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Worker ants evolved strong thorax muscles for carrying loads many times their weight after losing their ability to fly.
The silk of this spider is unique. Its properties have now been analyzed in a new study.
Cat videos and memes -- soon on a Moon near you.
It's one myth that just needs to go away, scientists say.
The overzealous filter also banned the worlds "pubic", "stream", "jerk", and ... 'beaver'.
It's fast enough to screen light.
Unsurprisingly, women see it as a more serious problem and are more likely to be cautious.
The price that had to be paid was a pressure thousands of times higher than at the bottom of the Marianas trench.
You might want to reconsider that extra cup of coffee.
Calcium flowing through tiny hairs of the plant's leaves determine when the Venus flytrap closes its jaw.
More evidence show link between blood type and coronavirus risk
These aren't small numbers. At all.
Countries need to act to improve air quality as soon as possible
The report forecasts a fast expansion of clean energy sources.
Pandemic fatigue is starting to take its toll.
We were just lucky we made it last time climate change threatened our species.
Another positive side effect of distancing, masks, and washing your hands.
Take a look at some impressive photos by photographers and scientists
Climate change is noticeable everywhere, including the oceans.
These extreme survivors never cease to amaze us!
We need to bring down emissions to avoid effects on more corals
Researchers could soon count every tree on Earth.
Is this AI the death-kneel of virtually all creative industries?
We aren't the only ones to share food with our friends in need.
It's the only place other than Earth in our solar system that's known to have white-peaked mountains
It's not just the oceans, lakes are also being influenced by climate change.
How we treat these lines on a map can have huge consequences for individual lives.
As one Reddit comment put it, they "gotta pay that tuition somehow".
A DNA-based self-assembling technique sheds light on processes essential for semiconductors and nanotech.
Viruses are a seemingly inherent part of mammalian evolution, two studies suggest.
So far, however, this shift is less damaging overall than the alcohol abuse of old, according to the authors.
These excess deaths have been indirectly attributed to COVID-19 due to the pandemic's disruptions.
Daily average sound levels dropped about three decibels in March and April.
Countries need to take urgent action to protect species from human activities
An eruption could also cause heavy local flooding, as the volcano is buried in ice.
That's nearly 90% of the US gross domestic product.
Although they had fur and whiskers, the earliest mammals had long lifespans like reptiles.
This could solve the mystery of tidal disruption events or ‘spaghettification.’
A trio of researchers in Spain looked at a how weather-related proverbs related to climate change.
It's like Grammarly...but for editors!
Painless tattoos? Yes please!
A new report outlines the foundation for how science and art should work together to solve the world's most problematic issues.
In the end, it didn’t live up to the name!
My survey identifies the pressure to publish in high impact journals as the main reason for the mental health crisis in academia, and condemns Nature for diverting the truth to defend its own interests at the expense of public science.
A cause worthy of our praises -- and Prizes.
There are concrete things governments can do to protect biodiversity while we recover from the pandemic.
The dearth of female Nobel laureates is even worse than the one generally present in science.
The beauty of nature is often hiding in plain sight. Even our backyards hold countless treasures, waiting to be discovered.
Intelligence and resilience can be found all across the natural world.
That's a surprising amount.
