Scientists to Debate Landing Site for Next Mars Rover

Hundreds of scientists and Mars-exploration enthusiasts gather this week to present, discuss and deliberate the future…

Technique quickly identifies extreme event statistics

Engineers have developed an algorithm that quickly pinpoints the types of extreme events that are likely…

How beetle larvae thrive on carrion

The burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides buries the cadavers of small animals to use them as a…

Linguistic red flags from Facebook posts can predict future depression diagnoses

Research finds that the language people use in their Facebook posts can predict a future diagnosis…

Discovery of a simplest mechanism for color detection

Color vision, ocular color detection is achieved with complicated neural mechanisms in the eyes. Researchers have…

Polio: Environmental monitoring will be key as world reaches global eradication

Robust environmental monitoring should be used as the world approaches global eradication of polio, say researchers…

Discovery of a simple mechanism for color detection

Color vision, consisting of ocular color detection, is achieved with complicated neural mechanisms in the eyes.…

Two degrees decimated Puerto Rico’s insect populations

While temperatures in the tropical forests of northeastern Puerto Rico have climbed two degrees Celsius since…

Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis

Humans are exterminating animal and plant species so quickly that nature's built-in defence mechanism, evolution, cannot…

How beetle larvae thrive on carrion

The burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides buries the cadavers of small animals in soil to use them…