Microbes, thought to be exceptions from the power law that predicts more species in large areas, actually obey it in "island" habitats like tree holes.

Contrary to traditional combustion models, gasoline flames unexpectedly contain short-lived enols, compounds in which an OH species is bound to a carbon double bond.

As temperature increases, sound travels more slowly through iron at high pressure, implying that Earth's iron core contains more light elements than previously realized.