They beat birds at powered flight. Were they also a step ahead with feathers? | Continue reading
New observations of a stellar explosion have revealed a surprise that could point to the trigger behind these violent, yet mysterious, eruptions | Continue reading
An international fusion project could help the nation eventually develop its own, smaller reactor | Continue reading
Starting December 16, ocean scientists will live-tweet the BBC documentary series Blue Planet II, available via Netflix. | Continue reading
Enormous genomic analysis yields tantalizing insights into mechanisms behind conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder | Continue reading
Radar instrument aboard a Japanese probe can spot signs of gas seeping from lakes that form as the ground thaws | Continue reading
Viruses use bacteria’s chemical language to time their destruction; this might lead to new ways to fight infections | Continue reading
Millions of years from now, the geologic record of the 'Anthropocene' will be littered with plastics, yes, but also chicken bones. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
As higher elevations warm, melting glaciers and disappearing snow will create major challenges | Continue reading
A protein associated with the degenerative disease was passed to eight patients decades ago in contaminated growth hormones | Continue reading
The celestial display is expected to be the best meteor shower of 2018 | Continue reading
Researchers at Harvard University have gone as far as to say that measuring your Heart Rate Variability is “a visual insight into the most primitive part of your brain” | Continue reading
The Red-Planet-probing spacecraft is on course to deploy its instruments in early 2019 | Continue reading
Doris Tsao mastered facial recognition in the brain. Now she’s looking to determine the neural code for everything we see | Continue reading
A Neruda masterpiece—and a bi-exponential curve—define the dynamics of the fast then slow fade of our greatest collective sorrows and joys | Continue reading
Energy economists say the new home requirement is inefficient and benefits wealthier people; supporters say it’s just one piece of the puzzle | Continue reading
Ichthyosaurs had traits in common with turtles and modern marine mammals, like blubber and countershading camouflage. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The Arctic climate is shattering record after record, altering weather worldwide | Continue reading
Sea ice is the thinnest it's been at any time in the last 30 years, and wild reindeer and caribou populations continue to decline | Continue reading
The gene targeted for its role in HIV is linked to increased severity of other infectious diseases—and has implications for learning in mice | Continue reading
Influential astrophysicists, roboticists and astronauts say that orbital construction could spark a renaissance in space science and exploration | Continue reading
When trouble lurks, juvenile aphids drop off of the plants they're eating and hitch a ride on bigger aphid escapees. | Continue reading
A surprising way that diet leads risks of stroke and cognitive impairment | Continue reading
New rules would cut protections for intermittent streams and some wetlands | Continue reading
Marine heatwaves, drought and heavy rains in 2017 all bore the fingerprints of climate change | Continue reading
The preliminary announcement comes in the wake of a Trump administration order that agency scientists to stop buying such tissue from humans | Continue reading
The exceedingly strange story of learning, memory and the “Arc” gene | Continue reading
Researchers across New England and Canada scramble to protect the iconic species from growing parasite populations | Continue reading
After a journey of more than four decades, Voyager 2 has passed beyond the sun’s influence | Continue reading
At a meeting to coordinate climate action, the nations thwarted recognition of a recent report expressing the urgency of reducing emissions | Continue reading
Parasites and dog disease in India sweep through the cats’ only home, triggering fears for the species’ survival | Continue reading
The Trump administration is shrinking Utah's desert monuments, stripping some federal protections for wild pollinators. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Applying aloe vera gel to a burn can help the skin heal more quickly. But many people also advocate drinking the aloe vera juice | Continue reading
In late December or early January the Chang’e 4 spacecraft will touch down at a site near the lunar south pole within the solar system’s largest-known impact crater | Continue reading
The Trump administration analysis to justify the rule change made several major errors, a new study says | Continue reading
Internet queries about opioids are linked to drug-related hospital admissions | Continue reading
Experts say the risks of a controversial procedure outweigh the benefits for twin newborns | Continue reading
An estimate of dog intelligence requires looking at non-dogs as well to understand what's special to canines and what is just typical of the taxonomic groups they're in. | Continue reading
Will a general algorithm that masters chess, go and shogi succeed as well for games with less-defined rules? | Continue reading
The uptick follows several years of relatively flat emissions, underscoring the urgency of climate action | Continue reading
But microbes living on canvases may also help preserve irreplaceable works of art | Continue reading
U.S. government funding is needed to sustain the arduous journey toward a practical quantum computer, experts say | Continue reading
Road deicing, industrial activity and other culprits are pushing salt levels in rivers and streams to alarming levels | Continue reading
By analyzing the network connections between 47,000 films on IMDb, researchers found the most influential films ever made. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The cross-species heart procedure brings human trials into view | Continue reading
One power company announces a goal of 100 percent clean energy as a near-record number of coal-fired power plant close | Continue reading
A surprising way that diet leads risks of stroke and cognitive and impairment | Continue reading
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen talks with psychologist Dr. Joseph Burgo about the often-misunderstood experience of shame | Continue reading