Last week, de Kleer’s team released their full five-year record of Io’s volcanic activity in The Astronomical Journal. Their data show a pimple-ridden surface roiling with eruptions.
For half the year, a little brown bird on the northernmost islands of the Galápagos uses its wickedly sharp beak to pick at seeds, nectar and insects. But when the climate dries out, it drinks blood.
If you’ve watched any science fiction or fantasy movies in the past few decades, you’ve probably seen the following scenario play out enough times that the next paragraph shouldn’t count as a spoiler.
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