Annas hummingbird (Calypte anna). New research shows that hummingbirds would struggle to cope if climate changes drives them to much higher elevations. Any animal ascending a mountain experiences a … [+4336 chars]
Orazi, V., Hagge, J., Gossner, M. M., Müller, J. & Heurich, M. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10, 873307 (2022). Article Google Scholar
image: East China flooding in the summer of 2020view more Credit: FU Yunfei The Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) is an anticyclonic atmospheric system hovering over the middle and lower tro… [+2281 chars]
The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures. However, when the temperature fluctuates more often, as it does with climate change, the flightless bird with a 40-gram br… [+2797 chars]
Fusion reaction Artists impression of an exploding white dwarf that is accreting material from a companion star. (Courtesy: eROSITA Collaboration/Annika Kreikenbohm)" /> Fusion reaction Artists i… [+5240 chars]
An artist's depiction of superclusters in the universe. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library) Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of… [+5510 chars]
Washington: After halting Artemis 1 moon rocket’s “wet dress rehearsal” several times, NASA now targets to attempt the crucial fuelling test of its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket on June 19. N… [+2318 chars]
Another spacecraft is close to joining the coveted list of machines to achieve successful human spaceflight following last week's launch and return of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule. While Boeing w… [+5484 chars]
By analyzing data from ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft and NASA's TESS telescope, German astronomers have inspected a highly variable polar known as V496 UMa. Results of the study, published May 20 on ar… [+3449 chars]
Kepler-452b (sometimes nicknamed Earth 2.0 or Earth's Cousin) is an exoplanet orbiting the Sun-like ... [+] star Kepler-452 about 1, 400 light-years (430 pc) from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. I… [+6833 chars]
Humans arent the only living things in place onboard the ISS. Bacteria, which has found a way to integrate itself into every biome on Earth, has also found a home in the aseptic microgravity of the s… [+4266 chars]
The biosynthetic pathways for the manufacture of the natural product cyanobacterin, which is generated in modest quantities by the cyanobacteria Scytonema hofmanni, have been discovered. They also f… [+3672 chars]