What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new interdisciplinary study, researchers have combined archaeological and genetic…
Almost 13,000 tonnes of microfibers, equivalent to two rubbish trucks every day, are being released into European marine environments every year. A new study has…
Monkeys Appreciate Lifelike Animation: New Realistic Avatar Can Overcome Uncanny Valley Effect Monkeys can overcome their aversion to animated monkeys through a more realistic avatar,…
ASU Canine Science Collaboratory study shows that pet dogs will try to save their distressed human, as long as they know how. What to do….
Fusing art, science, and product design, senior Jierui Fang has followed — and sometimes created — her own path at MIT. Her first year on…
Iron is the most stable and heaviest chemical element produced by nucleosynthesis in stars, making it the most abundant heavy element in the universe and…
New seismic array is sensitive enough to distinguish individual floats and bands. In November, Caltech and the City of Pasadena unveiled a new citywide fiber…
Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that are often sold in pet stores as feed for reptiles, fish and birds. In addition…
People are more generous than not and try to do right by each other, no matter the motivation. People want to help each other, even…
This view of sample site Osprey on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on May 26. A total of…
Almost any grocery store is filled with products made from corn, also known as maize, in every aisle: fresh corn, canned corn, corn cereal, taco…
A global campaign to help find a mate for a left-coiling snail called ‘Jeremy’ has enabled scientists to understand how mirror-image garden snails are formed….
A cautious approach to easing lockdown restrictions that reduces the risk of later lockdowns may be better for the global supply chain in the long…
Dr. Kerin is only the second Irish mathematician to have a published article in the Annals of Mathematics. An Irish mathematician, Dr. Martin Kerin, from…
More than 110 million years ago, a lumbering 1,300-kilogram (~2900 lbs), armor-plated dinosaur ate its last meal, died, and was washed out to sea in…
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on their way to the International Space Station has safely reached orbit,…
Scientific research is based on the relationship between the reality of nature, as it is observed, and a representation of this reality, formulated by a…
Multiprong platform at the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center will produce X-ray images and chemical details. Laser and biology experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory…