Quirks and Quarks

Dec 7: Inflammation and the brain, NASA visits the sun, climate shrinks birds and more…

Ancient paint from lake goo, smelling without olfactory bulbs and tweeting birds

Ancient paint from lake goo, smelling without olfactory bulbs and tweeting birds

An image taken from Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR (Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe) instrument shows a coronal streamer structure. (NASA)