Bedtime best for learning written words for children with poor vocabulary

A team of researchers at the University of York has found that bedtime might be the…

Supernova remnant W49B investigated with XMM-Newton

Chinese astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton spacecraft have investigated a luminous supernova remnant (SNR) known as W49B.…

Fossil finds give clues about flying reptiles in the Sahara 100 million years ago

Three new species of toothed pterosaurs—flying reptiles of the Cretaceous period, some 100 million years ago—have…

The risk coronavirus poses to our tenuous, complex supply chain

The process to get products to consumers—delivered to their door or to the store—can be long…

Lab antibody, antiviral research aids COVID-19 response

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are contributing to the global fight against COVID-19 by combining…

Why marine protected areas are often not where they should be

There’s no denying the grandeur and allure of a nature reserve or marine protected area. The…

Revisiting Decades-Old Voyager 2 Data, Scientists Find One More Secret

Three decades after Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus, scientists took another look at the data. This…

NASA Awards Prize Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2020

NASA has selected 24 new Fellows for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP). The program…

Coronavirus: Calls to protect great apes from threat of infection

The possibility of infection in great apes like gorillas warrants the utmost caution, say experts. …

Scientists develop inexpensive method to produce E-sail tethers

Thin metallic tethers for Coulomb drag devices that tow satellites and spacecraft can now be produced…