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A novel theory holds that these endangered dogs use sneezes to vote on when...
Credit: Bernard Dupont, Wikimedia CommonsAfrican wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) once flourished from the mountainous areas of sub-Saharan regions to the deserts of Africa. Now endangered, these pack-living...
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The European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover will survey, drill, and take...
Credit: European Space AgencyWatch out, Mars. Scientists are going to kick the search for habitability up a notch in 2020, when NASA and the European Space Agency plan to send rovers to the Red Planet...
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Elusive intermediate-mass black holes could be a missing link that helps...
Credit: ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYBlack holes are notoriously hard to find, since they don’t emit any light. But there’s one particular size of black hole that has been especially evasive,...
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Imagery from space has captured the incredibly turbulent cloud system around...
Credit: US Navy photo/ReleasedMany Earth-observing satellites are keeping their eyes on Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that will soon bear down on islands in the Caribbean Sea. Irma is now a...
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Solar flares occur when the sun's magnetic field twists up and reconnects,...
Early this morning (Sept. 6), the sun released two powerful solar flares — the second was the most powerful in more than a decade. At 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 GMT), an X-class solar flare — the most...
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As nations make strategic shifts in artificial intelligence, Russian...
Credit: Cristina Young/U.S. Navy via Getty ImagesImagine, for a moment, that the question of war and peace between the United States and North Korea didn’t rest on the erratic personalities of Donald...
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Rare earths are critical to dozens of high-tech industries, from solar panels...
Credit: Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesModern life runs on rare earths. The bright and sharp LED displays on your smartphone and TV, the energy-efficient light bulbs in your kitchen,...
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Faster computers, a better satellite, and improved scientific understanding...
Credit: NOAAAs the United States braces for its second major hurricane in less than a month, forecasters are again scrambling to get a better read on its path. While still battering the Caribbean...
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The MasSpec Pen is a simple handheld device that could reduce tissue analysis...
Credit: Vivian Abagiu/Univ. of Texas at AustinIn cancer surgery, the difference between recovery and relapse can be just a few millimeters. After solid tumors are removed, cancer surgeons and...
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Music can affect how a person perceives touch, which could lead to new...
Credit: David Sanger“Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gay, “No Ordinary Love” by Sade, “Garden in the Rain” by Diana Krall and “Samba Pa’ Ti” by Santana were just some of the songs considered as being...
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At least 500,000 pieces of space debris threaten satellites and astronauts,...
Credit: Siegfried Janson/NASAThink of the latest idea of collecting space junk as something akin to a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey. Aerospace Corporation says its Brane Craft will wrap itself...
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Millions of monarch butterflies once inhabited the West Coast, but the number...
Credit: George Rose/Getty ImagesUp until the 1980s, around 10 million monarch butterflies spent their winters in coastal California. Their arrival in places like Pacific Grove, aka Butterfly Town USA,...
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Invisible plastic fibers were found in the tap water of more than a dozen...
Credit: Lucy Lambriex/Getty ImagesPlastic is all around us. It's in our electronics, tools, cars, and food packaging, as well as in much of the clothing we wear. It even gets inside of us from the...
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Head coverings and fake beards have foiled face recognition technologies, but...
Credit: Amarjot Singh et al.It’s not easy these days to be just another face in a crowd. Last month, for example, Twitter users via a form of spontaneous crowdsourcing identified certain demonstrators...
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The spacecraft’s mission will come to an end next week when it plunges into...
Credit: NASAThe Cassini spacecraft will take a death plunge into Saturn next on September 15 after more than a decade observing the planet and its moons. Perhaps its greatest contribution to science...
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Sand is an essential component in construction, and mining it is causing...
Credit: Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesA crucial ingredient in concrete, glass, and computer chips, sand is a pillar of the global economy. But sand mining is unsustainable, wreaking...
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The all-electric Lilium Jet just attracted $90 million in funding and differs...
Credit: Lilium AviationThe concept of the flying car has been a staple of gee-whiz tomorrowland-style science fiction since the 1950s. But real-world incarnations of the idea have traditionally been...
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Subjects with higher levels of the chemicals known to be in debris from the...
Americans still contend year-to-year with the legacy of the 2001 terror attack that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York. According to a recent study, several hundred young adults who were...
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Hurricanes can be death sentences for coral and sea creatures that are...
Credit: Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty ImagesA hurricane the size of Irma can cause extensive damage on land with massive storm surges, excessive rainfall and raging winds. But what exactly...
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A study of drugs aimed at preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) found that...
Credit: BSIP/UIG via Getty ImagesA vaccine for an extremely common sexually transmitted disease — human papillomavirus, or HPV — is making big strides in the war against cancer. A drug branded as...
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