New study offers clues to origin of laws

Speculation about where laws come from ranges from crediting judges and legal scholars to God. …

Solar storms may leave gray whales blind and stranded

A new study reported in the journal Current Biology on February 24 offers some of the…

Soft robot fingers gently grasp deep-sea jellyfish

Marine biologists have adopted “soft robotic linguine fingers” as tools to conduct their undersea research. In…

Scientists simplify access to drug building block

In one pot, at room temperature, chemists at Rice University are able to make valuable pharmaceutical…

Five things we have learned about Mars from NASA's InSight mission

NASA’s InSight lander has been on the surface of Mars for over a year now –…

When coronavirus is not alone: Team of complexity scientists present 'meme' model for multiple diseases

Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow the same complex spreading patterns as social trends.…

First direct seismic measurements of Ьars reveal a geologically active planet

The first reports of seismic activity and ground vibrations on Mars are in. The red planet…

Watching magnetic nano 'tornadoes' in 3-D

Scientists have developed a three-dimensional imaging technique to observe complex behaviours in magnets, including fast-moving waves…

One billion-year-old green seaweed fossils identified, relative of modern land plants

Virginia Tech paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green seaweeds…

Ability to control spin of atom-like impurities in 2-D material hexagonal boron-nitride demonstrated

A team of international scientists investigating how to control the spin of atom-like impurities in 2-D…