| | | | | | Science News is a nonprofit. We depend on our readers to support our journalism. You can help by subscribing for as little as $25. | | | | | | | | More Recent Headlines | | These human nerve cell tendrils turned to glass nearly 2,000 years ago Oct 30 2020 6:00 AM Part of a young man's brain was preserved in A.D. 79 by hot ash from Mount Vesuvius' eruption. READ MORE | | The first Denisovan DNA outside Siberia unveils a long stint on the roof of the world Oct 29 2020 2:03 PM Genetic evidence puts Denisovans, humankind's now-extinct cousins, on the Tibetan Plateau from 100,000 to at least 60,000 years ago. READ MORE | | Ogre-faced spiders catch insects out of the air using sound instead of sight Oct 29 2020 11:00 AM A new study finds that ogre-faced spiders can hear a surprisingly wide range of sounds. READ MORE | | How octopuses 'taste' things by touching Oct 29 2020 11:00 AM Octopus arms are dotted with cells that can "taste" by touch, which might enable arms to explore the seafloor without input from the brain. READ MORE | | LIGO and Virgo's gravitational wave tally more than quadrupled in six months Oct 28 2020 8:00 PM Scientists report 39 sets of spacetime ripples from just half a year of data. READ MORE | | Doubts over a 'possible sign of life' on Venus show how science works Oct 28 2020 11:20 AM Detecting phosphine in Venus' atmosphere made headlines, but reanalyses and new searches call into question the original discovery of the molecule. READ MORE | | Galileo's famous gravity experiment holds up, even with individual atoms Oct 28 2020 6:00 AM When dropped, two types of atoms accelerate at the same rate despite their differences, much like objects in Galileo's leaning Tower of Pisa experiment. READ MORE | | Mummified llamas yield new insights into Inca ritual sacrifices Oct 27 2020 8:00 AM Bound and decorated llamas, found at an Inca site in southern Peru, may have been buried alive as part of events in annexed territories. READ MORE | | A photon's journey through a hydrogen molecule is the shortest event ever timed Oct 27 2020 6:00 AM The shortest duration ever measured is 247 zeptoseconds, or trillionths of a billionth of a second. READ MORE | | How malaria parasites hide from the human immune system Oct 26 2020 12:00 PM By turning genes on or off, the parasite keeps blood levels low but persistent, so infection doesn't set off alarm bells for the immune system. READ MORE | | | | | |
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