Thunderstorms are very rarely named due to their limited predictability and usually short lifetime. Hector, however, arrives almost everyday on cue at 3pm on the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia between September–December.
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It's not just any orange, it's a tone created for the aerospace industry. The suit, called Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES), is only used in ascent and re-entry maneuvers to the planet.
A new study could resolve a long-standing scientific debate and completely change the way we think about the evolution of Earth's climate. Find out more here!
Baird's beaked whales have been spotted getting into shallower waters of the Commander Islands - why? Marine biologists have a possible explanation, related to a unique pattern of animal behaviour.
Could switching to greener cleaning products be doing more harm to the environment and our health? Researchers call for better regulation of the market.
Ever wondered why a blueberry is blue even though their skin contains a dark red pigment? Their waxy exterior could be the key to artificially engineered materials.
We are getting used to experiencing such extreme atmospheric phenomena as hurricanes, floods, droughts and heat waves, but imagining a world without oxygen seems impossible. The consequences would be devastating.
Researchers point towards a dysfunctional immune clean-up crew as a potential proponent of type 2 diabetes progression in cases of obesity.
An experiment with chickpea seeds shows that plants can grow on the Moon despite the challenges. This finding suggests the possibility of extraterrestrial crops that would favor long-term space missions.
Although there is an evolutionary trend towards an increase in the size of animals, today we know that many animal species have decreased over time. Finally, science has begun to understand the mechanism behind this shrinkage.
The University of California, Davis, receives $3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to launch a new bird flight research center.
Since there are so few specimens of this tree left in the world, the cultivation of these plants abroad can help conserve the species, in the event of extinction in the natural environment.