Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves, not icebergs calving into the sea, are responsible for most of the continent's ice l...
After decades of laboring under other theories that never seemed to add up, a team led by biologist Rama Singh has concluded that what causes menopaus...
Parasites comprise（包含，组成） a large proportion of the diversity of species in every ecosystem. Despite this, they are rarely included in analyses or mod...
The commercial value of spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in the Caribbean reaches $1 billion annually, thus making it one of the most valuable fisherie...
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shed new light on how diving mammals, such as the sperm whale, have evolved to survive for long periods...
A new study shows that small websites, in terms of daily user flux（流量，变迁） based on number of clicks, have a disproportionally high impact when it come...
They lie dormant（冬眠，休止） for years, but at the first sign of favorable conditions they awaken. This sounds like the tagline（标语） for a science fiction m...
A drug approved in Europe to treat osteoporosis（骨质疏松症） has now been shown to stop the growth of breast cancer cells, even in cancers that have become ...
As spring warms up Wisconsin, humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology...
The ocean the Titanic sailed through just over 100 years ago was very different from the one we swim in today. Global warming is increasing ocean temp...