Carnivorous plants eat faster with a fungal friend
Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus…
NASA’s Europa mission is a homecoming for one planetary astronomer
Planetary astronomer Bonnie Buratti remembers exactly where she was the first time she heard that…
At-home experiments shed light on cats’ liquid behavior
Cats may seem solid, but they’re actually somewhat liquid — at least according to one…
Your brain can perceive subtle odor changes in a single sniff
Human sniffs last between one and three seconds. During that time, chemicals enter the nose…
Navigation research often excludes the environment. That’s starting to change
Citations P.F. Velasco and H.J. Spiers. Wayfinding across ocean and tundra: what traditional cultures teach…
Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Astronomers have finally found an asteroid keeping pace with Saturn in its orbit around the…
DNA from old hair helps confirm the macabre diet of two 19th century lions
A pair of male lions that roamed Kenya more than a century ago gained notoriety…
Radioactive beams give a real-time view of cancer treatment in mice
Cancer-busting particle beams have been caught in the act. Particle beams can provide a blast…
Hair pulling prompts one of the fastest known pain signals
CHICAGO — Big news for fighting sisters: Scientists have found the sensors that signal the…
A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes
A new gene drive can copy and paste itself into the genomes of herpes simplex…