January 23, 2021

Unusual wasp partnerships help non-native figs to thrive in Hawaii

While surveying the Hawaiian island of Kauai in search of invasive plants in 2017, botanist Kelsey Brock spotted something unusual:

Why the ‘happy face crater’ on Mars is happier than ever

Who has an even bigger grin than ten years ago? This goofy-looking crater on Mars. These two images were taken

Change doesn’t happen overnight, but research shows how social movements succeed

One was kickstarted by a school kid and her placard; another took flight after a hashtag went viral. Years later,

Your body makes 3.8 million cells every second. Most of them are blood

Deep within, on a cellular scale, your body is in a constant state of activity to keep you alive. Among

Super efficient jellyfish-inspired robot could become a restorer of coral reefs

A robot inspired by the shape and delicate underwater movements of a jellyfish, allowing it to safely explore endangered coral

Colliding white dwarfs produced bizarre slime-green zombie star

A white dwarf isn’t your typical kind of star. While main sequence stars such as our Sun fuse nuclear material