The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than usual, researchers say
At least nine hurricanes are predicted by researchers at Colorado State University. Four of those are expected to be Category 3 or higher.
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Solar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at Stanford
While standard solar panels can provide electricity during the day, this device can be a "continuous renewable power source" during the day and at night.
Scans reveal the brain's early growth, late decline and surprising variability
A study of more than 120,000 brain scans shows rapid growth before age 2 and accelerating decline after age 50. The results may one day help pick up abnormalities in the developing brain.
A new study suggests that mushrooms can communicate
A scientist at the University of the West of England inserted electrodes into four species of fungi, and discovered that the mushrooms seem to use electrical impulses to communicate internally.
Encore: Mystery recordings will now be heard for the first time in about 100 years
A new machine at the New York Public Library can read cracked and broken wax cylinders, and play recordings from regular people not heard in about 100 years. It's one of seven in the world.
For the first time, researchers find microplastics deep in the lungs of living people
Tiny plastic debris — some so small you can't see it — has previously been found in human blood, excrement and in the depths of the ocean.
Here's why most of us love the smell of vanilla and peaches and not sweaty feet
Researchers found that most people share similar preferences when it comes to smell, and it has little to do with their cultural background.
In jumpy flies and fiery mice, scientists see the roots of human emotions
Scientists are trying to understand PTSD and other human disorders by studying emotion-related brain circuits in animals, which research suggests may have a lot in common with the human brain.
Colorado is moving toward statewide coverage of wastewater surveillance
With 60% of the state's population already covered by wastewater testing, Colorado is aiming to be a sentinel of coming contagion — not just of COVID surges, but of other types of diseases, too.
2 missing Charles Darwin notebooks are mysteriously returned more than 20 years later
The iconic notebooks, which include Darwin's 1837 Tree of Life sketch, were returned to the Cambridge University Library last month.