There’s a new term for attempting to own the wind
Wind ownership is up for grabs. As an unpaid intern at an energy company in…
What leads rivers to suddenly change course?
Shifting is in a river’s nature. But when a river breaks free of its channel…
Runaway stars could influence the cosmos far past their home galaxies
Dozens of fugitive stars were caught fleeing a dense star cluster in a satellite galaxy…
Work on protein structure and design wins the 2024 chemistry Nobel
The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to David Baker “for computational protein…
Climate change fueled the fury of hurricanes Helene and Milton
Meteorologists have watched in awe as Hurricane Milton, churning over the anomalously warm waters in…
To tell a right-trunked elephant from a lefty, check the wrinkles
There’s a Sherlock Holmes tale in here somewhere: A clever observer could check wrinkles and…
Europa Clipper is launching to solve an alien mystery
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will soon be on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old…
New electrical stitches use muscle movement to speed up healing
Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible…
Ancient Scythians had cultural roots in Siberia
Horse-riding Scythian herders and warriors, who inhabited Central Asia and Eastern Europe around 2,500 years…
The discovery of tools key to machine learning wins the 2024 physics Nobel
As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have nabbed the 2024 Nobel…