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Ant expert gives Ant-Man thumbs up
A Boston University biology professor says the movie is “a turning point for ants in cinema,” although he has a few quibbles with the science.
July 28, 2015
Night thunderstorms: Top things to know
For anyone who's been stirred out of bed in the middle of the night by a clap of thunder: Here's info about those intense storms that happen after the sun sets.
July 27, 2015
6.9-magnitude strikes Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
This region is on the Pacific Ocean's 'ring of fire' - where great land plates meet and one dives beneath another - and so is subject to frequent earthquakes.
July 27, 2015
Good news! More sharks!
White shark populations are growing. Here’s why that’s good news.
July 23, 2015
New NASA video on flood prediction
Predicting flooding is notoriously difficult, but predictions are improving. Timely video in light of James Hansen's prediction this week of catastrophic flooding in New York and other coastal cities before the end of this century.
July 22, 2015
How mosquitoes find you to bite you
Mosquitoes use a triple threat of visual, olfactory, and thermal cues to home in on their human targets, a new Caltech study suggests.
July 22, 2015
Earth elements dictate whether plate tectonics can happen
And plate tectonics may be essential for life. A new theory of Earth's composition suggests another factor to consider in the search for habitable exoplanets.
July 21, 2015
State of the climate 2014: Record warmth
New report - released by American Meteorological Society - based on contributions from 413 scientists from 58 countries around the world.
July 20, 2015
When Earth’s continents rose above its oceans
Earth's thick continental crust - the land under our feet - may have risen from the oceans half a billion years earlier than scientists previously thought.
July 19, 2015
Jurassic saw fastest mammal evolution
A new study suggests that mammal 'experimentation' with different body-plans and tooth types peaked in the mid-Jurassic period, 200-145 million years ago
July 17, 2015
