In the search for new weapons against malaria, most drug development has focused on the parasites…
Men ask most of the questions at scientific conferences; we can choose to change that
Even in a majority-women audience at an academic conference, men ask questions most of the time,…
Some extinct crocs were vegetarians
Based on careful study of fossilized teeth, scientists Keegan Melstom and Randall Irmis at the Natural…
The far-future ocean: Warm yet oxygen-rich
The oceans are losing oxygen. Numerous studies based on direct measurements in recent years have shown…
New cuprate superconductor may challenge classical wisdom
Superconductivity is one of the most mysterious phenomena in nature in that materials can conduct electrical…
New insights into membrane trafficking regulated by ER fusion protein
Prof. Hu Junjie from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his…
First taste of space for Spacebus Neo satellite
The thermal vacuum test campaign of the first Spacebus Neo satellite was completed on 25 June. Less…
Great Recession unemployment fed left-wing populism; unauthorized immigration flows feed right-wing populism
In the past decade, there has been a great rise in populism in many western democracies.…
Delaware insurer says 95K people's data could've been taken
Delaware’s insurance department says social security numbers and other personal data of almost 100,000 people may…
A chaos found only on Mars
The cracked, uneven, jumbled landscape seen in this image from ESA’s Mars Express forms an intriguing…