Some vaccine doubters may be swayed by proximity to disease outbreak

An individual’s trust in institutions such as the CDC, and how close they live to a…

Clickbait secrets exposed! Humans and AI team up to improve clickbait detection

Humans and machines worked together to help train an artificial intelligence — AI — model that…

Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain's blood vessels

Engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide through narrow, winding pathways,…

NASA Invites Students to Name Next Mars Rover

Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over! NASA is recruiting help…

SpaceX's Mars rocket prototype rattles nearby residents in Texas flight test

SpaceX test-launched an early prototype of the company’s Mars rocket on Tuesday, unnerving residents near the…

Earth's fingerprint hints at finding habitable planets beyond the solar system

Astronomers have assembled a ‘fingerprint’ for Earth, which could be used to identify a planet beyond…

Climate change affects floods in Europe

For a long time, scientists argued whether or not climate change is affecting floods. No clear…

Mathematical modeling shows why animals see at night

Nocturnal and diurnal mammals see the sameā€”but only for a brief time. When mice are born,…

Clues to early social structures may be found in ancient extraordinary graves

Elaborate burial sites can provide insight to the development of socio-political hierarchies in early human communities,…

Research sheds new light on Antarctic control of global climate

Scientists have made a new discovery that challenges previous understanding of the relationship between the polar…