Tardigrades shocked scientists in 2008 by surviving 10 days in low Earth orbit. A simple plant has outdone the hardy water bears. Moss attached to the outside of the ISS survived in space for nine months, and may be capable of much longer periods. --
Their leadership calls them Orca Team Six. Pods of killer whales are creeping up on merchant ships, disabling their rudders, and forcing captains to press pause mid voyage. Revenge is sweet. Maritime authorities on both sides of the Iberian Peninsula ...
A new study found that Batman made subway passengers more likely to give up their seats to a pregnant woman. Sadly, we can't just start posting people in Batman costumes everywhere to make people treat each other better. It's not the presence of ...
Put a known science-denying anti-vaxxer in charge of the CDC, and surprise, you get a CDC that talks like an anti-vaxxer. The agency just rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest long-debunked autism links are still on the table. Why? Because RFK Jr ...
Raccoons that live in close proximity to humans are developing shorter, cuter snouts and appear to be self-domesticating. Early humans likely saw dogs as helpful companions and domesticated them. Cats, on the other hand, self-domesticated to feed on ...
Citizen scientists can help track the progress of a new population of tortoises in the Galapagos with the Giant Tortoise Initiative on Zooniverse. Finches may have been the key to Darwin's theory of natural selection, but giant tortoises are arguably ...
Scientists have discovered a new species, and I have learned the word for fossilized vomit -- regurgitalite. In a paper published in Scientific Reports, researchers reveal a new species of pterosaur. The remains of the flying reptile were found in a ...
Remoras, also known as "sucker fish," spend most of their adult lives sticking to the backs of sharks, whales, and other marine animals. In this video, you can see the wild ride from the perspective of the remoras, as the fish are repeatedly knocked ...
Scientists at Vitalia, a pop-up city on a Honduran island, promised to "make death optional" by fast-tracking longevity drugs outside U.S. regulatory constraints. According to a report in The New Republic, the experiment attracted crypto enthusiasts ...
Even light-hearted science competitions can no longer escape AI. The annual Dance Your PhD contest, run by Science magazine, is basically a dance-off for nerds, and it is delightful. Scientists explain their ...
