Economists find carbon footprint grows with parenthood

Increased time constraints and the need for convenience in raising children appear to offset parents’ concerns…

Researchers use snake venom to solve structure of muscle protein

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the detailed shape of a key protein involved…

Human handling stresses young monarch butterflies

People handle monarch butterflies. A lot. Every year thousands of monarch butterflies are caught, tagged and…

Researchers challenge accuracy of methods that analyze trees of life

When species under a taxonomic umbrella have faced forks in the road, leading to extinction or…

Journey to the center of the Earth

In an effort to investigate conditions found at the Earth’s molten outer core, researchers successfully determined…

Strongest evidence yet that neutrinos explain how the universe exists

New data throws more support behind the theory that neutrinos are the reason the universe is…

When damaged, the adult brain repairs itself by going back to the beginning

When adult brain cells are injured, they revert to an embryonic state, say researchers. In their…

Human handling stresses young monarch butterflies

People handle monarch butterflies. A lot. Every year thousands of monarch butterflies are caught, tagged and…

COPD as a lung stem cell disease

Two stem cell researchers have found an abundance of abnormal stem cells in the lungs of…

Pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer human-made flight

Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years…