Science

This development could change poetry forever. Roses are red and now they’re also blue.True blue roses were once thought impossible. Roses can make red and yellow pigments but don’t have an enzyme needed to make blue pigments. At least...

The most dramatic and tragic natural phenomenon Spain has seen in recent years were flash floods that killed 237 people in the east of the country in October 2024, centred on the Valencia region.Spanish meteorological research group Climatoc-Lab described...

Kearny, Ariz., is a town on the brink. Located at the foot of the Dripping Spring Mountains in eastern Arizona, this small community of 2,000 people sources its water from the Gila River, a verdant waterway that snakes by...

Someone in 17th century Poland really did not want one particular girl rising from the dead.In 2022, archaeologists unearthed an unsettling grave in a cemetery in Pień, north-central Poland. A young woman had been buried with the handle of...

A honeycomb-shaped pattern in marine sediments has befuddled scientists for more than 150 years, but a new study points to a potential culprit.The formations, known as Paleodictyon, are probably burrows created by arthropods, possibly a crustacean subgroup that includes...

Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a Bolivian researcher told AFP on Thursday. The Tilcayo tiger cat, a small feline with a spotted,...

Only one confirmed living member of the species is known - a cat in a rescue sanctuary in Bolivia - but scientists believe others exist.It was this 10-year-old cat, nicknamed 'Tigrino', that set scientists on the path to discovery....

Since 1989, astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell has tracked every human-made object in space. McDowell’s meticulously maintained catalog, updated every few weeks, is more comprehensive and detailed than that of most governments.From his front-row seat, he has watched with growing alarm...

When an immense and inexorable flow of rock, mud and water barreled through northern Nepal on August 26, it killed more than 1,200 people and left thousands still missing. The magnitude of the event caught even experts on the...

Major hormonal changes during pregnancy and the first menstrual period, known as menarche, are reflected in the brain. But during menopause, brain changes seem to take a break.In a study of more than 1,000 female brains, brain gray matter...