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Fibre-optic cables spread across the seafloor have long carried internet traffic between countries, but researchers are discovering another surprising use for this global network; detecting whales. A 2022 study in 'Frontiers in Marine Science' showed that existing submarine fibre-optic cables could be turned into vast underwater sensors capable of detecting and locating baleen whales.

Mount St. Helens is one of the most closely studied volcanoes in the United States, but scientists still cannot directly see the complex system of magma and rock hidden beneath it.

For more than three decades, a collection of animal bones from Ireland's Ferriter's Cove was considered some of the earliest evidence that farming had reached the island. But new research has now overturned that interpretation.

For most kids, finding a spider would be a scream, and then a quick retreat. But for Murphy Widdowson, it was a scientific discovery.

A nest box occupied by a Eurasian scops owl might seem an unlikely place to find a live snake, yet that is exactly what researchers repeatedly encountered in central Turkiye. Across six breeding seasons, they inspected 109 owl nests and found the small worm snake Xerotyphlops vermicularis in 44% of them.

Some stars can make repeated close passes around supermassive black holes, losing part of their material each time while surviving to return again. These encounters produce bursts of light, or flares, that can recur months or even years apart.

A new purple cooling fabric developed by Chinese and Australian researchers could offer a way to stay cooler in intense summer heat without relying on traditional white clothing. The study published in the journal 'Small,' describes that the material is designed to reflect sunlight while allowing heat to escape from the fabric.

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Freezing liquid inside an optical fibre has helped scientists create an unusual environment where light and sound can interact more than 1,000 times more strongly than they do in ordinary optical fibres.

For some cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, touching something cold or stepping into a cold room can trigger pain. Scientists from IISc and TCG-CREST's Centre for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications (CHINTA), Kolkata, have found a pathway in the brain that appears to turn an otherwise harmless drop in temperature into a painful experience after chemotherapy.