The two-headed California kingsnake is a rarity, but not completely unheard of in the natural world. Johnathan Emberton. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent
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Coral reefs are natural wonders that don’t just mesmerize us with their colorful and diverse ecosystems — they’re also economically invaluable. Industries like aquaculture, tourism, and fisheries rely on them,
A recent study found that people with diets high in fat and sugar had worse spatial memory than those who ate these foods less often. This may not be much
It’s difficult to pin the destruction of a tsunami to a tsunami — that is, unless someone was around to witness the devastation. But a new study shows that there
Solar storms batter Earth every year, creating the occasional aurora and sometimes even paralyzing power grids. But these common phenomena pale in comparison to a monstrous event that inundated the
Horses migrated back and forth repeatedly between North America and Eurasia, during the Late Pleistocene. But when a warming environment flooded a land bridge, it cut off travel between the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. SignificanceCalcium carbonate biomineralization, crucial for many marine organisms, often proceeds via amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) as an
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. SignificanceAn elastostatic cloak conceals a defect from the material response to (quasi-)static mechanical stimuli under any elastic
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 19, May 2025. Recent research has identified several effective strategies for reducing Americans’ animosity toward supporters of opposing political parties.
