Lower methane emissions when permafrost disappears

Thawing permafrost in the Arctic does not always have to lead to increased emissions of the…

M87 data from Event Horizon Telescope rules out the likelihood of axion particles in a specific mass range

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China and two in Germany has found…

Scientists discover a new kind of cell death linked to copper

Copper is an essential element of life from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals. In…

Aspects of Asian elephants' social lives are related to their amount of stress hormones

An international team of scientists found that sociality is linked to stress in Asian elephants. For…

Creating an arsenal of COVID-19 therapeutics

It has become clear that we need a variety of tools to effectively control the pandemic.…

"What a jerk!" Uncontested provocative statements can signal dominance

When people publicly agree with a statement that they privately disagree with, we infer that the…

New microscopic organisms found in deep sea trench baffle Chile scientists

When Chilean scientist Osvaldo Ulloa led an expedition 8,000 meters under the sea to an area…

36-million-year-old whale fossil found in Peruvian desert

Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36…

Dozens of whales die in New Zealand mass stranding

More than two dozen whales died in a mass stranding at a New Zealand beach renowned…

Great Barrier Reef suffers 'widespread' bleaching event

The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with “widespread” bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average…