//www.koonmotors.com/news/strange_offbeat/earth_climate/ Quirky stories from ScienceDaily's Earth & Climate section. en-us Sun, 15 Oct 2023 22:56:00 EDT Sun, 15 Oct 2023 22:56:00 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/strange_offbeat/earth_climate/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928152702.htm Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the distribution of compounds that are integral to the healthy functioning of reefs. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:27:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928152702.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928152537.htm A new study has documented the abilities of individual wild Asian elephants to access food by solving puzzles that unlocked storage boxes. It is the first research study to show that individual wild elephants have different willingness and abilities to problem solve in order to get food. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:25:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928152537.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928151003.htm For decades, fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them —- a perplexing behavior that has long intrigued scientists. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:10:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230928151003.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230927155804.htm 新文章分析了另一个替代havior in baleen (filter-feeding) whales such as humpback whales in different populations across the northern and southern hemispheres. They appeared to roll around and 'play' with clumps of kelp and seaweed at the water's surface. The research also emphasizes that the behavior was similar in different individuals, regardless of where in the world it occurred. Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:58:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230927155804.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230920111141.htm Marine virologists analyzed sediment from the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, and identified a new bacteriophage. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:11:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230920111141.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230920110303.htm X-rays of an ancient jawless fish shows earliest-known example of internal cartilage skull, unlike that of any other known vertebrate. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:03:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230920110303.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230920013557.htm A new study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world's largest flowers, face extinction. Lack of protection at local, national, and international levels means that remaining populations are under critical threat. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 01:35:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230920013557.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230919155021.htm Researchers have discovered 16 new species of strange-looking parasitoid wasps from the Loboscelidia group. The study also revealed for the first time the unique parasitic behavior of a captive female from one species, who after parasitizing her host egg, buried the egg in a hole in the soil. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:50:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230919155021.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230911191001.htm Researchers have focused on the moisture present in the air as a potential source of drinking water for drought-stressed populations. They reached a significant breakthrough in their efforts to create drinkable water out of thin air: a molecularly engineered hydrogel that can create clean water using just the energy from sunlight. Mon, 11 Sep 2023 19:10:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230911191001.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230911141045.htm The sun and the sea -- both abundant and free -- are being harnessed in a unique project to create vertical sea farms floating on the ocean that can produce fresh water for drinking and agriculture. Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:10:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230911141045.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905202507.htm Right at the bottom of the deep sea, the first very simple forms of life on earth probably emerged a long time ago. Today, the deep sea is known for its bizarre fauna. Intensive research is being conducted into how the number of species living on the sea floor have changed in the meantime. Some theories say that the ecosystems of the deep sea have emerged again and again after multiple mass extinctions and oceanic upheavals. Today's life in the deep sea would thus be comparatively young in the history of the Earth. But there is increasing evidence that parts of this world are much older than previously thought. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:25:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905202507.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230829130037.htm Scientists have developed a fabric-based wearable device that 'taps' a user's wrist with pressurized air, silently helping them navigate to their destination. The study demonstrated that users correctly interpreted which direction the device was telling them to go an average of 87% of the time. Since the wearable embeds most of its control system within the fabric itself, using air instead of electronics, it can be built lighter and more compact than existing designs. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:00:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230829130037.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823165417.htm Researchers used advanced technology to study a massive aggregation of deep-sea octopus gathered at thermal springs near an extinct underwater volcano off the coast of Central California. Warm water from hydrothermal springs accelerates development of octopus embryos, giving young octopus a better chance of survival. The Octopus Garden is the largest known aggregation of octopus on the planet -- the size of this nursery, and the abundance of other marine life that thrives in this rich community, highlight the need to understand and protect the hotspots of life on the deep seafloor from threats like climate change and seabed mining. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:54:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823165417.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823122608.htm Geoscientists have created a new method that can reconstruct the drift path and origin of debris from flight MH370, an aircraft that went missing over the Indian Ocean in 2014 with 239 passengers and crew. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:26:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823122608.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230822111724.htm The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It reacts to rapid temperature jumps, as researchers have discovered. Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:17:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230822111724.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230816114205.htm Indoor air pollution may have met its match. Scientists have designed catalyst-coated lampshades that transform indoor air pollutants into harmless compounds. The lampshades work with halogen and incandescent light bulbs, and the team is extending the technology so it will also be compatible with LEDs. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:42:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230816114205.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230816114201.htm 浇注的锈成水通常使它dirtier. But researchers have developed special iron oxide nanoparticles called 'smart rust' that actually makes it cleaner. The magnetic nanoparticles attract different pollutants by changing the particles' coating and are removed from water with a magnet. Now, the team is reporting a smart rust that traps estrogen hormones, which are potentially harmful to aquatic life. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:42:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230816114201.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122405.htm Imagine using insects as a source of chemicals to make plastics that can biodegrade later -- with the help of that very same type of bug. That concept is closer to reality than you might expect. Researchers will describe their progress to date, including the isolation and purification of the insect-derived chemicals and their conversion into their bioplastics. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:24:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122405.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141018.htm For now, cyborgs exist only in fiction, but the concept is becoming more plausible as science progresses. And now, researchers are reporting that they have developed a proof-of-concept technique to 'tattoo' living cells and tissues with flexible arrays of gold nanodots and nanowires. With further refinement, this method could eventually be used to integrate smart devices with living tissue for biomedical applications, such as bionics and biosensing. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:10:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141018.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130724.htm New research links chemical changes in seawater to volcanic activity and changes. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:07:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130724.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807122003.htm Heliconius butterflies are capable of spatial learning, scientists have discovered. The results provide the first experimental evidence of spatial learning in any butterfly or moth species. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:20:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807122003.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731151603.htm Engineers have created a 'supercapacitor' made of ancient, abundant materials, that can store large amounts of energy. Made of just cement, water, and carbon black (which resembles powdered charcoal), the device could form the basis for inexpensive systems that store intermittently renewable energy, such as solar or wind energy. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:16:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731151603.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731151552.htm Earth is rapidly warming and scientists are developing a variety of approaches to reduce the effects of climate change. An astronomer has proposed a novel approach -- a solar shield to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth, combined with a tethered, captured asteroid as a counterweight. Engineering studies using this approach could start now to create a workable design that could mitigate climate change within decades. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:15:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731151552.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727211659.htm Ancient pathogens that escape from melting permafrost have real potential to damage microbial communities and might potentially threaten human health, according to a new study. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:16:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727211659.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727144001.htm A hot bath is a place to relax. For scientists, it is also where molecules or tiny building blocks meet to form materials. Researchers take it to the next level and use the energy of swimming bacteria to forge materials. A recent study shows us how this works and the potential sustainability benefits that may arise from this innovative approach. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:40:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727144001.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113037.htm Egg 'signatures' will allow drongos to identify cuckoo 'forgeries' almost every time, study finds. African cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed drongo, which scientists predict can detect and reject cuckoo eggs from their nest on almost every occasion, despite them on average looking almost identical to drongo eggs. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:30:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113037.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718105736.htm Fertilizer restrictions along Florida's 156-mile-long Indian River Lagoon were intended to reduce nutrient inputs from urban and agricultural land uses. The hope was that water quality would improve by reducing the nitrogen load. While these restrictions were well-intended, a study finds fertilizer use is not the root cause of the lagoon's environmental issues. It's sewage. For decades, fertilizer use was implicated for about 71 percent of the lagoon's environmental impairments. In fact, current estimates show 79 percent of nitrogen loading is from septic systems; 21 percent is from residential fertilizer use. Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:57:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718105736.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712203749.htm Scientists have shown it's possible to grow fungi in thin sheets that could be used for fire-retardant cladding or even a new kind of fungal fashion. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 20:37:49 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712203749.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712124745.htm Scientists have created a global database of pollination data for almost 3000 orchid species. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:47:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712124745.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706152402.htm Researchers are using a new model to clarify why millions of years ago more animal species from Asia made the leap to the Australian continent than vice versa. The climate in which the species evolved played an important role. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:24:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706152402.