Archive: Sep 2020

By simulating the Antarctic Ice Sheet's fragile future under rising temperatures, scientists have found concerning tipping points that drastically change how much ice is lost.

A toxic and scorching hot planet, Venus has never been considered a likely candidate for harboring extraterrestrial life, but a molecule detected in its clouds is turning heads.

For dogs, the rhinarium is the furless tip of their snouts. Researchers have found that this cold and wet small surface area may detect heat even from far away.

by Sophia Swartzfigures by Nicholas Lue Welcome HOM(e)! Your mouth isn’t too different from a city. Like a city, your mouth contains hundreds of different inhabitants and communities. However, these inhabitants are not humans or animals. Instead,…

by Jessica Schifffigures by Rebecca Senft Under the waves and in the ocean, climate change is like a persistent third wheel. Akin to that friend who always insists on tagging along on your dates, his/her/their presence makes it difficult for you and…

Researchers have developed a fast, cheap, and quantitative antibody test to allow us to understand how COVID-19 affects our immune response.

Asphalt is a common building material in urban areas with increasing use as cities grow, but few consider its pollutant properties.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh used caffeine to understand how fungi become resistant to antifungal drugs.

Results from a phase 2 clinical trial reveal that a new two-drug therapy for ALS can slow disease progression by six weeks over a six-month period. This therapy could possibly improve lifespan and quality of life, and may be effective in other…

by Sam Berry In 1918, a new influenza (flu) strain infected nearly a third of the world’s population, leaving tens of millions dead. At the time, relatively little was known about this strain, later called the Spanish Flu—why it was so dangerous, how…