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Data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggests clusters of stellar-mass...
Credit: Nature and Hailey, et. al.Astronomers have long predicted that thousands of smaller stellar-mass black holes should exist in the area surrounding the big supermassive black holes at the center...
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Astronomers from Lancaster University have modeled conditions during the...
Credit: ESO/UltraVISTA team.Astronomers have looked back in time to create one of the largest 3D models of the early universe. Using the data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii and the Isaac Newton...
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The bumblebee-sized bots, called Marsbees, will map the Red Planet’s terrain...
Credit: NASA/JPLNASA has two teams of researchers working to design a robotic bee that can fly on Mars. The space agency announced the project on March 30. It's in its early stages, but the idea is to...
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Stanford University researchers boosted production of a cough suppressant...
Credit: Stanford UniversityStanford University researchers unveiled this week a bioengineering process in which brewer's yeast, along with engineered genes from opium poppies and rats, is used to...
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Sediment samples reveal swimmers and tourists are polluting the lake where...
Credit: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty ImagesIn the mid-19th century, American writer Henry David Thoreau retreated to Walden Pond to connect with nature and write about the meaning of life for his...
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Eighty percent of microplastics originate on land, but their impact on...
Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesA University of Toronto ecologist has issued a clarion call for more research into microplastic pollution in rivers, lakes, and on land, saying scientists need to learn...
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Psychedelic mushrooms likely acquired their hallucinogenic qualities from...
Credit: Daniel Berehulak/Getty ImagesInsights into the evolution of magic mushrooms could result in breakthroughs in treating depression and other neurological disorders, according to new research....
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Optical-light data from other galaxies allowed astrophysicists to estimate...
Credit: Ken CrawfordOur Milky Way galaxy is growing faster than the speed of sound as new stars pop up in its hinterlands, a new study suggests. "The Milky Way is pretty big already," study lead...
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An experimental neuroprosthetic device monitors the brain waves of test...
Credit: Donald Iain Smith via Getty ImagesIn recent days, dedicated British tabloid readers may have spotted some rather alarming headlines splashed across the digital newsstand. The Daily Express:...
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The probe, which is scheduled for a July 31 launch, will study the sun’s...
Credit: Amy ThompsonGREENBELT, Md. — Final checkouts are completed here at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to prepare the agency's Parker Solar Probe for launch. Last weekend, the team sealed up...
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The oldest Homo sapiens fossil found outside of Africa or the Levant suggests...
Credit: Ian CartwrightNorth Africa and the Middle East are so geographically and culturally connected that the acronym MENA is often used to refer to the overall region for political, conservation,...
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Persistent production delays with Tesla’s Model 3 come as deliveries of the...
Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesThe battle for a mid-sized, middle-class electric car market is revving up as high-tech upstart Tesla scrambles to get is Model 3 out to buyers in the face of...
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Mobile eyebrows allowed humans to communicate non-verbally, which helped to...
Credit: Paul O'Higgins, University of YorkThe ability to raise an eyebrow in distrust or to furrow it in sympathy may have given our species an evolutionary edge, researchers in Britain said Monday....
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The US Air Force’s unpiloted and reusable craft is likely to be testing...
Credit: US Air ForceThe US Air Force’s unpiloted and reusable craft is likely to be testing dual-use technologies that might be used in military operations, says one expert. The U.S. Air Force's X-37B...
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Marine heat waves occur 34 percent more often and last 17 percent longer than...
Credit: Sean Scott via Getty ImagesAs global temperatures rise, landlubbers aren’t the only ones feeling the heat. The number of heat waves in patches of the world’s oceans have been increasing over...
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Astronomers have published photographs of colorful gas and dust strands left...
Credit: ESO/NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage team (STScI/AURA)/F. Vogt et al.When astronomers peered into the constellation Tucana (the toucan), they found the small-but-powerful remnant of a stellar...
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Diverting water from the Mississippi River will help rebuild deteriorating...
Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty ImagesThere’s good news and bad news for the embattled Louisiana coastline in a new study from researchers at Tulane University. Grains of quartz in the mud of...
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A prosthetic system improved episodic memory performance by 37 percent in...
Credit: Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterResearchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the University of Southern California described last month in the Journal of Neural Engineering the...
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Ubiquitous images of many animals are leading us to believe that some of the...
Credit: PixabayMost people see about 4–5 lions each day — as toys, on television, in logos. The same is true for giraffes, elephants, and many other animals. Paradoxically, these same seemingly...
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New research suggests 6-month-old infants interpret emotional states through...
Credit: Jonathan Mcallister/EyeEm via Getty ImagesIt sounds cute, but it’s also a fact in developmental psychology: Babies like happy faces. But scientists have long wondered whether babies recognize...
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