging insect, it may seem incredible that something so small can so easily slice...
Cold plasma could transform the sustainable farms of the future
Physicist Stephan Reuter of Polytechnique Montréal spends most days using his expertise in energy and matter to improve medical technologies. Recently though, he stood...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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