Humans can only see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum. Here’s why evolution may have intentionally hidden ...
In November 2025, two spacecraft on opposite sides of an interstellar comet did something no observatory on or near Earth ...
An international research team has discovered that the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is biofluorescent. A study ...
Gen Z is using the UV index to find the “best” times to tan, despite rising sunburn rates and skin cancer risks.
New details of how DNA protects itself from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation show a hidden network of ultrafast molecular ...
Despite being in the scientific spotlight for centuries, the fire salamander’s biofluorescence was overlooked until now.
Europa’s faint glow in ultraviolet light once looked like a possible water plume punching through ice. After 14 years of Hubble data, that signal now looks far less certain.
On a warm night in Florida, Todd Green walked up to a six-foot-tall cassowary named Ginger with a flashlight and a strange ...
Michael Shiroma has developed a new technique to spot coqui frogs at night using a UV flashlight, which has allowed him to ...