Watch a Russian Ice Cap Experience An ‘Unprecedented’ Melt Down
It’s no secret that ice around the world is receding as global temperatures rise. Even so, the sudden destabilization of a remote ice cap...
Fat from 558 million years ago reveals earliest known animal
Scientists have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth...
Kiwifruit duplicated its vitamin C genes twice, 50 million and 20 million years ago
Today's kiwifruit contains about as much vitamin C as an orange -- the result of the kiwifruit's ancestors' spontaneously duplicating their DNA in two...
Plug-and-play technology automates chemical synthesis
Researchers have developed an automated chemical synthesis machine that can take over many tedious aspects of chemical experimentation, freeing chemists to spend time on...
Investigational steroid mirrors prednisone’s benefits while taming its side effects
A head-to-head trial comparing the decades-old steroid, prednisone, and a promising new steroid, vamorolone, finds both act on the same key set of genetic...
New Mexico Observatory Closed Because of Child Porn Investigation, Not Aliens
After weeks of suspicion about the mysterious closure of the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, unsealed FBI records have provided an explanation:...
This Butterball Turkey Fryer Is Indoor-Safe, and Will Be Useful All Year Long
Contrary to what you might have heard, you don’t have to risk burning down your house to fry a turkey this Thanksgiving. This Butterball...
Amazon’s Got a Bunch of New Alexa Toys, and You Can Order Them Now...
Amazon announced a whole bunch of new stuff today, from refreshed Echo devices, to a smart microwave, to an analog wall clock that doubles...
A Vengeful Daredevil Returns for Season 3 This October
Matty’s back. And more beat up than ever before, which is saying something given that The Defenders literally dropped an entire building on him.Read...
Astrophysicists measure precise rotation pattern of sun-like stars for the first time
Scientists have measured the differential rotation on Sun-like stars for the first time, and their findings challenge current science on how stars rotate.
