Some leaves in tropical forests may be getting too hot for photosynthesis
Like people, leaves have their limits when it comes to heat. Scientists first reported in 1864 that the leaves of some plants could survive up [more…]
Like people, leaves have their limits when it comes to heat. Scientists first reported in 1864 that the leaves of some plants could survive up [more…]
The world’s largest source of natural diamonds — and of more than 90 percent of all natural pink diamonds found so far — may have [more…]
Ask Clara Sousa-Silva about her research and she’ll be absolutely clear: Yes, she is looking for aliens. But she is not hunting them. “The idea [more…]
Some days really are longer than others. And now scientists know by precisely how much. Using a laser gyroscope, scientists have measured variations in Earth’s [more…]
A Costa Rican pirate spider lives up to the family name: It tricks closely related orb weaver spiders into “walking the plank,” right to their [more…]
Scientists have only observed supermassive black holes one billion years after the Big Bang, but astrophysicists have now breached this barrier. Astronomical observations made in [more…]
Based on the bizarre laws of quantum mechanics, quantum computers are widely regarded as the future of computing and information technology. The quantum nature of [more…]
Like teenage Romeos toting sticker-plastered guitar cases, male palm cockatoos show that romancing a crush with a love song isn’t just about music — it’s [more…]
On a series of expeditions along the spine of the Andes Mountains, a team of high-climbing researchers has found mammalian life scampering through some of [more…]
X-rays of the brain in thin cross sections — Science News, September 1, 1973 A new [device], already hailed by some physicians as the most [more…]