Marvelous eyes, but you be the judge of this sea critter’s beauty. Vanadis is a byname of the Norse goddess of love, Freya.Photo: Michael Bok. Credit: Michael Bok Scientists are amazed at the discovery of a bristle worm with such sharp-seeing eyes that they can measure up to those of mammals and octopuses. Researchers from … Read more
Credit: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403140 Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that cannot be treated by any known antibiotics pose a serious global threat. Publishing in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a Chinese research team has now introduced a method for the development of novel antibiotics to fight resistant pathogens. The drugs are based … Read more
A Malaysian government initiative aims to reduce wastage, especially during the Muslim holy month when huge amounts of food are thrown away. After breaking their Ramadan fast outside a mosque in Malaysia, people throw their leftovers into a machine that converts the food scraps into organic fertilizer for crops. The modest government initiative in the … Read more
Eclipse glasses are worn by a statue of George Washington on April 07, 2024, in Houlton, Maine. Eclipse mania is sweeping across North America as a breathtaking celestial event on Monday promises a rare blend of commerce, science—and celebration. The moon’s shadow will land on Mexico’s Pacific coast at 2:07 pm ET (1807 GMT), then … Read more
An amateur astronomer prepares her telescope a day before a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Fernando Llano Millions of spectators along a narrow corridor stretching from Mexico to the U.S. to Canada eagerly awaited Monday’s celestial sensation—a total eclipse of the sun—even as forecasters called for clouds. The … Read more
Photographs of neotype skulls for (a) Orcinus rectipinnus (USNM 594671) and (b) Orcinus ater (USNM 594672). Credit: Royal Society Open Science (2024). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.231368 More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize—at least in name. Charles Melville Scammon submitted a manuscript … Read more
A total solar eclipse April 8 will enter over Mexico’s Pacific coast, dash up through Texas and Oklahoma, crisscross the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England, before exiting over eastern Canada into the Atlantic. Credit: AP Photo, File Clouds are likely to spoil the view of the total solar eclipse in Texas and other spots along … Read more
This 2021 handout image released by Indonesia’s environment ministry shows one of two rare Javan rhino calves that were caught on video in Ujung Kulon National Park. A new Javan rhinoceros calf has been spotted at an Indonesian national park, giving hope for the conservation of one of the world’s most endangered mammals. The calf, … Read more
On Saturday ’71 fires were declared in agricultural and forestry regions’ across Greece over just 12 hours. Greece on Sunday raised its wildfire alert level to “high risk” after dozens of blazes broke out, the civil protection ministry said. On Saturday, “71 fires were declared in agricultural and forestry regions across the country in 12 … Read more
A total solar eclipse will be seen across the United States in April 2024 — this was a view of the 2017 eclipse in Oregon. When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on Monday, scientists will be able to gather invaluable data on everything from the sun’s atmosphere to strange animal behaviors—and … Read more
