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Here’s another strike against Venus having copious lightning

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​science news​​​ By Sid Perkins Venus has long been depicted as having a hellish atmosphere. Despite that reputation, evidence increasingly suggests that our neighbor’s cloudy shroud isn’t riddled →

US abandoning its leadership in fusion energy

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​asia times​​​ by Matthew Moynihan and Alfred B. Bortz It was December 8, 2022, when the email from her colleagues arrived. Tammy Ma, a leading plasma physicist at the National Ignition Facility →

The black hole–powered jet in galaxy M87 is making stars explode

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​science news​​​ By Ken Croswell High-speed gas shooting from the galaxy M87 is causing stars to go nova, a study suggests, and no one knows how. A nova occurs after a dense star known as a white →

Newly identified stem cells can lure breast cancer to the spine

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​science news​​​ By Meghan Rosen When breast cancer spreads, it often targets the spine. Now scientists may have finally discovered why. A newfound kind of stem cell drives cancer cells to bones in →

In a first, genetically modified silkworms produced pure spider silk

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​science news​​​ By Saima S. Iqbal Spider silk is prized for its unrivaled strength and toughness. But figuring out a way to mass-produce it is no easy feat. Spiders cannot be put to work to pump out →

What a look at more than 3,000 kinds of cells in the human brain tells us

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​science news​​​ By Laura Sanders A new look at the human brain is beginning to reveal the inner lives of its cellular residents. The human brain holds a dizzying collection of diverse cells, and no →

NASA’s first look at a sample from asteroid Bennu reveals life’s building blocks

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science news By James R. Riordon NASA scientists are just beginning to reveal details about roughly 250 grams of dust and rocks brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu. The samples are the →

An enduring Möbius strip mystery has finally been solved

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​science news​​​ By Emily Conover Any attempt to better understand Möbius strips is bound to run into some kinks. The twisted loops are so strange that mathematicians have struggled to answer some →

Vela’s exploded star is the highest-energy pulsar ever seen

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​science news​​​ By Zack Savitsky The sweeping beams of cosmic lighthouses called pulsars are much more energetic than previously thought, calling into question the bulbs that power them. A new →

Watch: Recent microbial discoveries are changing our view of life on Earth

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science news By Susan Milius Gumdrop with an earring. That’s what pops to mind when I look at Sebastian Hess’ photos of a kind of plump, violent, single-celled creature he collected from a pond rich →

Human footprints in New Mexico really may be surprisingly ancient, new dating shows

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​science news​​​ By McKenzie Prillaman Human footprints in White Sands National Park in New Mexico sparked controversy two years ago when scientists found the prints to be surprisingly old, dating to →

Hippos might be ferocious fighters, but their big teeth make them terrible chewers

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​science news​​​ By Jake Buehler Hippos are horrible at chewing, and their giant tusks and front teeth are to blame. These intimidating dental features are used by hippos, in part, to protect →

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