News

Impact-resistant material mimics mantis shrimp exoskeleton for improved protection
Some of the most innovative and useful inventions have been inspired by nature. Take the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, ...
Let’s Get Small: How Pixar Went Microscopic to Create the Aliens in Elio
Pixar’s Elio created its alien beings not by gazing into telescopes, but by peering into microscopes.
Methane-eating sea spiders discovered off Southern California coast
One of three methane-eating, deep-sea spider species recently discovered off the Southern California coast. One of three ...
First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor
Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...
3,000 Feet Beneath the Ocean, Scientists Found Spiders With a Hidden Superpower
This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.
3 new sea spiders discovered on ocean floor are first known species to feast on methane
According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.
Here's where 17-year cicadas are the worst in Cincinnati, Southwest Ohio. See the map
Cicadas are causing chaos at Kings Island and being blamed in car crashes. A map shows where they have been the worst. Plus ...
Why are so many tree branches dying around Cincinnati? Cicadas are to blame
Trees looking a bit brown in places? It's probably the 17-year cicadas laying eggs. What you need to know about flagging, and ...
The Indianapolis Star18d
Cicada map 2025: Here's when cicadas will peak in Cincinnati, Ohio - IndyStar
Gene Kritsky, professor emeritus of biology with Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, ... Scotts says their potassium- and nitrogen-rich exoskeletons can improve organic matter.