Unlike Alice in Alice in Wonderland, volcanologists cannot fall down a deep rabbit hole to discover what goes on in the bowels of the Earth. Instead, they scour the surface and examine the chemistry of emitted gases, lava and rocks ejected during eruptions. #science#geography
The U.S. House has voted to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states. #science#biology
An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications. #science
If you saw a northern marsupial mole, you might be surprised. It is eyeless and has shaggy golden fur. Just four inches from nose to tail, the animal would fit in the palm of your hand. And unlike the mole species of North America, it is a marsupial. #science#biology
Long feted by fossil hunters and geologists, if UNESCO recognizes the extraordinary rock formation at Madygen in Kyrgyzstan, it will soon be a player on the world stage. #science#geography
Olive trees are common in Northern Lebanon, but in the village of Bshaaleh, a handful look ancient. The branches grow in wildly unpredictable directions, and gray, gnarled trunks are shot through with holes. Many believe these sentinel trees are thousands of years old. #science
With steep granite walls rising thousands of feet above the valley floor, the Cochamó Valley has been called the “Yosemite of South America,” a reference to California’s rock climbing mecca. #science#geography
High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is one of the most common illnesses climbers face while attempting to summit Mount Everest. HACE results in the brain swelling during its attempt to regain stable oxygen levels, causing drowsiness, trouble speaking and thinking. #science
Landing on the moon's far side, which never faces Earth, is more complicated than doing so on the near side. We can send signals directly to spacecraft on the near side, but landing on the far side requires communications satellites to relay signals around moon. #sceince#space
Eating spicy food can produce a variety of physiological reactions, like a tingling in the tongue & lips, and sweating. If you’ve just taken a bite of food with more spice than you can handle, it’s best to reach for something with high fat content, like a glass of milk. #science
Kenya and some other parts of eastern Africa have two main rainfall periods: the “long rains” season of March to May, and the “short rains” season of October to December. #science#climate
Later this week, China will embark on world’s second-only trip to Moon’s far side. The goal is to collect the first rocks from inside the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest & oldest impact crater on lunar surface, and bring them back to Earth for analysis. #science#space
The three astronauts of Shenzhou-17 manned mission were all out of the return capsule that touched down at Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Tuesday. They are in good physical condition, and the mission is a complete success. #science#space
When it seemed in 1890 science had discovered all there was to know, the atom was broken to reveal a dizzying array of smaller particles with enormous amounts of energy. Quantum theory and Einstein's relativity were called into being to try to understand it all. #science#physics
Cosmologists prepare to cast sharpest-ever eyes on early Universe. From Chile, Simons Observatory will map cosmic microwave background, or afterglow of Big Bang, with a sensitivity 10 times greater than that of previous gold standard, Europe’s Planck space probe. #science#space
At this moment, hundreds or thousands of tiny eight-legged animals are nestled deep in the pores of our faces. In some sense, they’re our closest companions. These animals are mites—tiny arachnids, related to spiders and ticks. #science#biology
China on Thursday successfully launched the Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship to send three taikonauts to its orbiting Tiangong space station for a six-month mission. #science#space
Chinese Academy of Sciences releases the highest-resolution geological maps of Moon. Made at unprecedented scale of 1:2,500,000, Geologic Atlas of Lunar Globe takes more than 100 researchers over a decade to compile and reveals 12,341 craters, 81 basins & 17 rock types. #science