More from Hannah Seo (Page 3)

Watch space rocks become fireworks during tonight’s Geminid meteor shower
Science

Watch space rocks become fireworks during tonight’s Geminid meteor shower

By Hannah Seo

COVID-19 can attack fat cells, but it’s still not clear what that means
COVID-19

COVID-19 can attack fat cells, but it’s still not clear what that means

By Hannah Seo

This newly spotted massive alien planet is confusing astronomers
Deep Space

This newly spotted massive alien planet is confusing astronomers

By Hannah Seo

Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees
Animals

Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees

By Hannah Seo

planet earth with a rounded black shadow creeping over its southern pole
International Space Station

A total solar eclipse bathed Antarctica in darkness

By Hannah Seo

the novel coronavirus
COVID-19

Omicron may not be more dangerous than other variants, early hospital report suggests

By Hannah Seo

Surgeons transplanted a pig kidney into a person, and it worked like normal
Health

Surgeons transplanted a pig kidney into a person, and it worked like normal

By Hannah Seo

astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine vials
COVID-19

New information may explain why the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine caused blood clots

By Hannah Seo

thawed permafrost
Climate Change

Arctic rainfall will surpass snowfall by 2060, predictions show

By Hannah Seo

Robots built from frog cells have unlocked the ability to self-replicate
Health

Robots built from frog cells have unlocked the ability to self-replicate

By Hannah Seo

NASA is winding up to punch an asteroid
NASA

NASA is winding up to punch an asteroid

By Hannah Seo

This ancient mammoth tusk was found at the bottom of the Pacific
Animals

This ancient mammoth tusk was found at the bottom of the Pacific

By Hannah Seo

A new technique reveals how butterfly wings grow into shimmery wonders
Animals

A new technique reveals how butterfly wings grow into shimmery wonders

By Hannah Seo

Person with luggage traveling through airport during COVID-19 pandemic
Diseases

There’s a second case of monkeypox in the US this year—but don’t freak out

By Hannah Seo

person smelling coffee
Health

Coffee and tea could lower your risk of dementia

By Hannah Seo

This diamond holds a never-before-seen mineral that can’t exist on Earth’s surface
Environment

This diamond holds a never-before-seen mineral that can’t exist on Earth’s surface

By Hannah Seo

This bitty near-Earth asteroid might be a piece of the moon
Moons

This bitty near-Earth asteroid might be a piece of the moon

By Hannah Seo

The US return to the moon gets a schedule change—again
Moons

The US return to the moon gets a schedule change—again

By Hannah Seo

Astronomers recorded a whopping 35 gravitational wave events in just 5 months
Black Holes

Astronomers recorded a whopping 35 gravitational wave events in just 5 months

By Hannah Seo

a worker ant in an aggressive stance against a white background
Animals

The protein that keeps worker ants in line can also make them queen

By Hannah Seo

HPV vaccination in the UK has prevented thousands of cases of cervical cancer
Cancer

HPV vaccination in the UK has prevented thousands of cases of cervical cancer

By Hannah Seo

Wild deer are giving each other COVID—a lot
Animals

Wild deer are giving each other COVID—a lot

By Hannah Seo

There’s a new Delta variant. Here’s why you shouldn’t panic.
COVID-19

There’s a new Delta variant. Here’s why you shouldn’t panic.

By Hannah Seo

Great white shark that has the potential to bite a swimmer that it mistakes for a seal
Animals

Great whites don’t hunt humans—they just have blind spots

By Hannah Seo

Astronomers spot first planet outside the Milky Way
Deep Space

Astronomers spot first planet outside the Milky Way

By Hannah Seo

What is a nor’easter, and why are they so powerful?
Environment

What is a nor’easter, and why are they so powerful?

By Hannah Seo

The FDA just authorized boosters for Moderna and J&J—here’s what you need to know
COVID-19

The FDA just authorized boosters for Moderna and J&J—here’s what you need to know

By Hannah Seo

A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic
Animals

A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic

By Hannah Seo

Two-headed turtle
Animals

A rare two-headed turtle is alive and thriving, surprising scientists

By Hannah Seo

Aspirin has long been prescribed to prevent heart attacks. Now experts say it shouldn’t.
Diseases

Aspirin has long been prescribed to prevent heart attacks. Now experts say it shouldn’t.

