The Ocean’s Longest-Running Mystery Sings With a Voice No Creature Should Have
For decades, a single whale has been calling out at a frequency no known species uses. Scientists still can’t find it.
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Magnetic exoplanets? Strange winds are strongest hint yet
You deserve a daily dose of good news. For the latest in science and the night sky, subscribe to EarthSky’s free daily newsletter. ESO originally published t...
Comment la gravité déforme-t-elle la surface des océans ?
La surface des océans est-elle vraiment parfaitement plate ? À première vue, oui… mais la réalité est bien plus surprenante. Sous l’effet des variation...
One of the earliest great extinctions in Earth's history may have been caused not by an asteroid or a volcano but by oxygen itself, when tiny photosynthetic microbes slowly filled the air with a gas t
Around 2.4 billion years ago, the air over Earth began to change. Microbes in the oceans, the cyanobacteria, had been running a chemical reaction that split wat...
The chemistry of smoking foods – in C&EN
Click to view the full graphic on the C&EN site Humans have been smoking foods for almost 2 million years, but what chemical compounds give smoky flavours and w...
[2606.02705] A Massive Hot-Jupiter Companion that Disfavors Giant Planet Formation Beyond the Water-Ice Line
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02705: A Massive Hot-Jupiter Companion that Disfavors Giant Planet Formation Beyond the Water-Ice Line
[2606.02711] Lyman-alpha Pressure Strongly Enhances Pre-Supernova Feedback at Cosmic Dawn: The First Multi-Dimensional Lyman-alpha Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulations
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02711: Lyman-alpha Pressure Strongly Enhances Pre-Supernova Feedback at Cosmic Dawn: The First Multi-Dimensional Lyman-alpha ...
[2606.02717] The Radio-IR Correlation in the Context of Deep Radio Source Counts
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02717: The Radio-IR Correlation in the Context of Deep Radio Source Counts
[2606.02719] Beyond Self-Similarity: Reconciling X-Ray Scaling Relations in Galaxy Clusters and Groups
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02719: Beyond Self-Similarity: Reconciling X-Ray Scaling Relations in Galaxy Clusters and Groups
[2606.02720] A Cosmic Archipelago of lensed metal-poor galaxies at $z\sim6$
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02720: A Cosmic Archipelago of lensed metal-poor galaxies at $z\sim6$
[2606.03117] Excessive use, ill use and misuse of Bibliometrics
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.03117: Excessive use, ill use and misuse of Bibliometrics
Bear spray expiry dates: good news, and comical peer-reviewed pseudoscience — LessWrong
Last year my 4-year-old can of bear spray reached its expiry date, completely unused, and I wondered how sound the basis of that date was. Reddit sho…
Any advice for learning how to spot legitimate physics from kooks?
Not really looking for folks to decode something for me, just seeking general advice. Physics is my weakest subject and the one I have the least interest in...
Multi-criteria based stable clustering technique for vehicular ad-hoc networks
Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) plays an important role in the realization of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) which leads to a plethora of new appl...
Palladium anchored to magnetic silica functionalized with AP groups as a novel and efficient heterogeneous catalyst for C–C coupling reactions
A novel magnetic nanocatalyst has been developed by covalently attaching a palladium complex (AP-Pd) to magnetic Fe3O4 particles, which were coated with a silic...
Saccade length consistency during reading and shape-scanning - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
Human gaze behaviour provides insights into the mental processes underlying the execution of a task. As reading involves visual sampling and language proce
Minimum Integrated Functional Concentration (MIFC), unifying photocatalytic and antimicrobial modes in a GRAS-compliant LDPE/ZnO nanocomposite for active food packaging
The global problem of postharvest spoilage of fresh fruit is a significant issue, with the postharvest spoilage of perishable fruit due to microbial decay resul...
Semi-automated detection of cleaning interactions using supervised machine learning
Cleaner fish engage in mutualistic interactions by removing ectoparasites from client species, a behaviour that has traditionally been quantified through labour...
Development of 1-(substituted benzofuran-2-yl)-3-(halogen-substituted phenyl)prop-2-en-1-ones as potent, reversible, and selective MAO-B inhibitors for Parkinson’s Disease
Ten halogenated benzofuran derivatives (BF1–BF10) were synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory activity against monoamine oxidase isoforms. All compoun...
The future of science – Ken's Blog
I was in an on-line meeting today with some fellow scientists. The topic got around to the future of science research in the United States. One person on the c...
Special relativity and diffracting beams
Say there is a beam of light at 1 um (f=300 THz), and there is a particle traveling at constant speed along the axis of the beam, which is, say, a few mm or...
How the electromagnetic spectrum opened our eyes to the universe
Our understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum goes back to Isaac Newton, but astronomers are still finding new ways to employ it. Astrophysicist Emma Chapma...
Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t.
Are you happy? It’s a deceptively simple question, but for me, at least, a difficult one to answer.Another tough question: Why is it so hard to be happy for...
How Early Earth's Unlikely Chemical Hero Appeared
Though it's a toxic chemical, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is also important for the development of life. It's a precursor to things like amino acids and nucleic acid...
Are Climate Models “Just Physics”?
...any policy can only benefit from a better understanding of how climate models are constructed, their physical basis, how they can be tested, and how to asses...
Cerebral Disconnect
Cerebral contents pale in complexity and significance within the greater ecological universe. Why are worldviews so drastically different? Why is it that obvio...
Scientists find a way to wash clothes in space without using any water
The method might not remove all stains, but it will kill the bacteria that could make astronauts sick and compromise their mission.
New ways to remove CO2 from atmosphere must grow much faster, report says
Novel forms of CO<sub>2</sub> removal must expand at ‘highly ambitious rates’ if world is to limit global heating to 1.5C, says study
Massive Booms Shook the East Coast for over 300 Years. Scientists Finally Found the Source of the Sonic Explosions.
The cannon-like sound could be heard for hundreds of miles, but its cause long remained a mystery.