It’s rare that a blurry photo makes the front pages, but this week’s first image of a black hole did just that. For anyone who has not thought about black holes since Astro101, these photos seem to turn myth into reality. More accurately, they show that it’s possible to see something that can’t be directly […]
What do you see? If you’re a bee, you mostly see black and white. So what’s the point of all those colorful flowers? Recent research confirms that bees follow ultraviolet patterns on flowers. The bright yellows and reds don’t matter so much, but the tiny brown markings near the center can glow like neon to […]