This One Planetary Feature May Be Crucial For The Rise of Complex Life in The Universe
The way a planet is tilted on its rotational axis with respect to its orbital plane around a star – what we know as ‘axial…
This Math Explains Why Cauliflowers Look Too Oddly Perfect
Have you ever stared at a cauliflower before preparing it and got lost in its stunningly beautiful pattern? Probably not, if you are in your…
One Vaccine Dose No Match Against Delta Variant, New Study Suggests
Although vaccines work well against the Delta variant, the level of protection they offer seems to depend largely on whether you’ve completed your vaccination course. A study published Thursday in the…
Microsoft Keeps Failing to Patch a Critical Windows Bug
An emergency patch Microsoft issued on Tuesday fails to fully fix a critical security vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows that allows attackers to…
The Unfixed Flaw at the Heart of REvil’s Ransomware Spree
on April 1, researchers from the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure identified the first of what they quickly found to be seven vulnerabilities—all easy to…
Foo Fighters’ MSG Music Return Featured in New Mini-Documentary
Were you there when Foo Fighters brought live music back to New York City? Even if you weren’t one of those packing Madison Square Garden…
Science Books to Read Next: The Hidden Threat of Kissing Bug Disease and the Climate Costs of Staying Cool
This article appeared in the July/August 2021 issue of Discover magazine as “What We’re Reading.” Subscribe for more stories like these. The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a…
Underwater Noise Pollution Could Damage Crucial Ocean Plants
(Inside Science) — Under the Mediterranean Sea lie meadows of Posidonia oceanica, a native seagrass species. It might not look like it’s doing much — just…
The Pictures That Saved Yellowstone
Two centuries ago, the idea of preserving nature, rather than exploiting it, was a novel one to many U.S. settlers. One of the turning points…
Car Engineer Who Connected Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen Dies
Claudio Zampolli, the Italian auto engineer who founded Automobili Cizeta — and the man who helped connect Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar in the mid-’80s — died on…