September 4, 20243 min readDo Cats Really Hate Water?Not all cats are hydrophobicBy Meghan Bartels Sabina Torres/Getty ImagesCats hate water, but they love fish—and these two stereotypes contradict each other. Although today’s furry house rulers can enjoy fishy feasts while...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in deep spaceNASA, APL, SwRI, Serge Brunier (ESO), Marc Postman (STScI), Dan Durda We finally know just how dark it is in deep space. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made the first precise measurements of the...
An atlas of endometrial cells helps reveal its complexityConnect Images / Alamy We now have the most detailed map ever made of the endometrium, or the inner lining of the uterus. This will significantly improve our understanding of reproductive health...
An orange-legged furrow bee (Halictus rubicundus) on a pavement in Berlin, GermanyCourtesy Sophie Lokatis, Freie Universität Berlin Urban pavements can prove unlikely havens for wild bees and other insects, a survey on the streets of Berlin suggests. Sophie Lokatis at...
As you read this sentence, an army of cells patrols your brain. These soldiers slip around neurons, using their gangly appendages to search for threats. If one of them detects a pathogen or injury, it springs into action. Swelling up...
September 3, 20242 min readDifferent, TogetherOne person’s reality is purely theirs and often uniqueBy Andrea Gawrylewski In 2015 a woman posted a poorly exposed photograph of a striped dress on Tumblr. Immediately there was disagreement that spread across the Internet:...
The solar system’s largest moon, Ganymede, alongside Jupiter in a picture taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraftNASA/JPL/University of Arizona A massive collision billions of years ago may have dramatically reoriented Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Naoyuki Hirata at Kobe University, Japan, and...
The pregnant porbeagle shark after being tagged by researchersJon Dodd A pregnant porbeagle shark may have been eaten by a great white shark near Bermuda, in the first recorded incident of its kind. In October 2020, Brooke Anderson, then at...
Eric S Neitzel Fireground Communications LLC/AdobeStock One of the rare places in New York City where you can get a good view of clouds is the Central Park reservoir. Looking north from its edge, a gap between the buildings is...
Stem cells are produced by bone marrow and can turn into different types of blood cellsKATERYNA KON / SPL/ Alamy Human blood stem cells have been made in a laboratory for the first time, which could significantly improve how we...
