Research: Rising temperatures and human activity are increasing storm runoff and flash floods —

Hurricanes Florence and Michael in the U.S. and Super Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines have shown the widespread and harmful impact of weather...

Research: Scientists recreate in flies the mutations that let monarch butterfly eat toxic milkweed...

The fruit flies in Noah Whiteman's lab may be hazardous to your health. Whiteman and his University of California, Berkeley, colleagues have turned perfectly...

Research: How genes were first translated into proteins —

All living things use the genetic code to "translate" DNA-based genetic information into proteins, which are the main working molecules in cells. Precisely...
Researchers scrutinize Black Widow pulsar

Study: ‘Black widow’ pulsar is spotted devouring a dwarf star

They observed 2 intense regions of radiation on this rapidly spinning pulsar some 6,500 light-years away. “Like seeing a flea on the surface of...

Research: New hope for tackling antibiotic resistance —

Researchers analysing soil from Ireland long thought to have medicinal properties have discovered that it contains a previously unknown strain of bacteria which...
Proof of Aliens? Baffling Google Earth image sparks alien claims

Proof of Aliens? Baffling Google Earth image sparks alien claims

A bizarre ‘UFO’ has been observed on a remote British-owned island near Antarctica. A mysterious object spotted on Google Earth has ignited speculation that a...

Research: Yellowstone elk don’t budge for wolves, say scientists —

Elk roam the winter range that straddles the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park with little regard for wolves, according to a new...

Research: Tropical frogs found to coexist with deadly fungus —

Amphibian biologists from around the world watched in horror in 2004, as the frogs of El Copé, Panama, began dying by the thousands....

Research: Findings could lead to new walnut varieties —

California produces 99 percent of the walnuts grown in the United States. New research could provide a major boost to the state's growing...

Research: Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year —

Air pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new study from a team of leading environmental engineers and...

Top News

RECENT POSTS