'Turning to Stone' paints rocks as storytellers and mentors Part memoir, part geology explainer, Marcia Bjornerud's latest book explores the hidden wisdom of Earth's rocks. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 29 days 29d Share
The historic 'Wow!' signal may finally have a source. Sorry, it's not aliens One of the best possible signs of extraterrestrial communication may have an astrophysical explanation -- albeit a weird one. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 29 days 29d Share
The nearest midsized black hole might instead be a horde of lightweights Astronomers recently reported that the Milky Way star cluster Omega Centauri hosts an elusive type of black hole. A new study says it does not. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 30 days 30d Share
This spider makes its home in the burrows of extinct giant ground sloths Caves made by extinct giant ground sloths make the perfect home for a newly discovered type of long-spinneret ground spider from Brazil. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 30 days 30d Share
This spider uses trapped fireflies to lure in more prey Male fireflies trapped in the spider's web flash femalelike lights, possibly luring in other flying males and allowing the arachnid to stock up on food. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 31 days 31d Share
The world's record-breaking hot streak has lasted 14 months. When will it end? Science News spoke with NOAA climatologist Karin Gleason about the ongoing record-breaking streak of record-high global temperatures. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 31 days 31d Share
Old books can have unsafe levels of chromium, but readers' risk is low An analysis of a university collection found that the vibrant pigments coating some Victorian-era tomes exceed exposure limits for the heavy metal. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 32 days 32d Share
This spiky fossil shows what early mollusks looked like The fossil, plus 17 others from more than 500 million years ago, reveal that early mollusks were slug-like creatures with prickly armor. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 34 days 34d Share
A distant quasar may be zapping all galaxies around itself Star formation has ceased within at least 16 million light-years of the quasar. A similar phenomenon may have fried the Milky Way when it was young. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 34 days 34d Share
The asteroid that may have killed the dinosaurs came from beyond Jupiter The Chicxulub crater, left behind by the impact, contains elemental traces that suggest the origins of the notorious projectile. sciencenews.org sciencenews.org / feeds sciencenews-org / / #science / / 35 days 35d Share