1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (226+ words) Science News Explores It's a wonderful world " and universe " out there. Come explore with us! - Take a moment to observe the "rat hole" impression and identify notable features. For instance, you might consider the position of the limbs, the shape…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago  (1811+ words) Packed with chemical additives, these foods have become a major part of our diets Like many other foods that are sold packaged, this popular snack is ultraprocessed. Learn what that means, and what consumers should know about how eating them…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (904+ words) Breeding dogs that have squished faces may put these animals at risk of health problems, new data show Dogs such as pugs and French bulldogs don't breathe easily. Researchers showed that this issue can be a problem in more than…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (658+ words) Our universe is in a relentless descent into chaos The tangle of fibers represents a high entropy " or highly random " state. The intact threads on the edges, in contrast, consist of organized, low-entropy fibers. By Katie Grace Carpenter Entropy is…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1757+ words) Engineers are borrowing the insects' trick, an "invisibility cloak" of anti-reflective spheres Leafhoppers coat their bodies with nano-sized structures that absorb and scatter light. They help conceal the insects from some predators. From Harry Potter to The Lord of The…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1762+ words) Ocean ecosystems began recovering within thousands of years following that mass extinction New plankton species (top left in this artist's rendering) and algae (middle left) arose around 60 million years ago. That's within several thousand years after the Chicxulub asteroid hit…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (1448+ words) It's studded with tiny dots that vibrate to mimic the feel of real-world textures Worn on a fingertip, the new device uses a grid of tiny nodes to simulate textures, such as the feel of fabrics. Phones, tablets and other…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (558+ words) Fossils of the future may look very different from those of the past An artist's depiction of a preserved android imagines how future fossils might reflect on humankind's past. Archeologists of the distant future might study the preserved remains of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1308+ words) The wasps can sniff out and track odors even when up against a stiff breeze Some yellow jackets are ace trackers of potential food sources, such as roasted meat. The wasps can chew it into small bits for taking back…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1262+ words) Many feel optimistic about benefits of chatbots and other AI to themselves and society More than half of U. S. teens use chatbots for homework. Of these, at least one in five say they use it for all or most of their…...