PIA25470: Rabe Crater Dunes

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

NZ's first climate adaptation plan is a good start, but crucial questions about cost and timing must be answered

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Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it

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How life on land learned to breathe

Scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, together with collaborators from South Africa and the U.S.,…

Evolutionary network of whiptail lizards reveals predictable outcomes of hybridization

A quartet of researchers, two from the U.S. and two from Mexico, found evidence that suggests…

These unusual moths migrate over thousands of kilometers. We tracked them to reveal their secret navigational skills

Migratory insects number in the trillions. They’re a major part of global ecosystems, helping to transport…

First synthetic embryos: The scientific breakthrough raises serious ethical questions

Children, even some who are too young for school, know you can’t make a baby without…