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08/05/2021

How particle detectors capture matter's hidden, beautiful reality

Aug 05 2021 6:00 AM

Old and new detectors trace the whirling paths of subatomic particles.

A lunar magnetic field may have lasted for only a short time

Aug 04 2021 2:33 PM

New analyses of Apollo-era lunar rocks suggest that any magnetosphere that the moon ever had endured for no more than 500 million years.

A bounty of potential gravitational wave events hints at exciting possibilities

Aug 04 2021 10:16 AM

Of about 1,200 possible events, most are probably false alarms, but some could be ripples in spacetime that are especially hard to spot.

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Snake-eating spiders are surprisingly common

Aug 04 2021 6:00 AM

Spiders from at least 11 families feed on serpents many times their size, employing a host of tactics to turn even venomous snakes into soup.

A new book reveals stories of ancient life written in North America's rocks

Aug 03 2021 8:00 AM

In 'How the Mountains Grew,' John Dvorak probes the interlinked geology and biology buried within the rocks of North America.

Black holes born with magnetic fields quickly shed them

Aug 03 2021 6:00 AM

New computer simulations show one way that black holes might discard their magnetic fields.

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Greece's Santorini volcano erupts more often when sea level drops

Aug 02 2021 11:00 AM

During past periods of lower sea levels, when more of Earth's water was locked up in glaciers during ice ages, the Santorini volcano erupted more.

A hammerhead shark baby boom near Florida hints at a historic nursery

Aug 02 2021 8:00 AM

Finding an endangered shark nursery in a vast ocean is like finding a needle in a haystack. But that's just what scientists did near Miami.

A super-short gamma-ray burst defies astronomers' expectations

Aug 02 2021 6:00 AM

A faraway eruption of gamma rays that lasted for only a second had a surprising origin: the implosion of a massive star.

New delta variant studies show the pandemic is far from over

Jul 30 2021 4:52 PM

The coronavirus's delta variant is different from earlier strains of the virus in worrying ways, health officials are discovering.

A skeleton from Peru vies for the title of oldest known shark attack victim

Jul 30 2021 6:00 AM

The 6,000-year-old remains of a teen with a missing leg and tell-tale bite marks came to light after news of a 3,000-year-old victim in Japan surfaced.

Viruses can kill wasp larvae that grow inside infected caterpillars

Jul 29 2021 2:00 PM

Proteins found in viruses and some moths can protect caterpillars from parasitoid wasps seeking a living nursery for their eggs.

Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have made Earth's largest ripple marks

Jul 29 2021 1:25 PM

A tsunami created by the Chicxulub impact could have formed giant ripples found in rock under Louisiana, a new study finds.

Polar bears sometimes bludgeon walruses to death with stones or ice

Jul 29 2021 6:00 AM

Inuit reports of polar bears using tools to kill walruses were historically dismissed as stories, but new research suggests the behavior does occur.

If confirmed, tubes in 890-million-year-old rock may be the oldest animal fossils

Jul 28 2021 11:31 AM

Newly described wormlike fossils may be ancient sea sponges. If confirmed, the fossils would reveal a remarkably early start to animal life.

Near-invincible tardigrades may see only in black and white

Jul 28 2021 10:42 AM

A genetic analysis suggests that water bears don't have light-sensing proteins to detect ultraviolet light or color.

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