Researchers from the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada have developed a wearable robotic third arm that is mounted to humans around the waist. The third arm is capable of playing badminton and smashing through walls. Read more... June 9, 2020

UC San Diego engineers have developed flexible feet that enable hexapod robots to walk up to 40% faster. The feet are flexible spheres made from a latex membrane filled with coffee grounds. Read more... June 1, 2020

Researchers say they have linked the gene ALK to thinness. ALK codes for Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase. A new study found that this gene may be linked to energy expenditure controlled by the hypothalamus. Read more... June 1, 2020

Spot is a dog-like robot from Boston Dynamics. The robot walks on four legs and can traverse rough terrain. It can also record video with its infrared and LIDAR cameras. Read more... May 22, 2020

A powerful supercell thunderstorm in Argentina in 2018 dropped enormous hailstones on the city of Villa Carlos Paz. Researchers from Penn State say one of the hailstones measured between 7.4 and 9.3 inches across. Read more... May 1, 2020

Researchers from the Western Australian Museum aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor explored submarine canyons near Ningaloo. One of the discoveries included a 150-foot long siphonophore. Read more... April 10, 2020

Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) recently observed a planet suspected of having liquid iron as a precipitate. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet, WASP-76b, has a day side where temperatures reach over 2400 degrees Celsius. This is hot enough to vaporize metals. Strong winds carry iron vapor to the cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets. Read more... March 12, 2020

A new study has revealed that the ultra-black wings of some butterfly species have a unique 3-D structure. This 3-D structure creates an optical illusion and light-trapping effect that makes the wings appear even blacker than they are. Read more... March 10, 2020

The novel coronavirus, Covid-19, has quickly become a global health threat. Here you will find a list of helpful resources for the pandemic. Read more... February 21, 2020

Lake Mega Chad was once an enormous lake in Africa. About 7,000 years ago it covered over 400,000 square kilometers (150,000 square miles). Read more... February 20, 2020

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has shared a new version of the image known as the Pale Blue Dot. The original image was taken by Voyager 1 during NASA's Voyager mission in 1990. Read more... February 19, 2020

The CDC started shipping laboratory test kits to detect 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to qualified local U.S. laboratories yesterday. These kits will allow local health departments to identify coronavirus patients. Previously, samples had to be sent to the CDC for testing. Read more... February 7, 2020

Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have identified a new species of thalattosaur named Gunakadeit joseeae. A fossil of the species found in Southeast Alaska that was nearly complete apart from its partially eroded tail. Read more... February 5, 2020

Researchers from the University of Hyogo in Awaji, Japan conducted a study that found caring for a small plant at work can help reduce stress. A small air plant that was one of the plants used in the study is pictured above. Read more... January 2, 2020

A new species of fish parasite has been discovered in South Africa. The parasite attaches itself inside the branchial cavities (the gills) of their fish hosts. The parasite has been named after Xena, the warrior princess. Read more... December 30, 2019

Scientists have discovered the first species of praying mantis known to conspicuously mimic a wasp. The wasp was near the Amazon River in Peru in 2013. Read more... October 18, 2019

The American Chemical Society has released a new video that provides instructions for making magnetic slime. The ACS even suggests skipping work in order to make it. The video is part of the PBS series, Reactions. Read more... October 14, 2019

Mold pigs were tiny invertebrates that inhabited Earth about 30 million years ago. They were discovered in fossils preserved in Dominican amber. They are a newly discovered family, genus and species of microinvertebrate. Read more... October 8, 2019

NASA has released new visualizations of a black hole to illustrate how its gravity warps its surroundings and distorts our view. The extreme gravity of the black hole skews light emissions and results in the its misshapen appearance. Read more... September 27, 2019

A new research study suggests mosasaurs used a muscular breast stroke that gave them an extra burst of speed. This speed may have been used when ambushing prey. Mosasaurs were huge late Cretaceous sea creatures that were also equipped with two rows of sharp teeth that could shred their victims apart. Read more... September 23, 2019