Risky business: New data show how manatees use shipping channels

New research tracks West Indian manatee movements through nearshore and offshore ship channels in the north-central…

Leaving microbes out of climate change conversation has major consequences, experts warn

Leading microbiologists have issued a warning, saying that not including microbes — the support system of…

Now your phone can become a robot that does the boring work

Researchers have developed a smartphone app that allows a user to easily program any robot to…

Biology of leptin, the hunger hormone, revealed

New research offers insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating,…

10 Years Ago: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Begins Mission to Map the Moon

10 Years Ago: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Begins Mission to Map the Moon Click here…

The hunt for hot nuclear matter

In particle physics, a jet is a shower of collimated particles generated by a highly energetic…

PIA23291: Dust Devil Tracks

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Leaving microbes out of climate change conversation has major consequences, experts warn

More than 30 microbiologists from 9 countries have issued a warning to humanity—they are calling for…

Scientists challenge notion of binary sexuality with naming of new plant species

A collaborative team of scientists from the US and Australia has named a new plant species…

NASA Helps Warn of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes, Reservoirs

Harmful algal blooms cause massive problems in coastal areas and lakes across the United States. When…