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Why the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is especially hard to predict

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​science news​​​ By Carolyn Gramling It’s hard to know how busy this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be, thanks to a rarely observed combination of ocean and climate conditions. The Atlantic →

Soil microbes that survived tough climates can help young trees do the same

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​science news​​​ By Erin Garcia de Jesús Microbial stress can be a boon for young trees. Saplings grown in soil microbes that have experienced drought, cold or heat are more likely to survive when →

Jupiter’s lightning bolts contort the same way as Earth’s

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​science news​​​ By Nikk Ogasa On Jupiter, lightning jerks and jolts a lot like it does on Earth. Jovian lightning emits radio wave pulses that are typically separated by about one millisecond, →

Brain implants have revealed a signature for chronic pain

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​science news​​​ By Laura Sanders Scientists can see chronic pain in the brain with new clarity. Over months, electrodes implanted in the brains of four people picked up specific signs of their →

Contextualizing TAE’s new fusion breakthrough

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asia times by Florian Metzler The California-based company TAE Technologies recently announced the results of a series of fusion experiments conducted in collaboration with Japan’s National Institute →

Microwaving an insecticide restores its mosquito-killing power

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​science news​​​ By Tina Hesman Saey Heating an insecticide can give it new life. Microwaving the insecticide deltamethrin rearranges its crystal structure but doesn’t change its chemical →

Formula One race car drivers tend to blink at the same places in each lap

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science news By Darren Incorvaia The world goes dark for about one-fifth of a second every time you blink, a fraction of an instant that’s hardly noticeable to most people. But for a Formula One race →

Large predators push coyotes and bobcats near people and to their demise

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science news By Freda Kreier When wild animals take refuge from predators by straying near people, the illusion of safety can be deadly. In the wilderness, mid-sized predators like coyotes have →

Scientists may have found an antidote for death cap mushrooms

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​science news​​​ By Tina Hesman Saey Death cap mushrooms get their name for a reason: The poisonous fungi can kill if ingested in even small amounts. But researchers may have found an antidote for →

In one lake deep under Antarctica’s ice, microbes feast on ancient carbon

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science news By Freda Kreier How microbes survive in lakes far beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet has been a mystery. Now scientists have figured out what’s on the menu for microbes in one buried lake in →

A reappearing supernova offers a new measure of the universe’s expansion

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science news By James R. Riordon A cosmic camera hog is helping astronomers figure out the rate of the universe’s expansion. Images of the supernova Refsdal have popped up multiple times in the →

The new human pangenome could help unveil the biology of everyone

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science news By Tina Hesman Saey More than 20 years after people got a peek at the first draft of the human genome, our genetic instruction book, researchers have unlocked the next level: the human →

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