Search Results for: Butterflies
Skip to resultsCan’t find what you’re looking for? Visit our FAQ page.
1,041 results for: Butterflies
-
AstronomyNew images and spectra from a rejuvenated Hubble
Newly released images provide graphic evidence that repairs have transformed the Hubble Space Telescope into a brand new observatory.
By Ron Cowen -
ClimateWarming has already boosted insect breeding
Museum records, publications suggest extra generations at same time as temperature increases
By Susan Milius -
LifeJiminy Cricket! Pollinator caught in the act
Using night-vision cameras, scientists have documented the first example of cricket pollination of an orchid and discovered a new species of the insect on the island of Réunion.
-
LifeArtificial butterfly mixes high, low tech
Model shows importance of wing veins and bobbing flight to keeping swallowtails aloft.
By Susan Milius -
MathFunctional Family: Mock theta mystery solved
Mathematicians have solved a legendary Indian mathematician's final problem.
-
PhysicsSmallest laser minds the gap
The smallest, most efficient laser yet represents a step toward speedier information transfer within computers.
-
AnimalsNew Butterfly: High-alpine species from low-life parents
Little bluish butterflies high in the Sierra Nevada could be one of the few animal species to have arisen from crossbreeding of two other species.
By Susan Milius -
Health & MedicineAura origins show the way in epilepsy surgery
Epilepsy patients who experience multiple auras before a seizure, usually considered poor candidates for corrective brain surgery, might benefit from by a new brain scan procedure.
By Nathan Seppa -
LifePhony fighters discovered among fig wasps
A newly discovered species of fig wasp has a fraction of dishonest guys with big mouthparts.
By Susan Milius -
-
Health & MedicineResidents of the brain
It's a zoo in there: Scientists turn up startling diversity among neurons.
-