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Perseverance offers clues to protect crews from ultrafine Mars dust
Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover measured the fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles found clinging to samples of spacesuit materials that are carried aboard the rover, including particles small enough to penetrate the lungs and enter the bloodstream.
How Jumping Spiders Sleep
Remarkably like us with cycles of wakefulness and REM The post How Jumping Spiders Sleep appeared first on Nautilus .
Election forecasters lack historical data on how national mood drives each senate race, study shows
U.S. Senate races are increasingly decided by national forces rather than state-level politics or incumbency advantage. That makes election forecasts less certain than they appear, according to a new study in PS: Political Science & Politics by researchers at the University of
How AI planning could create financial market fragility
Wharton experts are raising concerns about AI-driven financial market manipulation and runaway technology in a new paper titled "Financial Market Fragility in the Era of AI Planning." Finance professor Winston (Wei) Dou, finance and economics professor Itay Goldstein and Hong
Earth may have formed much of its water as the planet grew
Earth may have produced much of its water during the planet's formation, as rocky pebbles reacted with the hydrogen-rich atmosphere surrounding the young planet, according to new research published in Nature Geoscience. The findings offer a potential explanation for how Earth
Scientists reveal the staggering number of bat deaths at wind turbines
Bat populations across the United States face numerous threats, and one of the biggest may be the number of collisions with wind turbines. According to the most comprehensive study of the problem to date, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Extreme weather drives support for green voting in Europe
In representative democracies, it is important that climate change policies are developed through transparent processes and with citizen representation, which in turn requires an understanding of how climate-related events influence public support for such policies.
121-million-year-old fossils suggest Longipteryx had no tail feathers
Around 121 million years ago, somewhere in modern northeastern China, an early bird took to the skies. If you drew its silhouette, you'd notice something was missing. Unlike any bird alive today, it had no tail feathers.
The upside of untidiness: Why a little mess can be good for your home
If we're to follow the philosophy of organizer extraordinaire Marie Kondo, a tidy home is a better home.
Radio images reveal disturbances from Betelgeuse's mysterious companion that lurks within its shadows
The well-known star Betelgeuse has a mysterious houseguest—and it's shaking the rafters, rattling the pipes and slamming the cupboards (metaphorically speaking). It's causing enough subtle atmospheric disturbance that it might as well be making ghost noises. Who's to blame? New
Roller coaster safety is a matter of science
Guidelines for designing coasters don’t reflect the latest science about what types of movement the brain can withstand.
Technician cracks 1,600-year-old mystery to replicate color-changing effect of Roman glass masterpiece
The Lycurgus Cup, a world-renowned 4th-century A.D. artifact housed in the British Museum, is constructed of "dichroic" glass that shifts from jade green in reflected light to ruby red in transmitted light. This means that depending on where the light source is positioned,
Marine molecule may help combat 'brain-eating' amoeba
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a parasitic disease that causes the rapid deterioration of brain tissue, is one of the most lethal infections known, with a fatality rate exceeding 97%. Caused by the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri (N. fowleri), the disease
The mathematics of growing a shell—recreating diverse mollusk shells with just three inputs
Kaushik Bhattacharya is an engineer and materials scientist, but he has always been fascinated by seashells. Part of the draw is the "beautiful" idea that even simple organisms like mollusks can construct wonderfully complex structures over and over again, even in differing
See no evil: How willful ignorance supports the illegal tobacco trade
Adopting a "don't ask, don't tell" approach to illicit tobacco enables people to avoid thinking about where cheap smokes come from, researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, have found.
Anyone Can Dock: Molecular docking platform brings protein-binding predictions to smartphones, tablets and computers
A new platform, developed by researchers at the Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, in collaboration with Mahidol University, makes molecular docking easier to access, understand, and integrate into experimental research. The work is published in the
Greenhouse gas levels hit new record highs in 2025: UN
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere rose to new record highs in 2025, locking in climate impacts that will persist for centuries to come, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Colorado's glaciers thinned dramatically due to record-low snow and heat in 2026
The most prominent glaciers in Colorado thinned dramatically over the past year due to record-low mountain snow and record-warm temperatures, according to new research.
