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Birds of Paradise Glow on Their Mating Parade
The always colorful males light up with biofluorescence, sending off signals.
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Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same
The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.
Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The new research adds to the mysteries of the planet’s deepest interior region.
In Greenland, the Ice Doesn’t Just Flow, It Quivers and Quakes
By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ice sheets move.
Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon Charon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss
Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.