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Geneticist Rick Kittles probes African-American genetic ancestry for data...
Credit: Bob Demers/University of ArizonaYou’ve probably seen the statistics: African-Americans experience significantly higher risks for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension,...
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Carbon dioxide mixes with rainwater to create carbonic acid, which breaks...
Credit: Andia/UIG via Getty ImagesSprinkling basalt and similar crushed rocks on croplands could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fight climate change, according to researchers. The...
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New research suggests the middle Cambrian Period, once thought to lack plant...
Credit: Paul KenrickThe Cambrian Period (541–485 million years ago) is known for its explosion of life, resulting in the emergence of the first representatives of all modern animal phyla. Scientists...
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Temperatures in the Arctic are running double digits higher than normal,...
Credit: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesIn the high latitudes near the North Pole, sea ice cover is reaching its peak. The Arctic is still shrouded in perpetual night, the first rays of sun remain weeks away....
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A new, organic technique produces non-toxic, biodegradable paints that shine...
Credit: University of CambridgeNow here's a bright idea. Researchers in Europe have developed a technique for growing genetically modified bacteria that can be used as brightly colored “living paints”...
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A study of eight blind individuals found they were highly successful in...
Credit: abalcazar via Getty ImagesA blind woman stands facing the front of the room. Directly behind her, about three feet away is a pole with a wooden disc about the size of a coffee saucer. The...
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Astronomers have detected hydrogen formed just 180 million years after the...
Credit: N.R.Fuller, National Science FoundationAstronomers have used a small radio telescope to find faint radio waves emitted by clouds of primordial hydrogen gas formed just 180 million years after...
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In the ethically charged research field of creating human-animal chimeras,...
Credit: KTS Design via Getty ImagesMore than 115,000 people in the United States are on waiting lists for an organ transplant, and 20 Americans die each day, on average, from a shortage of donated...
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A new study shows a statistically significant decline in gun injuries across...
Credit: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesAccording to new research from Harvard Medical School, the likelihood of firearm injuries in the US drops significantly when gun enthusiasts pack away their weapons and...
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Laboratory experiments show the methane detected on Enceladus by NASA’s...
Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechSome hardy Earth microbes could likely survive in the Saturn moon Enceladus' buried ocean, gobbling up hydrogen produced by interactions between seawater and rock, a new study...
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An estimated 600,000 to 800,000 viral species could jump from animals to...
Credit: Diego Herculano/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIn virology, as in sports, sometimes the best defense is a good offense. This week, an international team of scientists and front-line physicians...
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The shared gestures suggest the primates — as well as humans — may have...
Credit: Juergen Ritterbach/Barcroft Im/Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesGestures are a form of visual communication that humans often use with seemingly little thought. For example, if a person wants...
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GOES-S will provide vastly improved monitoring of storms, wildfires, and...
Credit: NASA TVA powerful new weather satellite launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, heading toward a perch above the eastern Pacific Ocean to monitor extreme weather as...
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The number of the Adelie penguins has declined by about 70 percent in recent...
Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images A thriving "hotspot" of 1.5 million Adelie penguins, a species fast declining in parts of the world, has been discovered on remote islands off the...
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Powerful bursts of radiation from black holes strip away the atmospheres of...
Credit: M. Weiss/CfAMonster black holes near the center of our Milky Way galaxy may have transformed "mini-Neptune" exoplanets into rocky super-Earths, new research shows. Supermassive black holes are...
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The company’s Haliade-X turbine is three times as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
Credit: GE Renewable EnergyGeneral Electric says it’s ready to build the world’s biggest offshore wind turbine, a structure stretching to skyscraper heights and capable of powering more homes than any...
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Two-photon interference shows promise as a method for one day detecting the...
Credit: Artist illustration of gravitational wavesGravitational waves that we can detect here on Earth are generated by the most energetic events in the cosmos, from colliding black holes to merging...
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Scientists replaced faulty rods and cones in blind mice with artificial...
Credit: Biophoto Associates via Getty ImagesAn estimated 39 million people worldwide are blind, and another 245 million suffer from moderately or extremely impaired vision. Retinal diseases like...
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Headaches and eye problems are common among visitors to the International...
Credit: NASAAstronaut Chris Hadfield remembers the headaches in his five months of spaceflight on the International Space Station in 2012 and 2013. It was a constant pain in his sinuses, along with...
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The planet will face a 40 percent water deficit if global warming continues...
Credit: FlowerPhotos/UIG via Getty ImagesResearchers unveiled March 6 a genetic modification that enables plants to use a quarter less water with scant reduction in yield. By altering a single gene,...
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