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...
SCIENTIFIC NEWS
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 pinch of saturated fat could make tempering chocolate a breeze
Glossy, velvety chocolate that snaps in the fingers and melts in the mouth is the chocolatier’s dream. But crafting cocoa confections with this optimal...
This pictogram is one of the oldest known accounts of earthquakes in the Americas
A 50-page codex of colorful, complex pictograms that dates to the early 16th century includes the most complete — and one of the oldest...
How personalized brain organoids could help us demystify disorders
Clumps of brain cells grown from the stem cells of two people with a neurological syndrome show signs of the disorder. The results, published...
Astronomers may have seen a star gulp down a black hole and explode
For the first time, astronomers have captured solid evidence of a rare double cosmic cannibalism — a star swallowing a compact object such as...
New ‘vortex beams’ of atoms and molecules are the first of their kind
Like soft serve ice cream, beams of atoms and molecules now come with a swirl. Scientists already knew how to dish up spiraling beams...
Some wasps’ nests glow green under ultraviolet light
Beam a black light into some Vietnamese forests at night, and brilliant green bulbs may glow in the trees. These eerie lanterns are the...
Stone Age humans or their relatives occasionally trekked through a green Arabia
Arabia, known today for its desert landscape, served as a “green turnstile” for migrating Stone Age members of the human genus starting around 400,000...
Newborn screening for cancer risk could save lives. Should it be done? 
World marks second warmest July on record 
Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine 
South Sudan: UN mission decries deadly attacks, works to calm tensions after ‘nothing but devastation’