March 15, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Spaceflight supercharges viruses’ ability to infect bacteria Viruses develop tricks to attack bacteria without the help of gravity By K. R. Callaway edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Escherichia coli bacteria went up against viruses on the International Space Station. Cavallini James/BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images…
Quick Facts What it is: Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543). Where it is: 4,300 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Draco. When it was shared: Mar. 3, 2026. These stunning cosmic snaps show distorted glowing rings of blue, orange and red gas racing away from a dying star. Set against a sea of galaxies…
Black rain fell in Iran’s capital after airstrikes on oil facilities sent up dark clouds of toxic smoke. Health officials warned of serious risks to anyone who breathes or comes into contact with it. Soot, toxic chemicals and acidic gases combined with water droplets in the atmosphere, then fell back to Earth when it rained….
Clouds of toxic smoke unleashed into the atmosphere by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iranian oil facilities made a dangerous return to Earth in the form of “black rain,” prompting international health officials to warn of serious risks to the public. Residents in Tehran complained last week of burning eyes and difficulty breathing when the dark and…
Amazon has just announced its Spring Sale will start at 00:00 ET on Wednesday, March 25, and run for seven days until it ends at 23:59 ET on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. This is the perfect time to get your hands on some wildlife observation equipment while the prices are low, so we’ve rounded up…
It comes as new measures were proposed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Saturday that could see drivers in England, Scotland and Wales given penalty points on their licences if caught fly-tipping. Licence holders can be disqualified from driving if they build up 12 or more penalty points within a period…
Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren’t just growing—they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly where agriculture and expanding communities are changing the landscape. Source: Read Full Article
Lithium dendrites, i.e. tiny crystalline thorns that grow off of lithium-ion battery anodes during charging, have been a persistent challenge for the world’s most widely used form of energy storage. “Dendrites can penetrate the battery’s separator, causing catastrophic short circuits and safety hazards,” said Qing Ai, a former research scientist at Rice University who is…
In biology and paleontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal’s skeleton. One is the extent of fusion of sutures in the skeleton—how much the plates of bone have joined together as the animal matured. Another is the texture of the bone surfaces. Then there…
Peroxiredoxins are among the most abundant enzymes involved in managing oxidative stress. They control the levels of peroxides such as hydrogen peroxide, relay redox signals, and help protect other proteins during stress. For decades, scientists assumed that these enzymes assemble exclusively into complexes composed of 10 identical subunits arranged in a donut-like ring. A new…