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201326.htm Imagine strapping on a virtual reality headset and 'walking' through a long-gone neighborhood in your city -- seeing the streets and buildings as they appeared decades ago. That's a very real possibility now that researchers have developed a method to create 3D digital models of historic neighborhoods using machine learning and historic Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:13:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201326.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130406.htm Squash bugs, a common and difficult-to-control agricultural pest, need healthy bacteria in their gut to grow and stay alive. However, they do not acquire any bacteria from their parents when they are first born, leaving them vulnerable until their microbiome can be stocked. Researchers report that, to acquire these healthy bacteria, young bugs innately seek out and eat the poop from older squash bugs. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:04:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130406.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130358.htm Urea reacts extremely quickly under the conditions that existed when our planet was newly formed. This new insight furthers our understanding of how life on Earth might have begun. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:03:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130358.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627123117.htm Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a new study. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:31:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627123117.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622142345.htm Animals that eat fruit or sip nectar often ingest alcohol because naturally occurring yeasts turning sugar into ethanol. But how do animals feel about that? A new study details an experiment to determine whether hummingbirds are turned off by alcohol in sugar water. At 1% by volume, no. At 2% by volume, they consume much less. The implication is that hummingbirds have adjusted to small amounts of alcohol likely present in flowers and backyard feeders. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:23:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622142345.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620174452.htm A team of scientists has observed past episodic intraplate magmatism and corroborated the existence of a partial melt channel at the base of the Cocos Plate. Situated 60 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, the magma channel covers more than 100,000 square kilometers, and originated from the Galápagos Plume more than 20 million years ago, supplying melt for multiple magmatic events -- and persisting today. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 17:44:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620174452.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183226.htm Superfast, subatomic-sized particles called muons have been used to wirelessly navigate underground in a reportedly world first. By using muon-detecting ground stations synchronized with an underground muon-detecting receiver, researchers were able to calculate the receiver's position in the basement of a six-story building. As GPS cannot penetrate rock or water, this new technology could be used in future search and rescue efforts, to monitor undersea volcanoes, and guide autonomous vehicles underground and underwater. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:32:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183226.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183147.htm 通过抽水地面和移动elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183147.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220643.htm For many technology enthusiasts, the metaverse has the potential to transform almost every facet of human life, from work to education to entertainment. Now, new research shows it could have environmental benefits, too. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:06:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220643.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220621.htm Over the past decades, researchers thought Earth was created over a period of more than 100 million years. However, a new study from suggests that the creation of Earth was much more rapid, and that water and other essential ingredients for life were delivered to Earth very early on. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:06:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220621.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220617.htm A survey of groundwater samples drawn from aquifers beneath more than 80,000 square miles of Canadian prairie reveals ancient groundwaters harbor not only diverse and active microbial communities, but also unexpectedly large numbers of microbial cells. Strikingly, some of these microbes seem to produce 'dark oxygen' (in the absence of sunlight) in such abundance that the oxygen may nourish not only those microbes, but may leak into the environment and support other oxygen-reliant microbes that can't produce it themselves. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:06:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220617.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220611.htm New finding contradicts previous assumptions about the role of mobile plate tectonics in the development of life on Earth. Moreover, the data suggests that 'when we're looking for exoplanets that harbor life, the planets do not necessarily need to have plate tectonics,' says the lead author of a new paper. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:06:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220611.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608120915.htm 章鱼不调节,所以他们的强大brains are exposed to -- and potentially threatened by -- changes in temperature. Researchers report that two-spot octopuses adapt to seasonal temperature shifts by producing different neural proteins under warm versus cool conditions. The octopuses achieve this by editing their RNA, the messenger molecule between DNA and proteins. This rewiring likely protects their brains, and the researchers suspect that this unusual strategy is used widely amongst octopuses and squid. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:09:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608120915.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607124123.htm A new paper argues that materials like wood, bacteria, and fungi belong to a newly identified class of matter, 'hydration solids.' The new findings emerged from ongoing research into the strange behavior of spores, dormant bacterial cells. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:41:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607124123.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230606111728.htm Dreams have been considered a hallmark of human sleep for a long time. Latest findings, however, suggest that when pigeons sleep, they might experience visions of flight. Researchers studied brain activation patterns in sleeping pigeons, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. The study revealed that similar to mammals, most of the brain is highly active during REM sleep. However, this wake-like state might come at a cost of reduced waste removal from the brain. