A researcher working in the Peruvian Amazon has captured on video a “CREEPY” dead tarantula infected with a “zombie fungus.” The mushroom is called Cordyceps and, if that sounds familiar, it is the famous zombie mushroom from the television series and video game The Last of Us. 3 When Cordyceps infects a living host, it […]
Scientists are excavating oceans and continents that destroyed life in a tag-team millions of years ago. Image credit: University of Southampton Scientists have revealed how a “tag team” between the oceans and continents wiped out marine life millions of years ago – and changed the course of evolution on Earth. Their study has uncovered a […]
(a) Simulations for the optimal pumping motion of a skateboarder on a halfpipe. (b) Height and acceleration for different pumping strategies. Image credit: Physical verification research (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.033132 A team of engineers and mathematicians from ETH Zurich, in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Statistical Mathematics and the ATR Institute International (both in […]
VERONA – Epic’s user group meeting offers thousands of attendees a themed surprise each year, so it was no surprise when founder Judy Faulkner appeared onstage at the company’s Deep Space Auditorium on Tuesday dressed as “Lady Swan,” a variation on Mother Goose and fitting into a larger narrative motif. What may have surprised the […]
Yash Sondhi was looking for differences in color vision between two closely related moths, one active at night and the other during the day. Instead, he found differences in the way they keep time. Image credit: Jeremy Squire How do two species come into existence? This is a tricky question for biologists. It is generally […]
This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and was translated from Italian. This is the most important moment in the life of an aircraft: when the new owner signs the receipt and picks up the aircraft, much like a driver picks up a new car from a dealer. The aircraft is an Airbus A321neo and […]
Discover the best rides to admire the fall foliage this year Pack your hiking boots and your pumpkin spice coffee! We’re hitting the road to highlight some amazing fall getaways from USA TODAY’s 10 Best team. Scott L. Hall, USA TODAY There’s a chill in the air and you’re holding a pumpkin spice latte, which […]
Image credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Enrico Fermi’s midday question in the war zone of Los Alamos: “Where is everyone?” has been both a gift and a problem for scientists ever since. Known as “Fermi’s Paradox,” it simply asks: Why aren’t intelligent, highly evolved aliens everywhere, even though life on Earth is ubiquitous and evolved very […]
It’s come a long way since those words. The idea of intergalactic travel has captured our collective imagination and made the subgenre timeless. Full of theatrics and melodrama, space operas are as kitsch as the Met Gala, with a disregard for subtlety as blatant as the guests who attend. Although escapist, they’re still oddly difficult […]
A single coral on the Fiji Islands that is over 600 years old was used to record how temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have changed during its long life. Scientists know that the Pacific has generally warmed over the centuries. In recent years, human-caused climate change has caused ocean heat waves and widespread coral bleaching. […]