Webb links interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to worlds beyond Neptune through similar ice signatures
A Southwest Research Institute–led study used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine ice grains streaming from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, just the third object from beyond our solar system ever identified. The observations point to tiny aggregates of water ice and dust,
Crowdsourced collaborations: Using AI, social media to find potential brand partners
Brand collaborations have been growing in popularity as a powerful marketing tool for businesses looking to generate hype and expand their customer base, but brand managers often rely on costly and time-consuming surveys and screenings to identify potential matchups. A recent
When Texas Bat “Cities” Look Like Thunderstorms
Weather apps generally modify their default settings to remove such scenes from Doppler radarviews. Otherwise, live-feed watchers would think a torrential downpour is imminent The post When Texas Bat “Cities” Look Like Thunderstorms appeared first on Nautilus .
Ancient fault suggests earthquake heating may amplify tsunami-triggering slip
In 2011, a huge earthquake struck eastern Japan. The magnitude 9.1 earthquake caused shaking at its epicenter for almost six minutes. However, its effects didn't end there, as the movement of the plates displaced the seafloor enough to cause a devastating tsunami.
Lean Six Sigma framework for developing doctoral research problem statements outlined in white paper
University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies has published a new white paper, "Building a Lean Six Sigma–Based Background of the Problem and Problem Statement," by James C. Rice, DM/IST, MBA, and Scott A. McCalla, DM, MA. The paper presents an author-developed framework
Mathematical puzzle from 1904 takes physical form in gold-studded helium droplets
When identical charges repel each other but are confined to the surface of a sphere, they seek the arrangement with the lowest possible energy. The idea is simple, but the problem gets harder to solve with every charge added. The so-called Thomson problem dates back to the
Millipede from South Australia rediscovered and described 90 years after it was first collected
The new species Colobothrix deckeri is in the millipede family Dalodesmidae. It is remarkable because it is the first in its moisture-loving family to be found in a part of Australia with a low annual rainfall, between 400 and 500 mm (16 and 20 inches).
Nano-wrinkles and actuation break up infectious biofilms on implants
A nano-wrinkled surface combined with a tiny soft actuator can break up infection-causing bacterial sheets, called biofilms, that form on medical implants, according to a University of Michigan Engineering study published in Advanced Functional Materials. When implanted in
Scientists reveal hidden world of living cells in human milk
Advanced nanoscale imaging technology has revealed the diversity of living cells in human milk and uncovered new insights into how these cells are structured, what they contain and how they use nutrients.
'Porous anchor' that strongly bonds dissimilar materials formed simply by coating and drying
The National Institute for Materials Science has developed a technology to strongly bond dissimilar materials by using a porous layer, formed by a solution-coating and drying process, as an anchor. The research team confirm that even materials that are normally difficult to
After the dinosaurs died, the massive ‘D. rex’ fungus ruled the woods
Farmers in Yunnan Province, China, alerted researchers to the humongous fungus. Dianjunus rex ’s mushrooms stand at half a meter tall.
A low-cost tool can help people plan successful evacuation routes during a tsunami
People living in coastal communities sometimes have only minutes to reach a safe spot after an earthquake-triggered tsunami. But will the evacuation route that they've chosen lead them to safety?
New converter could bridge light wavelength gap in quantum communications
Quantum networks, systems that connect devices using quantum mechanical effects, could potentially allow users to share information more securely and efficiently. Building these networks typically entails linking stationary qubits, units of quantum information encoded in
Growing up poor does not automatically shape how politicians understand inequality, study finds
A politician who grew up in poverty might be expected to see inequality differently from someone raised in comfort. But a new study finds that personal experience does not speak for itself: what matters is how politicians interpret the struggles they lived through.
