Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire

Some statisticians and scientists are renewing calls to get rid of a statistical concept that holds…

Leader of food security nonprofits to head World Food Prize

The foundation that awards the World Food Prize to individuals who work to improve food security…

EU must boost spending in space or be squeezed out: experts

The EU needs to boost space funding and improve its strategy to compete with military superpowers…

Distant space rock known as Ultima Thule renamed to avoid Nazi links

The space rock that the New Horizons probe visited earlier this year had been nicknamed Ultima…

Star systems full of planetary smash-ups are bad news for alien life

We’ve seen the remains of a collision between two planets in a distant star system –…

With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen

For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes…

New pathways in brain's amygdala

Researchers are pioneering an innovative brain study that sheds light on how the amygdala portion of…

Innovations in treatment of traumatic injuries with severe bleeding are saving lives

Deaths from severe bleeding after major trauma have been reduced by 40% over the last decade…

Last Arctic ice refuge is disappearing

The oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing twice as fast as ice in the…

New exploration method for geothermal energy

Where to drill? This is the basic question in the exploration of underground energy resources, such…