Four more planes carrying American passengers from Wuhan, China will arrive in the U.S. this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today (Feb. 5) during a press conference. The planes will land today and tomorrow at…
Students are taken to a special army facility as a precaution against the possible coronavirus infection on their return from China, at Indira Gandhi International Airport, on Feb. 1, 2020 in New Delhi, India. The passengers were evacuated from Wuhan…
In today’s episode of our Life’s Little Mysteries podcast, we’ll take a closer look at one of the most puzzling animals on our planet, and one that you may share your home with: cats. Why do cats love boxes, why…
An illustration shows what the interior of IceCube might look like without the ice. Where do neutrinos get their mass from? It’s a mystery, one of the most baffling in the Standard Model of particle physics. But a team of…
The coronavirus particle has a crown of spikes on its surface. The new coronavirus outbreak has made headlines in recent weeks, but there’s another viral epidemic hitting countries around the world: flu season. But how do these viruses compare, and…
Trees struggle to remain upright in a lake formed by abrupt permafrost thaw. Arctic permafrost can thaw so quickly that it triggers landslides, drowns forests and opens gaping sinkholes. This rapid melt, described in a new study, can dramatically reshape…