Known for its wide swathes of rippling, textured, gently sloping dunes, the Terra Sabaea region on…
NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Is About to Get a New Name
The space agency will choose from nine names proposed in essays by students from kindergarten to…
Team finds citizen scientists make excellent resources
From tracking the amount of rain in their backyards to monitoring the water quality in local…
What we don't know (about lakes) could hurt us
As the power of extreme weather events increase with climate change, a team of scientists warn…
Bacteria killed by new light-activated coating
To stop the spread of disease, it could be used to coat phone screens and keyboards,…
Europe's major telescopes 'can meet satellite challenge'
Europe’s flagship telescopes will cope with the effects of thousands of new satellites in the sky. …
Chaotic climate, chaotic cities fuel Brazil flood toll
Violent rain has killed scores of people and forced thousands from their homes this year in…
Social studies teachers link their political views to assessment of news sources
At a time when there’s been a sharp uptick in partisan critiques of the credibility of…
Zombie scanning enables the study of peptide-receptor interactions on the cell surface
In the past, biologically-active peptides—small proteins like neurotoxins and hormones that act on cell receptors to…
Organic molecules discovered by Curiosity Rover consistent with early life on Mars: study
Organic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil and oddly enough, in…