As we look for color inspiration for our next beauty parlor consultation, we’re keeping extremely specific attributes in mind. The design needs to be luminous, blend well with our natural hair color, and flatter our skin tone. Bonus points if the color verges on subtle, making it suitable to rock …

Scientists from Japan and Singapore report in the November 23 issue of the journal Nature that they observed positron (antimatter counterpart of the electron) and neutron signals after lightning. Enoto et al describe how gamma rays from lightning react with the air to produce radioisotopes and even positrons. Image credit: …

Neutrinos are subatomic particles that are famous for passing through anything and everything. Now, physicists have demonstrated that our planet stops high-energy neutrinos — they do not go through everything. The experiment was achieved with the IceCube Observatory, an array of 5,160 basketball-sized sensors frozen deep within a km3 of …

Opening windows and doors before going to bed can reduce carbon dioxide levels in bedrooms and improve sleep quality, according to new research from the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Mishra et al investigated influence of bedroom air quality on different sleep parameters. Image credit: Alfons Schueler. Dr. Asit …

Drinking three to four cups of coffee a day is associated with a lower risk of mortality and getting heart disease compared with drinking no coffee, according to an umbrella review of over 200 previous studies, published in the journal BMJ. According to the scientists, coffee consumption is generally safe, …

After more than 13 years at Saturn, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft bid farewell to the Saturnian system by firing the shutters of its wide-angle camera and capturing a series of images of the gas giant planet and its rings two days before the probe’s plunge into the planet’s atmosphere. This image …

Lyft is seeking to raise an additional $500 million, over and above the $1 billion it raised in a round led by Alphabet venture arm CaptialG last month. The $500 million is an extension of that round, the company told Axios, and is not yet closed. But it should add …

Durant did have 21 points and five rebounds, but he was one of just three Warriors to score in double digits on the night. “The first quarter, we’ve been this type of team that came out tonight, second quarter we knew we had to bring it, don’t let up, especially …

Today’s Thanksgiving Google doodle is an animated image of a turkey taking leave for the holidays. “Unlike his domesticated brethren, the Turkey in today’s Doodle is taking flight…from the Thanksgiving table,” writes Google on the Google Doodle blog. Google offered a quick bit of history around Thanksgiving, noting how the …

An international team of scientists from the United States and Indonesia has described a new species of flowering plant of the genus Rafflesia from the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Rafflesia kemumu. Image credit: Susatya et al / Ministry of Environment and Forestry Republic of Indonesia. Rafflesia is a genus of …