TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — If you’ve been on social media this week, you may have seen a video that claims to show the moon crossing the sky and blocking the sun over the North Pole. The video, which has b… [+2712 chars]
A venomous bloodworm species grows bizarre, deadly metal teeth, and now scientists know how: with a single, simple protein that transforms copper deposits located at the bottom of the seafloor into f… [+2812 chars]
Two Philoponella prominens spiders mating. If the male is fast enough, it will catapult itself to safety. Shichang Zhang Some female spiders have a reputation of eating their mates after copulation… [+1779 chars]
CERNs Large Hadron Collider came back online last week after a three-year break for maintenance and upgrades; yesterday, the collaboration announced that two proton beams had been accelerated to a re… [+2153 chars]
ByStanford UniversityApril 26, 2022 These three mosaics of Titan were composed with data from Cassinis visual and infrared mapping spectrometer taken during the last three Titan flybys, on October 2… [+4201 chars]
For "Star Wars" fans, the streaking stars seen from the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon as it jumps to hyperspace is a canonical image. But what would a pilot actually see if she could accelerate in… [+6954 chars]
This story is part of Mysteries of the Brain, CNET's deep dive into the infinite complexities of the human brain. Picture a red apple. Great. Now, which of the following describes you? Group 1: Yo… [+6918 chars]
The term "arachnids" likely conjures up visions of spiders: from creepy, crawly things silently spinning webs in the corner of the room to big, hairy creatures with fangs — the likes of the mythical … [+4939 chars]
China has announced its plan to test its asteroid monitoring and defense system that will attempt to alter the paths of space rocks as early as 2025. Wu Yanhua, the deputy director of the China Nati… [+2449 chars]
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is surprisingly Earth-like when it comes to landscape formations, according to new models produced by planetary scientists. When looked at from space, the moon, larger … [+8611 chars]