Research: To tell the sex of a Galápagos penguin, measure its beak, researchers say...

It turns out that to tell the sex of a Galápagos penguin, all you need is a ruler. In a paper published April 5...

Research: Mars dust storm may lead to new weather discoveries —

Mars is experiencing an estimated 15.8-million-square-mile dust storm, roughly the size of North and South America. This storm may not be good news...

Research: Using artificial intelligence to understand volcanic eruptions from tiny ash —

Scientists led by Daigo Shoji from the Earth-Life Science Institute (Tokyo Institute of Technology) have shown that an artificial intelligence program called a...

Research: Self-heating, fast-charging battery makes electric vehicles climate-immune —

Californians do not purchase electric vehicles because they are cool, they buy EVs because they live in a warm climate. Conventional lithium-ion batteries...

Research: What odors do female blackbuck find enticing in a male? —

At Tal Chhapar, a wildlife sanctuary in the heart of the Thar desert, a strange drama is staged twice every year. In the...

Research: Small bee ‘pollen thieves’ are not effective bumblebee substitutes —

Bumblebee populations are declining in the United States for a range of reasons -- loss of habitat, pesticide use, climate change, competition from...

Research: Discovery could be a step toward developing treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases...

UCLA researchers have developed synthetic T lymphocytes, or T cells, that are near-perfect facsimiles of human T cells. The ability to create the artificial...

Scientists find the mountain beaver’s ancestor had a larger relative brain size

A new U of T Scarborough study has found that the ancestor of the modern day mountain beaver had a larger relative brain size. The...

Research: Massive quakes make the planet ring like a bell —

By applying new data and Princeton's supercomputers to the classic question of what lies beneath our feet, Princeton seismologist Jessica Irving and an...

Research: New results indicate interstellar nomad `Oumuamua is a comet —

`Oumuamua -- the first interstellar object discovered within our Solar System -- has been the subject of intense scrutiny since its discovery in...

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