Backward motion is easier to judge at walking speed
When we walk forward, the scene ahead spreads outward from a central point. Moving backward produces the opposite pattern, with the scene appearing to contract inward. These patterns, known as optic flow, help us judge our movement through the world. Previous studies have
Take a Look at the Country’s Newest National Park
It may take a while to become as famous as Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, or Monument Valley, but the 12,000-acre Chiricahua area in southeast Arizona just became the 64th national park in the U.S. Known as “the wonderland of rocks,” Chiricahua was shaped by ancient volcanic
The secret to slower aging may be hiding in your gut
The secret to aging more slowly may be hiding in your gut. Scientists discovered that certain gut bacteria are strongly linked to how quickly the body ages, with microbial differences accounting for about 15% of the variation in biological aging rates. Some bacterial species
Q&A: Is AI making it harder to learn? What a former executive wants every student to know
When Miriam Friedel started working at Capital One in 2020, generative AI was still largely a research curiosity. By the time she left the company as vice president of machine learning engineering in 2026, AI tools were writing code, building applications and reshaping how
Postal Service delays put tens of thousands of WA ballots at risk of rejection, research finds
There's still time to return your ballot for the 2026 general election, but if you're planning to vote by mail, you may want to hurry. That's according to a research brief posted Oct. 21 by a team led by the University of Washington, which found that ongoing changes to U.S.
Radio waves drive a fusion plasma current that could help reactors run continuously
For the first time, a team of physicists in the U.S. has clearly demonstrated a "helicon current drive" in a nuclear fusion experiment. Led by Jeff Lestz at General Atomics, San Diego, the team took advantage of the latest advances in tokamak technology to show that radio waves
Low testosterone may make sugar far more harmful to your liver
Scientists have discovered that low testosterone and a high-fructose diet can work together to worsen fatty liver disease in mice. Unexpectedly, changes in gut bacteria appear to drive this harmful interaction, revealing a potential new target for preventing liver damage.
How a samurai classic shared Japanese values with the West
In 1899, Inazo Nitobe published a book in English called "Bushido: The Soul of Japan." Nitobe was born into a samurai family and later became a Christian. He wrote the book after a Belgian legal scholar asked him how Japan taught morality without religious instruction in its
Common drugs may help dangerous viruses spread through the body
A surprising discovery reveals that widely used anti-inflammatory drugs may unintentionally help dangerous viruses spread through the body. Scientists found that JAK inhibitors, prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, can weaken a crucial immune
Underwater data centers may be coming to the U.S.—smack in the middle of endangered whale habitat
Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales
James Webb discovers a scorching lava planet with a “giant sunscreen”
A scorching lava planet 280 light-years away has surprised astronomers by apparently maintaining a thick atmosphere despite conditions that should have stripped it away billions of years ago. James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest that TOI-561 b reflects about 75% of
El Niño watch: The impacts around the world this week
The effects of El Niño are being felt globally, ranging from floods in Argentina to deadly fires in Peru and drought in French Guiana, and prompting a U.N. call for speedy action to face an unprecedented "wrecking ball" this year.
Why we’ll never have another Black Death
The death of a worker at a Russian plague lab was alarming, but the disease is extremely unlikely to become a worldwide problem as it has in the past
Smithsonian scientists just recreated the first 2 billion years of the Universe
Scientists have created one of the largest and most detailed simulations of the early universe ever made, offering an extraordinary new glimpse into the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Called Lumina, the groundbreaking simulation recreates the universe’s first 2 billion
A tiny laser beam could make computer memory 1,000 times faster
Scientists at UC San Diego have developed a surprising new way to store digital information using light instead of magnets, potentially paving the way for smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient memory devices. By precisely shaping and shrinking an ultrafast laser beam,
India orders evacuations as Cyclone Arnab looms
Indian authorities ordered nearly 100,000 people to evacuate homes in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha ahead of a severe cyclone the national weather office expects to make landfall by Wednesday.
Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns
Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangkaraya on Indonesian Borneo, yellow, acrid wildfire smoke billowing all around.
