NASA Administrator's Weekly Update – April 6, 2020

NASA Administrator’s Weekly Update – April 6, 2020 Click here for original story, NASA…

Lifestyle trumps geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome

Apes in U.S. zoos host bacterial communities in their intestinal tracts that are more similar to…

Fossil teeth yield oldest genetic material from extinct human species

Scientists have extracted from dental enamel the oldest human genetic material ever obtained, helping clarify the…

Great Barrier Reef suffers worst-ever coral bleaching: scientists

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday…

NASA Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13, ‘A Successful Failure’

As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission – which has become known…

Catch this week's supermoon, biggest and brightest of year

A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of…

More pavement, more flooding problems

Think your daily coffee, boutique gym membership and airport lounge access cost a lot? There may…

Innovative birds are less vulnerable to extinction

Bird species that have the capacity to express novel foraging behaviours are less vulnerable to extinction…

Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

Some of the tiniest creatures on the planet are vital for the environment. But there is…

NASA finds heavy rainfall in powerful tropical cyclone Harold

One of NASA’s satellites that can measure the rate in which rainfall is occurring in storms…