BiotechApril 16, 2024
‘Smart Gloves’ Teach Piano Playing through Touch
A high-tech pair of gloves can help make learning instruments and other hands-on activities easier
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GeneticsApril 16, 2024
Unraveling the Secrets of This Weird Beetle’s 48-Hour Clock
New research examines the molecular machinery behind a beetle’s strange biological cycle
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AnimalsApril 5, 2024
Periodical Cicadas Emerge Every 13 or 17 Years. How Do They Keep Track of Time?
Periodical cicadas have a clever hack to help them figure out when to emerge after more than a decade underground
NeuroscienceMarch 26, 2024
Why Some Songs Make Everyone Want to Dance
A syncopated rhythm may prompt our brain to find the beat
WeatherMarch 19, 2024
Lava-Lit Lenticular Cloud Crowns Volcano in Spectacular Photo
These bizarre-looking clouds form in stable atmospheric eddies
Materials ScienceMarch 19, 2024
How to Make Alien Ice
Tricks to produce strange “ordered” ice could reveal new ice forms
ConservationMarch 19, 2024
Pollinators Flock to Flower-Filled Solar Panel Fields
Solar farms seeded with wildflowers can boost pollinator populations
Planetary ScienceMarch 19, 2024
Orion’s Twin Rogue Planets Inexplicably Blaze with Intense Radio Waves
Researchers don’t know how this pair of free-floating planets formed or why it radiates so brightly
AnimalsMarch 19, 2024
Hummingbirds Control Their Flight with a Newfound Mechanism
When zooming forward, hummingbirds rely on a unique internal “cruise control”
EngineeringMarch 19, 2024
Collaborating in Person May Spark More Innovative Research
Bringing people together virtually doesn’t seem to boost disruptive research
MedicineMarch 19, 2024
Partial Heart Transplants Grow with Their Young Recipients
A heart valve transplant could save the life of a baby—or two
MicrobiologyMarch 19, 2024
Cannibal Cells Inspire Cancer Treatment Improvement
Giving cells an appetite for cancer could enhance treatments