A tawny owl screeches nearby in the dark and her mate replies, hooting eerily from the forest below. A white dome floats in the gloaming above a plain black doorway outlined with red light, like a portal to another dimension. I’m in Grizedale…
Starlight and stardust are not enough to drive the powerful winds of giant stars, transporting the building blocks of life through our galaxy. That’s the conclusion of a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, of red…
CHONGQING: A collaborative Chinese-international research team has solved how the destructive plant pathogen Xanthomonas acquires specialized nutrients from host tissues, offering a unique approach to combat crop diseases caused by this…
Wu, A. M. et al. Global, regional, and National burden of bone fractures in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the global burden of disease study 2019. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2, e580–e592 (2021).
If the Geminids whetted your appetite for meteor showers, then you are in luck. This week it is the turn of the Ursids. Admittedly, they are nowhere near as plentiful as the Geminids, producing a maximum of just 10 meteors an hour, but there is a…
Australian scientists have investigated the forces that create some of the world’s densest and coldest water. Although Antarctic Bottom Water is known in just four remote locations, its flow impacts weather patterns all around the world.
The…
The Moon is coming back from complete darkness, but it’s still showing just a hint of light. Over the next few nights, it will get bigger and brighter, and soon we’ll be able to spot…