How did Hurricane Polo get so powerful?
A Pacific cyclone dubbed Polo exploded from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours on Tuesday (Sept. 22)
Category: Science
Earth’s first bats didn’t come from where we thought, landmark genetic study reveals
Scientists may have settled a decades-long debate about bat evolution, including controversial questions about when bats began to communicate and fly, a landmark study shows.
Missing Celtic fort annihilated by Julius Caesar finally found under Paris hospital
Archaeologists excavating a Paris hospital’s courtyard, a stone’s throw from Notre-Dame, have discovered the first evidence of a Celtic fort that Julius Caesar tried to
Handwashing: Cool Water as Effective as Hot for Removing Germs
We all know that washing our hands can keep us from spreading germs and getting sick. But a new Rutgers-New Brunswick study found that cool
A Recipe For Concrete That Can Withstand Road Salt Deterioration
Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made
Google DeepMind’s latest AI tool promises a new era for genetics research, but experts warn to take its predictions with caution
Google DeepMind has revealed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict the molecular impacts of tweaking any one of the billions of letters
3,000-year-old burial of ancient Egyptian horse found — and a nearby stone carving depicts a captured prisoner
Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old burial of a horse, likely used for military purposes, inside an ancient fort on the western Nile Delta in Egypt.
Earth’s crust is ‘unzipping’ beneath Italy — and that could explain most of the earthquakes in the region
The crust under Italy is “unzipping” and falling away into the mantle, new research finds. This process is the driver of much of the seismic
Giant caves beneath sinkhole reveal origin of mystery trenches that score Australia’s Nullarbor Plain
Mysterious trenches stretching for miles across the vast Nullarbor Plain in Australia are the surface scars of huge ancient caves collapsing deep underground, according to
Nearly 2,400-year-old school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great discovered in Greece
The school where Alexander the Great was educated by Aristotle more than 2,300 years ago has been uncovered in the ancient Macedonian city of Mieza
‘Once every 130 years’: A huge new crater on the moon could be a giant leap for lunar science, researcher says
Since launching in 2009, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) — a robotic satellite about the size of a minivan — has taken more than 3
‘Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!’ is a joyous guide to eating wild plants
The joy that author Alexis Nikole Nelson injects into this cookbook makes foraging approachable.
NASA’s Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before.
‘There was something bigger in the ground here’: Metal detectorist in Germany discovers giant Roman-era hoard from time of emperor Hadrian
A metal detectorist in the west of Germany has discovered one of the largest hoards of Roman silver coins ever found in that country from