Commercially important seafood species are at greater risk of microplastic contamination depending how they clump together…
Eavesdropping crickets drop from the sky to evade capture by bats
Researchers have uncovered the highly efficient strategy used by a group of crickets to distinguish the…
Study finds people are more satisfied after quitting the status quo
A new paper in The Review of Economic Studies, published by Oxford University Press, finds that…
Lack of insects in cities limits breeding success of urban birds
Urban insect populations would need to increase by a factor of at least 2.5 for urban…
Space Plane: Mysterious US military aircraft launches
The Atlas V rocket, carrying the X-37B space plane, launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday. …
US successfully launches unmanned reusable drone for space experiments
The US Air Force on Sunday successfully launched its high-tech drone X-37B, placing the reusable vehicle…
US military's mystery space plane rockets back toward orbit
The U.S. military’s mystery space plane rocketed toward orbit again Sunday, this time with an extra…
Chinese survey team plans to summit deserted Everest
A Chinese government-backed team plans to summit Mount Everest this week at a time when the…
A Black Hole’s Boomerangs
Astronomers dissect the energy flow in a distant galaxy. Click here for original story,…
Meet the baby orangutans learning to climb trees
Baby orangutans are learning new skills from their human surrogate parents. Click here for…