A team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, used video cameras to count Caribbean reef sharks...
Many of the communication tools of today rely on the function of light or, more specifically, on applying information to a light wave. Up until now, s...
The annual shift to daylight saving time and its accompanying loss of sleep cause employees to spend more time than normal surfing the Web for content...
More than 99 percent of Antarctic blue whales were killed by commercial whalers during the 20th century, but the first circumpolar（极地附近的） genetic stud...
Researchers have just completed the genome sequence for the gorilla -- the last genus of the living great apes to have its genome decoded. While confi...
In nature, how do host species survive parasite attacks? This has not been well understood, until now. A new mathematical model shows that when a host...
People's personalities can change considerably over time, say scientists, suggesting that leopards really can change their spots. Psychologists fr...
A new approach to disentangling（解决，松开） the complexities of biological networks, such as the way in which proteins interact in our body's cells has...
The future of Canadian outdoor ice hockey（冰球） -- a sport synonymous with the country's culture -- is being threatened by anthropogenic（人为的） climat...
People and animals are not the only ones who can smell. Plants are also able to perceive odors（气味） , but they process them in a very different way . W...