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:17:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230606111728.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150134.htm Researchers report that in the absence of visible landmarks, desert ants increase the likelihood that foraging nest mates will find their way home quickly and safely by elevating their nest entrance. Ant colonies whose nests are found deep in the Tunisian saltpan are particularly reliant on the self-made landmarks. If the mound at the nest entrance was removed, they immediately began building a new hill, unless the researchers provided artificial landmarks. This phenomenon adds yet another fascinating facet to the amazing navigation skills of these tiny desert animals. Wed, 31 May 2023 15:01:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150134.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150053.htm Geneticists have unearthed a major event in the ancient history of sturgeons and paddlefish that has significant implications for the way we understand evolution. They have pinpointed a previously hidden 'whole genome duplication' (WGD) in the common ancestor of these species, which seemingly opened the door to genetic variations that may have conferred an advantage around the time of a major mass extinction some 200 million years ago. Wed, 31 May 2023 15:00:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150053.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230529171805.htm Researchers show how their multilegged walking robot can be steered by inducing a dynamic instability. By making the couplings between segments more flexible, the robot changes from walking straight to moving in a curved path. This work can lead to more energy-efficient and reliable robotic navigation of terrain. Mon, 29 May 2023 17:18:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230529171805.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230525141233.htm Some of nature's most diverse pollinators often go unnoticed, even by scientists: long-snouted beetles called weevils. A new study provides a deep dive into the more than 600 species of weevils, including ones whose entire life cycles are interwoven with a specific plant that they help pollinate. Thu, 25 May 2023 14:12:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230525141233.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230525140951.htm A new study suggests iron-rich ancient sediments may have helped cause some of the largest volcanic events in the planet's history. Thu, 25 May 2023 14:09:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230525140951.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181948.htm A team of engineers has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air. Researchers describe the 'generic Air-gen effect'-- nearly any material can be engineered with nanopores to harvest, cost effective, scalable, interruption-free electricity. The secret lies in being able to pepper the material with nanopores less than 100 nanometers in diameter. Wed, 24 May 2023 18:19:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181948.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181855.htm Armadillos have long been considered to be the only living mammals that produce protective bony plates. But a new study unexpectedly shows that African spiny mice produce the same structures beneath the skin of their tails, which until now had gone largely undetected. Wed, 24 May 2023 18:18:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181855.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518120907.htm Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a sea-dwelling lizard from the age of the dinosaurs, with strange, ridged teeth unlike those of any known reptile. Along with other recent finds from Africa, it suggests that mosasaurs and other marine reptiles were evolving rapidly up until 66 million years ago, when they were wiped out by an asteroid along with the dinosaurs and around 90% of all species on Earth. Thu, 18 May 2023 12:09:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518120907.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230517122115.htm A species of tiny, colorful jumping spider employs two lines of defense to avoid being eaten: camouflaging with plants and walking like an ant. Researchers report that this combination of camouflage and movement mimicry helps the spiders evade spider-eating spiders but does not deter hungry praying mantises. Wed, 17 May 2023 12:21:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230517122115.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230510120548.htm Surveying the body sizes of Earth's living organisms, researchers found that the planet's biomass -- the material that makes up all living organisms -- is concentrated in organisms at either end of the size spectrum. Wed, 10 May 2023 12:05:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230510120548.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230510120545.htm A fossil arthropod entombed in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber has been identified as a new genus and species of froghopper, known today as an insect with prodigious leaping ability in adulthood following a nymphal stage spent covered in a frothy fluid. Wed, 10 May 2023 12:05:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230510120545.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122125.htm They're well known for their industrious work, but now a species of ant on Kangaroo Island is also showing that it is skilled at 'playing dead', a behavior that researchers believe is a recorded world first. Tue, 09 May 2023 12:21:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122125.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122042.htm Fungal networks interconnecting trees in a forest is a key factor that determines the nature of forests and their response to climate change. These networks have also been viewed as a means for trees to help their offspring and other tree-friends, according to the increasingly popular 'mother-tree hypothesis'. An international group of researchers re-examined the evidence for and against this hypothesis in a new study. Tue, 09 May 2023 12:20:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122042.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230503121315.htm Scientists have observed a star swallowing a planet for the first time. Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years. Wed, 03 May 2023 12:13:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230503121315.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230502132256.htm The first building blocks of life on Earth may have formed thanks to eruptions from our Sun, a new study finds. A series of chemical experiments show how solar particles, colliding with gases in Earth's early atmosphere, can form amino acids and carboxylic acids, the basic building blocks of proteins and organic life. Tue, 02 May 2023 13:22:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230502132256.htm