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The ‘unknome’ catalogs nearly 2 million proteins. Many are mysterious

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science news By Skyler Ware When it comes to vast, under-explored frontiers, space and Earth’s oceans come to mind. But even in human bodies, there’s still much to be discovered. Meet the “unknome,” →

ITER fiasco will accelerate the progress of fusion

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​asia times​​​ by Jonathan Tennenbaum The International Torus Experimental Reactor (ITER), a gigantic tokamak fusion device, has been hailed as the greatest single cooperative scientific endeavor in →

A massive cavern beneath a West Antarctic glacier is teeming with life

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science news By Douglas Fox The coastal plain of the Kamb Ice Stream, a West Antarctic glacier, hardly seems like a coast at all. Stand in this place, 800 kilometers from the South Pole, and you see →

A fantastical world of potential giant viruses lurks beneath the soil

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science news By Meghan Rosen New images reveal the varied — and sometimes whimsical — shapes of hundreds of potential soil-dwelling giant viruses. One shape is dubbed “haircut” for its fibers that →

One thing is certain in 'room-temperature superconductor' controversy

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global times A South Korean research team recently claimed to have created room-temperature superconductor, and the news quickly spread beyond the scientific community, sparking heated discussions at →

The thymus withers away after puberty. But it may be important for adults

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science news By McKenzie Prillaman A mysterious organ that’s most active in childhood might play a previously underappreciated role in adults. In a study of almost 2,300 adults who underwent chest →

The heaviest animal ever? Massive whale that lived 40 million years ago found in desert

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​nbc news​​​ By Patrick Smith A giant whale that lived almost 40 million years ago is now thought to be the heaviest animal that has ever lived, scientists said Wednesday. The Perucetus colossus — →

Chinese scientists successfully synthesize magnetic levitation-enabled LK-99 crystal

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​global times​​​ A Chinese experimental team released a video on social media on Tuesday, saying that they successfully verified the synthesis of LK-99 crystal that can be magnetically levitate for →

The newfound Los Angeles thread millipede is ready for its close-up

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​science news​​​ By Darren Incorvaia Despite living in the entertainment capital of the world, the Los Angeles thread millipede has avoided the limelight. But when researchers spotted it, they knew →

50 years ago, scientists thought they had found Earth’s oldest rocks

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science news By Lillian Steenblik Hwang Until recently, Greenland possessed the oldest known rocks in the world. They date back 3.7 billion years (SN: 12/9/72, p. 374). Now granite and crystalline →

Farmers are being paid millions to trap carbon in their soils. Will it actually help the planet?

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science by Gabriel Popkin Lance Unger has been doing things a little differently lately on his farm near the Wabash River in southwestern Indiana. After last fall’s harvest, rather than leaving his →

Playful behavior in rats is controlled by a specific area of their brains

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​science news​​​ By Simon Makin Rats are extremely playful creatures. They love playing chase, and they literally jump for joy when tickled. Central to this playfulness, a new study finds, are cells →

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