Many creatures, from humans (for whom loneliness has lately been dubbed an “epidemic”) to wasps to so-called “Resident” orcas (killer whales in the coastal North Pacific who consume fish and live in matrilineal communities), rely on social ties. The drone footage was utilized in a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal…
A Canadian radio telescope discovered 535 fast radio bursts in one go, quadrupling the known number of these brief, very powerful events. The long-awaited findings reveal that these perplexing events may be divided into two types: one-time bursts and recurrent bursts that continue at least ten times longer on average. Fast radio bursts could be…
The massive Pine Island Glacier on Antarctica, which is one of the continent’s fastest melting glaciers, is giving climate experts additional cause for concern. Its ice shelf, a frozen ledge at the edge of the Pine Island Glacier, is the source of the problem. The ice shelf aids in the stabilization and containment of the…