Invasion of the Japanese stiltgrass: WVU biologist targets plant that wreaks havoc

To the casual observer, Japanese stiltgrass appears as a harmless, leafy green plant that blends into…

Early humans used tiny, flint 'surgical' tools to butcher elephants

The Acheulian culture endured in the Levant for over a million years during the Lower Paleolithic…

NASA’s Hubble Finds Water Vapor on Habitable-Zone Exoplanet for 1st Time

With data from the Hubble Space Telescope, water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere of…

Early humans used tiny, flint 'surgical' tools to butcher elephants

A new study reveals that the early humans known as Acheulians crafted tiny flint tools out…

Corn one step closer to bacterial leaf streak resistance

Bacterial leaf streak, a foliar disease in corn, has only been in the United States for…

This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we've seen so far

We’ve spotted water vapour in the atmosphere of a distant planet twice Earth’s size. It’s probably…

There is a pair of weird, gigantic bubbles at the centre of our galaxy

There are strange bubbles of particles looming above and below the Milky Way, and they may…

Water found on 'mind-blowing' planet

Astronomers discover water in the atmosphere of a “habitable” planet orbiting a distant star. …

Half-a-billion-year-old tiny predator unveils the rise of scorpions and spiders

Two palaeontologists working on the world-renowned Burgess Shale have revealed a new species, called Mollisonia plenovenatrix,…

'Game-changing' research could solve evolution mysteries

An evolution revolution has begun after scientists extracted genetic information from a 1.7 million-year-old rhino tooth—the…