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Japan Plans World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Japan is moving away from reliance on nuclear power plants after the Fukushima disaster, and plans to plans to...
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A Supercomputer Fit to Dominate the Cosmos
It may not be self-aware (yet) but this computing monster is ready to take over the world. Well, at...
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Mathematicians Aim to Take Publishers Out of Publishing
Mathematicians plan to launch a series of free open-access journals that will host their peer-reviewed articles on the preprint...
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Quails Demonstrate Mastery of Camouflage to Protect Colorful Eggs
A quail egg is like a protein-filled, free lunch, waiting on the ground to be spotted—and devoured—by a predator....
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Personal Genomes Could Soon Be Public Information
Anyone who’s generously given their DNA to genomic research under the assumption that their personal biological code would be...
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Study Discovers DNA That Tells Mice How to Construct Their Homes
The architectural feats of animals — from beaver dams to birds’ nests — not only make for great nature...
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Earliest Blooms Recorded in U.S. Due to Global Warming
You could call them early bloomers: In 2010 and 2012, plants in the eastern U.S. produced flowers earlier than...
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New Insights Into Anatomy of Ancient Tentacled Creature
Scientists have shed light on a peculiar tentacled marine creature that lived 520 million years ago. Experts thought that...