News

  1. Microbes

    This microbe turns into a cannibalistic ‘Hulk’

    Euplotes gigatrox’s shape-shifting may reveal how early life learned to act in surprisingly complex ways.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Animals

    Crabs can’t hide from an octopus with a mirror

    New experiments show that octopuses can understand where an item is based solely on its reflection.

    By Nora Bradford
  3. Particle Physics

    CERN shutters the Large Hadron Collider for a major transformation

    The High-Luminosity LHC, planned to switch on in 2030, could help physicists unravel mysteries about the Higgs boson, dark matter and more.

    By Emily Conover
  4. Animals

    A whopping 14 million species of insects — or more — may roam Earth

    New calculations suggest that the insect species inhabiting our planet may be double or triple previous estimates.