October 12, 2022

Chernobyl’s Radiation Is Darkening Its Frogs, And It’s a Good Thing Too

Near-black frogs far outnumber their highlighter-yellow fellows in Chernobyl‘s radiation-blasted ecosystems, in a direct example of “evolution in action,” a

WATCH: A Dish of Brain Cells Figured Out How to Play Pong in 5 Minutes

How many brain cells does it take to play a video game? No, really. That’s not a joke, and there

Tardigrades Can Survive Frozen Oblivion by Pausing Their Biological Clocks

Reminiscent of the title character in the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, famously tough tardigrades can pause their biological clocks

Scientists Just Detected a Colossal Gamma-Ray Burst, And It’s a Record-Breaker

Observatories around the world have just detected a colossal flare of extremely energetic radiation described as “record-breaking“. The event, first

3D Models of A Mysterious Medieval Nanomaterial Hints at a Lost Art

The latest in nanoscale 3D scanning techniques have been used to reveal some of the finest secrets of a medieval

A Vampire Star And Its Victim Have Been Found in The Tightest Embrace Yet

We don’t have to worry too much about our Sun. It can burn our skin, and it can emit potent