Research: Fruit flies can transmit their sexual preferences culturally, study shows —

Researchers from the CNRS and université Toulouse III -- Paul Sabatier (UT3) show that fruit flies possess all of the cognitive capacities needed...

Research: Effective new target for mood-boosting brain stimulation found —

Researchers have found an effective target in the brain for electrical stimulation to improve mood in people suffering from depression. As reported in...

Research: Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia...

About 56 million years ago, on an Earth so warm that palm trees graced the Arctic Circle, a mouse-sized primate known as Teilhardina...

Research: Why do some plants live fast and die young? —

An international team led by researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered why some plants "live fast and die young" whilst others...

Research: Hubble uncovers thousands of globular star clusters scattered among galaxies —

Gazing across 300 million light-years into a monstrous city of galaxies, astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to do a comprehensive census...

Research: Lizards adapt to invasive fire ants, reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits —

Some lizards in the eastern U.S. have adapted to invasive fire ants -- which can bite, sting, and kill lizards -- reversing geographical...

Research: In China’s Loess Plateau, soil moisture makes a difference —

When you think of China, do you think of potatoes? Maybe not, but in the Loess Plateau region of northwestern China, potato is...

Research: 22 new moth species from across Europe —

Following a long-year study of the family of twirler moths, an Austrian-Danish research team discovered a startling total of 44 new species, including...

Research: Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date...

Beginning more than 1.5 million years ago, early humans made stone handaxes in a style known as the Acheulean -- the longest lasting...

Research: New study reveals common table salt may have been crucial for the origins...

One of the most fundamental unexplained questions in modern science is how life began. Scientists generally believe that simple molecules present in early...

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