By Hannah Seo

Here’s what caused the mysterious blue glow spotted from the ISS
International Space Station

Here’s what caused the mysterious blue glow spotted from the ISS

By Hannah Seo

african woman getting vaccinated
Health

The first malaria vaccine is finally ready to roll out

By Hannah Seo

Scientists discovered an extremely rare tardigrade fossil trapped in Dominican amber
Animals

Scientists discovered an extremely rare tardigrade fossil trapped in Dominican amber

By Hannah Seo

How a personalized brain implant helped one woman’s extreme depression
Health

How a personalized brain implant helped one woman’s extreme depression

By Hannah Seo

Two identical twin women of color stand in front of a gray brick wall, wearing striped shirts and braided hair.
Science

Scientists can now tell if you had a ‘vanishing’ twin in the womb

By Hannah Seo

A photo of the planet Jupiter.
Deep Space

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is whirling faster than ever

By Hannah Seo

A top-looking-down photo of a rocket with the blue NASA logo.
NASA

With Landsat 9, NASA can now photograph the entire Earth every 8 days

By Hannah Seo

An illustration of a 2-legged dinosaur running beside a small brown bird, on a checkered background. Their skin is see-through, revealing bones and tendons.
Animals

Two-legged dinosaurs wagged their tails like giant, scaly puppies

By Hannah Seo

An illustration of Earth next to Mars, comparing sizes. Earth is bigger.
Deep Space

Mars may be too small to have ever been habitable

By Hannah Seo

An illustration of an extinct species of giant penguins. Two penguins stand upright and one huddles down on a rocky island.
Animals

Schoolkids in New Zealand discovered a new species of giant penguin

By Hannah Seo

A folded American flag rests on top of a grave stone, with other gravestones in the background.
COVID-19

COVID-19 has now killed 1 in 500 Americans

By Hannah Seo

A humpback whale breaches water and hangs in mid-air, in front of forested cliffs.
Animals

A rare humpback whale ‘megapod’ was spotted snacking off the Australian coast

By Hannah Seo

Two dinosaur heads in profile, the one below about half the size of the one above.
Dinosaurs

New fossil reveals a fearsome shark-toothed dinosaur

By Hannah Seo

A small child is having a bandage put on his arm after receiving a shot. A caregiver stands behind him.
COVID-19

This year’s flu season could be a rager. Shots can help.

By Hannah Seo

A light brown and dark brown tabby cat lays on its back and looks at a camera upside down.
Animals

We finally know what turns cats into tabbies

By Hannah Seo

A woman in bed wears a mask and reads a book.
COVID-19

Vaccination cuts the risk of long COVID in half

By Hannah Seo

An illustration of a star slowly consuming a planet. The star's gravity has warped the planet into a football-like shape.
Science

Stars that gobble up planets could narrow the search for other Earths

By Hannah Seo

A microscopic image of a tardigrade, a pillowy creature with eight legs.
Animals

We’ve seen how tardigrades walk, and it’s mesmerizing

By Hannah Seo

A bird-like brown dinosaur with a huge red crest on its head, in a jungle.
Animals

Smugglers almost made off with a near-complete fossil of a bizarre flying reptile

By Hannah Seo

Two photos of wasps and their nests. The photo on the left is under regular light, and the nest appears off-white. The photo on the right is under blacklight, and the nest glows highlighter yellow.
Animals

Paper wasp nests have a secret fluorescent glow

By Hannah Seo

An illustration of an asteroid, at right foreground, passing through Mercury's orbit, seen in the middle background, with the glare from the sun shining brightly on the left.
Science

This speedy space rock is the fastest asteroid in our solar system

By Hannah Seo

A science lab with a nuclear fusion reactor in the background, and a ladder leading to the center.
Energy

Humans just generated nuclear energy akin to a star

By Hannah Seo

An illustration of a best of hatchling baby turtles.
Animals

A fossilized egg laid by an extinct, human-sized turtle holds a rare jackpot

By Hannah Seo

a diagram of saturn with its slushy core
Science

Saturn has a slushy core and rings that wiggle

By Hannah Seo

costal view of palermo, sicily
Climate Change

Anticyclone Lucifer is bringing record-breaking temperatures to Italy

By Hannah Seo

A yellow sponge-looking blob in a petri dish.
NASA

NASA just sent one of the world’s smartest slimes to space

By Hannah Seo

An artist's depiction of an extinct pterosaur, a flying reptile relative of dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs

This dragon-like reptile once soared over Australia

By Hannah Seo

Child wearing gray facemask
COVID-19

Kids make up 19 percent of new US COVID-19 cases now

By Hannah Seo

What is the ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico, and why is it super-sized this year?
Climate Change

What is the ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico, and why is it super-sized this year?

By Hannah Seo

an adult giraffe stands in the grass with a young giraffe
Animals

Giraffe grandmas help keep herds going

By Hannah Seo

An artist's depiction of a black hole with an accretion disk, a flat structure of material orbiting the black hole, and a jet of hot gas launching out from the center, called plasma.
Black Holes

One of Einstein’s predictions on black holes has finally been confirmed

By Hannah Seo

A dam on Lake Powell displays a chalky white bathtub-like ring that shows how much water reservoir levels have declined amid an ongoing drought.
Climate Change

40 million Americans depend on two reservoirs that just hit record lows

By Hannah Seo

The Hubble Space Telescope, with its yellow solar panels featured prominently.
Deep Space

Hubble spied water vapor on our solar system’s largest moon

By Hannah Seo

A healthcare professional administers a shot in an arm to a person in a brown shirt.
COVID-19

The J&J vaccine may be less effective against the Delta variant than we hoped

By Hannah Seo