Thunderbolts of lightning, gamma rays exciting

    University of Tokyo graduate student Yuuki Wada with colleagues from Japan have discovered a connection between lightning strikes and two kinds of gamma-ray phenomena in thunderclouds. The research […]

    Honeybees infect wild bumblebees through shared flowers

    Many species of wild bumblebees are in decline -- and new research shows that diseases spread by domestic honeybees may be a major culprit. […]