Research: Venus flytrap ‘teeth’ form a ‘horrid prison’ for medium-sized prey —

In "Testing Darwin's Hypothesis about the Wonderful Venus Flytrap: Marginal Spikes Form a 'Horrid Prison' for Moderate-Sized Insect Prey," Alexander L. Davis investigates...
Report: The Quadrantids meteor shower this weekend

Report: The Quadrantids meteor shower this weekend

The sky is about to be lit up by the Quadrantids meteor shower, as bright celestial fireworks streak across the sky. The shower is the...
Revisiting the Dinosaur Extinction: New Insights into the Post-Asteroid Impact Scenario

Revisiting the Dinosaur Extinction: New Insights into the Post-Asteroid Impact Scenario

A recent study reveals that a colossal asteroid, comparable in size to Mount Everest, struck a shallow sea near present-day Yucatan 66 million years...

Research: Coating for metals rapidly heals over scratches and scrapes to prevent corrosion —

It's hard to believe that a tiny crack could take down a gigantic metal structure. But sometimes bridges collapse, pipelines rupture and fuselages...

Research: What causes rats without a Y chromosome to become male? —

A look at the brains of an endangered spiny rat off the coast of Japan by University of Missouri (MU) Bond Life Sciences...

Space: Cloth face masks that can be disinfected by the sun

Photo: When activated by daylight, a new type of cotton face mask releases...
Groundbreaking project will drill into bedrock below Greenland ice

Groundbreaking project will drill into bedrock below Greenland ice (Study)

IMAGE: Melting on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, June 2016. A...

Research: Unscrupulous traders might have cheated rich customers with fake amber beads —

Prehistoric Iberians created "imitation amber" by repeatedly coating bead cores with tree resins, according to a study published May 1, 2019 in the...

Biology: A shock to the PPE system

Photo: A researcher at The University of Tokyo develops a method for recharging...
Four winners of the Schmidt Marine Costal Pollution Challenge are named

Four winners of the Schmidt Marine Costal Pollution Challenge are named (Study)

IMAGE: Allan Adams, physicist and principal investigator of the Future Ocean Lab at...

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