A record-breaking black hole explosion

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03/01/2020 How scientists wrestle with grief over climate change “When a loved one dies, society wraps around you … you get leave from work or school. There’s a funeral, people bring food. But there are no rituals for ecologically based grief.”  Read More Glowing frogs and salamanders may be surprisingly common A widespread ability to glow in striking greens, yellows and oranges could make amphibians easier to track down in the wild. Read More Listening to soap bubbles pop reveals the physics behind the bursts A soap bubble’s swan song is a quiet “pfttt.” Read More What the new phase of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. means for you U.S. health experts warn there are probably many undetected COVID-19 cases already here, raising chances the disease will soon be widespread. Read More China’s moon rover revealed what lies beneath the lunar farside China’s Yutu-2 rover found layers of fine sand and coarse gravel under the surface of the moon’s farside. Read More Science News is a nonprofit. We depend on our readers to support our journalism. You can help by subscribing for as little as $25. SUBSCRIBE NOW This fundamental constant of nature remains the same even near a black hole A number that sets the strength of electromagnetic interactions isn’t altered by the extreme gravity around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. Read More A distant cousin of jellyfish may survive without working mitochondria A tiny creature that parasitizes salmon is the first known multicellular eukaryote without a mitochondrial genome, a hallmark of complex life. Read More South Asian toolmaking withstood the biggest volcanic blast in 2 million years Toolmakers continued to strike sharp-edged flakes as usual after a volcano’s colossal eruption around 74,000 years ago on what’s now Sumatra Island. Read More A black hole eruption marks the most powerful explosion ever spotted Hundreds of millions of years ago, a black hole blasted out roughly 100 billion times as much energy as the sun is expected to emit in its lifetime. Read More Evolving an arch across the foot’s width helped hominids walk upright The arch across the foot evolved at least 3.4 million years ago, possibly before the lengthwise arch. Both arches help humans to walk and run. Read More Privacy policy  |  Update Profile  | Manage Subscriptions  |   Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Society for Science & the Public 1719 N Street NW Washington, DC, 20036, US