Changing color primarily allows animals to become invisible, or almost. Blending into the background helps them escape predators by simply avoiding detection, but it also...
Fungi play a key role as cleaners in forest ecosystems. By breaking down dead wood, fallen leaves, and various plant debris, they transform these wastes...
Algae, and in particular microalgae, have a superpower: they naturally produce highly energetic vegetable oils in their cells. Some species can contain up to 50...
Some bacteria produce light through a simple chemical reaction called bioluminescence. Specifically, it all relies on a molecule, luciferin, and an enzyme that aids in...
Colored crystals form through the slow solidification of minerals present in certain rocks. As they cool or under the effect of pressure, these minerals gradually...
Clouds are primarily made up of droplets of water or small crystals of ice suspended in the air. Their shape mainly depends on the movements...
When your skin comes into contact with extreme cold, like an ice cube, your body reacts quickly to limit damage. Immediately, the surface blood vessels...
At the origin of the Morse Code, Samuel Morse and his assistant Alfred Vail had envisioned a system with numbers, but it quickly proved complicated...
Before Magellan, no one had managed to cross America from the west by boat. He and his crew discovered a passage in what is now...
During the 1930s, Lise Meitner collaborated with the chemist Otto Hahn to study nuclear reactions. She understood that when uranium is bombarded with neutrons, its...
