New Liquid Crystal COVID-19 Test Could Be Quicker And More Accurate Than Lateral Flow
New Liquid Crystal COVID-19 Test Could Be Quicker And More Accurate Than Lateral FlowLiquid crystals, the same technology found in TV screens, strip thermometers, and mood rings, could soon be used in the next generation of COVID tests. According to scientists at the University of Arkansas and the University of Alabama, such a test could return an accurate result in under two minutes, even when only trace amounts of virus are present.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign...
Supercell Storm Leaves 200-Kilometer-Long Hail Scar Across Canada’s “Hailstorm Alley”
Supercell Storm Leaves 200-Kilometer-Long Hail Scar Across Canada’s “Hailstorm Alley”A destructive hailstorm has literally made its mark on southern Alberta, Canada, after pummeling the region with golf ball-sized hailstones, leaving a 200-kilometer-long, 15-kilometer-wide (124-mile-long, 9-mile-wide) “scar” across the landscape that’s been captured in satellite images.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.Shared by NASA Earth...
“I Never Thought I'd Get To See A Blue Lobster In Person”: Meet Neptune, He’s 1-In-2-Million
“I Never Thought I'd Get To See A Blue Lobster In Person”: Meet Neptune, He’s 1-In-2-MillionLobster fisher Brad Myslinski is no stranger to pulling up crustaceans in a net, but this year he caught something few will ever get to see in person. You see, in his net he saw a flash of electric blue, one that would turn out to be a lobster that’s as rare as one in 2 million.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.Lobsters are a bit like...
Welcome To Earth’s Newest Nature Reserve: Protection Of The Great Maya Forest
Welcome To Earth’s Newest Nature Reserve: Protection Of The Great Maya ForestIn a historic move for the planet’s biodiversity, Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize have officially joined forces to create the Biocultural Corridor of the Great Maya Jungle – 14 million acres (5.7 million hectares) of rainforest reserve.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content."We should be proud to be able to say to the world: we join our will to preserve and...
Why Don't Polar Bears Hibernate?
Do Polar Bears Hibernate?A polar bear catches a quick nap while a cub keeps watch.Image courtesy of Kt Miller / Polar Bears InternationalPolar bears do not truly hibernate, which might seem unusual for a giant predator that has to endure brutally cold temperatures, scarce prey, and a constant battle for survival in one of the harshest environments on Earth. Yet unlike other bears, they don't generally curl up to sleep a season away. We spoke to Dr John Whiteman, Chief Research Scientist at...
Anyone Born After 1939 Is Unlikely To Live To 100
Anyone Born After 1939 Is Unlikely To Live To 100While the number of centenarians may be increasing, new research reveals that statistically, no one alive today should expect to live to 100 years of age. Using six different forecasting methods to predict life expectancy rates for 23 high-income, low-mortality countries, the study authors found that average lifespans for those born between 1939 and 2000 are highly unlikely to reach this landmark.The rest of this article is behind a paywall....
Are Space-Made Medicines The Future? Find Out More In Issue 38 Of CURIOUS – Out Now
Are Space-Made Medicines The Future? Find Out More In Issue 38 Of CURIOUS – Out NowAre Space-Made Medicines The Future? Find Out More In Issue 38 Of CURIOUS – Out NowDo animals have a sense of humor? What do other worlds smell like? All this and more exclusively in the latest issue of our e-magazine.Creative Team Guest AuthorThis issue's cover story: Are space-made medicines the future?Image credit: Abscent84, Vidoslava/iStock, modified by IFLScience Issue 38 (September 2025) of CURIOUS...
An Alien-Like Fish With A See-Through Head And Green Eyes Lurks In The Ocean's Dark Depths
An Alien-Like Fish With A See-Through Head And Green Eyes Lurks In The Ocean's Dark DepthsOf all the weird and wonderful adaptations that have evolved in the world’s oceans, the barreleye fish's might be the most impressive. These deep-sea dwellers are equipped with a transparent head, allowing their tubular eyes to look upwards, like gazing out of a car sunroof, as they hunt for prey above in pitch-black waters. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe...
Africa Wants To Change Misleading World Map, The "Wow!" Signal Was Likely From An Extraterrestrial Source, And Much More This Week
Africa Wants To Change Misleading World Map, The "Wow!" Signal Was Likely From An Extraterrestrial Source, And Much More This WeekThis week, scientists toying with the afterglow of phosphor particles have been able to make succulents glow like something out of Avatar, new fossils have revealed that an ankylosaur known as Spicomellus afer was covered in enormous spikes that were fused to its bones, and, in 1978, a physicist was struck through the head by a proton beam traveling close to the...
20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Is It Time For A New Approach To Hurricane Classification?
20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Is It Time For A New Approach To Hurricane Classification?Today is the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Louisiana, which, although only classified as a Category 3 storm due to wind speeds, wreaked havoc as it brought with it enormous storm surges that ultimately claimed nearly 2,000 lives and became the costliest storm in US history. It seems focusing on a hurricane’s wind strength alone is not sufficient to capture its destructive...
How Old Is The Solar System? (And How Can We Tell?)
How Old Is The Solar System? (And How Can We Tell?)The Solar System condensed out of a vast cloud of gas, seeded with heavier elements by exploding stars, somewhere between 4.5 and 4.6 billion years ago. That’s enough detail for most purposes, but if you want a more precise age, it’s good to consider what part of the Solar System you are referring to.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.The Earth is somewhere between 4.5 and 4.6...
Next Week, A Record-Breaking Over 7 Billion People Will See The Total Lunar Eclipse
Next Week, A Record-Breaking Over 7 Billion People Will See The Total Lunar EclipseGet ready for the Blood Moon next week! Our natural satellite will turn crimson as it is experiencing a total eclipse. It will happen during the evening between September 7 and 8 (depending on the timezone) and will be seen by an enormous number of people worldwide. The moon will first go black as the Earth's shadow covers it during the partial phase, before going full red, when it is completely eclipsed. The...
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