- August 12, 2024
A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery
Illustration of a tidal disruption event Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole eating a giant star in the biggest
We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering
Kestrels have been trained to fly inside a wind tunnel to reveal how they can hover in turbulent winds while keeping their heads almost perfectly
Rising methane emissions from wetlands may undermine climate targets
Countries are starting to take steps to cut human sources of methane emissions, but climate change is increasing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas from
Rollkur: Are horses in equestrian sports being harmed by neck hyperflexion?
A dressage horse iStockphoto During the Olympic equestrian events of dressage, horses display dance-like steps that demand high levels of muscular strength and control across
Midwood: We have discovered an entirely new kind of wood
A scanning electron microscope image of nanoscale wood structures in tulip trees Jan J Lyczakowski and Raymond Wightman Scientists have discovered an entirely new kind
SpaceX prepares for Starship flight with first ‘chopstick’ landing
A test of the Super Heavy Booster for Starship’s fifth test flight SpaceX SpaceX is making final preparations for the fifth and most ambitious Starship
Why many studies wrongly claim it’s healthy to drink a little alcohol
Drinking alcohol isn’t good for you, but it is often a sociable activity Violeta Stoimenova/Getty Images Drinking even small amounts of alcohol reduces your life
Covid-19 hit women harder than men in India, unlike most of the world
New Delhi, India, in March 2020, during a curfew imposed as a preventive measure against covid-19 Yawar Nazir/Getty Images The covid-19 pandemic may have impacted
Blue screen of death: Windows computers around the world are failing in a major outage
If you see a blue screen of death, it is bad news AlexPhotoStock/Alamy Large numbers of Microsoft Windows computers worldwide wouldn’t boot up today, instead
