Bathed in a ghostly purple-red light, these floating lettuces are barely distinguishable from those grown outdoors, but require one-tenth as much land. The high-tech greenhouse where they live, in Maasbree in the Netherlands, is one possible remedy for a global...
A person in a gorilla suit can be easy to miss if you are focusing on something elseSkully/Alamy When we are focusing on one task, we often fail to notice something obvious in our field of view. This phenomenon, known...
A reconstruction of the famous hominin LucyFrank Nowikowski/Alamy This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. One hundred years ago, on 28 November 1924,...
The brightest white spots and the red arc are six images of the same quasar created by the lensing effect of two galaxies, one of which is seen as the light patch in the centreF. Dux et al. A chance...
A genetic flaw dooms half of all crested newts to die before they hatch – now we know how this baffling evolutionary quirk came about Source link...
Popular semaglutide-based drugs used for weight loss may reduce chronic and acute pain, which could make them a promising alternative to opioids Source link...
Since the first avian influenza outbreaks hit the U.S. early this year, health and agriculture experts have struggled to track the virus’s spotty path as it spreads in dairy cow herds and an unknown number of humans. Infection risk still...
Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team.Trump has promised he would allow Robert...
The two Proba-3 spacecraft will work together to create an artificial solar eclipseESA The European Space Agency (ESA) is aiming to create an artificial eclipse in space with its upcoming Proba-3 mission, which will help study the sun and demonstrate...
Factory aerosols can transform the clouds aboveGetty Images/iStockphoto Plumes of pollution from large factories can trigger snowfall and leave holes in clouds that stretch over large areas, satellite images have revealed. It has long been known that tiny particles of...
