Breeding birds that nest above alligators for protection from mammalian predators may also provide a source of food for the alligators living in the E...
Scientists have developed a process that improves the efficiency of CRISPR, an up-and-coming technology used to edit DNA. "Scientists all over th...
A dragonfly barely an inch and a half long appears to be animal world's most prolific long distance traveler - flying thousands of miles over ocea...
A fossil dating from 440 million years ago is not only the oldest example of a fossilised fungus, but is also the oldest fossil of any land-dwelling o...
After combing through Cornell-archived data, astronomers have discovered the pop-pop-pop of a mysterious, cosmic Gatling gun - 10 millisecond-long &qu...
A new study provides a major link between low levels of vitamin D and aggressive prostate cancer. Northwestern Medicine research showed deficient vita...
In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests. In a mock building fire, test subjects followed instructi...
DNA is made from four nucleosides, each known by its own letter -- A, G, C, and T. However, since the structure of DNA was deciphered in 1953, scienti...
As scientists step up their search for other life in the universe, two astrophysicists are proposing a way to make sure we don't miss the signal i...
Climate change is already having a noticeable impact on the environment and global health. Around the world extreme weather events, increased temperat...